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By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When instructors want to communicate with students at a distance, one option is to create video or audio recordings. Many faculty dislike seeing or hearing themselves recorded. Others are intimidated by the process of creating recordings. However, recordings can be…
, such as Screencast-O-Matic, can be used to create recordings that display video from a webcam, content on a computer screen (including images from a document camera), or a combination of both. Faculty and staff at PLU can download a license for Screencast-O-Matic PRO by contacting the Instructional Technologies Team. Sakai’s text editor allows users to record and share short audio clips and Audacity software can also be downloaded and used to create longer audio recordings. When creating recordings
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Every year, the Business Examiner selects outstanding South Sound business and community leaders for its prestigious 40 Under 40 program—and this year, five of those are Lutes. On Aug. 4, the honored Lutes joined the rest of the 40 Under 40…
so many different industries and walks of life; I’m sure we could all learn a ton from each other.” Matthew Simon ’03, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones. Simon grew up in Kent, Washington, and attended Kentridge High School before coming to PLU and earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He holds a Life Accident and Health Insurance Agent License and FINRA 7 and 66 registrations, and an AAMS® designation. “The ability to impact lives has always been my goal,” Simon wrote on his
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“The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of…
. We should consider learning from the Americans who know the most about weapons–the U.S. Armed Forces; they take weapons safety seriously: private weapons must be stored in the secured armory on the base–no private weapons are allowed in houses on base. People with weapons have to have annual safety and marksmanship training and a current license. If they live off base, they’re expected to own a weapon safe to keep them. I also agree with my barber, who is a marksmanship instructor: we need
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PLU President Allan Belton is a morning person. He’s frequently among the first employees to arrive at the Hauge Administration Building, but not before his morning cup of joe. His favorite coffee stand is on South Tacoma Way, the seven-mile arterial that is the economic…
overhead drone image showing the beauty of downtown Parkland. “We’ve gone from an institution that is open to partnership opportunities, to an institution that is actively generating ideas, facilitating conversations, and leading the execution of major initiatives,” Belton says. This approach has led to a number of new programs and initiatives, including a large-scale partnership with MultiCare Health System and Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine that will dramatically
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing class has turned into a passionate effort to register student voters during a major election year. A group of business students at Pacific Lutheran University say they are concerned about lagging voter turnout that has historically…
general election later this year. That means there is still time to have your voice heard on important local measures, including Franklin Pierce’s school bond measure, and the national presidential race. Students who wish to register to vote locally or within the state can do so through Pierce County Elections or through Washington’s Office of the Secretary of State. They can register online, with a driver’s license or identification card, or request a form by mail. Pierce County voters may also
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 27, 2017)- “You have to raise $500,000 or you’re going to die.” In so many words, that’s what Keven Drews ’16 says his doctor told him over the phone in October, when Drews learned he was out of options in his longtime…
kids in the picture has made this recent development frightening. “It has made everything get really real – really quickly,” Yvette Drews said. “It is scary to think about what the future could be, raising two children, one on the autism spectrum, by myself.” But hope is not lost, just pricey. “Until now, the system up here works generally by you walking into a doctor’s office or an emergency room and popping down your care card on the back of your driver’s license,” Keven Drews said. “There is
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 20, 2018)- The last time Pacific Lutheran University welcomed a new president, Kerstin “Kris” Ringdahl was one of the first people to meet him on Day One. “I was there at 9 o’clock in the morning and talked to him about PLU’s…
limit her morning commute to her car — which dons a license plate outlined with a “Swedish-American” decal — alongside Bella, her canine co-captain. THE START OF A STORIED CAREER Ringdahl has a special reputation on campus, as the woman who has seen the university grow and change through the years. Her presence on campus began after her husband at the time was transferred to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. She answered an ad in The News Tribune in Tacoma, calling for a library assistant who could “project
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Just south of Denver, Colorado, tucked beneath the vast mountain range, lies Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance . Their vision soars high above the Rocky Mountains as they unite communities and ignite a passion for wildlife like never before, relentlessly working to deepen public understanding, resolve…
even stepping up into a lead position after only two months! Emily’s support gave me the confidence and knowledge to continue on this path and keep working towards getting my rehabilitation license. If you were to offer advice to other students considering internships, what valuable insights would you share with them based on your experience? BD: If you can make the sacrifice, I would recommend considering unpaid internships that give opportunities that other paid internships would not! For example
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Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence , racked up some serious…
at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, and how writing for young adults and teaching young adults about writing go together. I used to teach high school Spanish, so I have an actual teaching license. It’s the one practical skill I have, in fact. I do enjoy talking about books and writing more than Spanish, however. The Loft is a very singular place; I’m so lucky it’s in the state I live in! My students are all readers, and they all want to learn how to be better writers. I have a much easier
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In their own words By Chris Albert Soon new PLU graduates will go out into the world. In the following, some Lutes share their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences have been and what’s the next chapter in their lives. More…
, learning, travel, leadership and service. What’s next? Earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from PLU does not enable me to begin working as a nurse right away. The first part of my Summer will be spent studying for the NCLEX (the State Boards for nursing). Once I pass this exam I will have a registered nurse (RN) license and can begin working as an RN. I will be beginning a perinatal (high-risk antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum nursing) registered nurse (RN) residency program this
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