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  • , Associate Professor of Communication and faculty advisor to MediaLab since its inception, has been appointed Director of the new Center for Media Studies. Wells says outreach, engagement, teaching and learning will be the top priorities. “MediaLab will continue to exist and will simply become part of the new center,” Wells explained. “The real intent here is to increase the overall capacity of our programs and do an even better job of integrating our campus with surrounding communities. We can help and

  • lot of working with communities there along with some student teaching opportunities, which I’d be really excited about. Read Previous Molly Loberg ’98 Honored by Prestigious Female Historian Association Read Next Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU hosts the 14th

  • Family Therapy program in 2005 and continued in a tenured position after earning his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University in 2006, where he also began his career as a therapist. In 2009, he became the chair of the MFT program. He’s received many accolades for his teaching and counseling, including being named educator of the year by the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 2009, and receiving a faculty excellence award for mentoring from PLU in 2012. In July 2022, Ward became the

  • black kids” and “What are you?” I’m making a conscious choice not to use a word, and I am taking personal responsibility about my actions.” The idea for those last few, Hambrick said, is to hang each graduate’s poster in his or her Tacoma school. The teaching kit introduces the concept into even more schools—and spreads an awareness that’s increasingly important. It’s also important, Hambrick said, that the campaign focuses on personal choice rather than a directive. “It’s not, ‘You don’t do this

  • about this Lute poet who acquired more than a master’s during her MFA studies. Read More MBA to CFO Anna Loomis ’14 spent the past 15 years with MultiCare, the largest community-based, locally governed health system in Washington state. She wore many hats, culminating in her role as CFO the last four years of her tenure. Read about her decision to enter PLU’s MBA program and the skills she gained en route to senior leadership. Read More 'Building Humans' Teaching can be the toughest job you’ll ever

  • suppressed and a racially segregated community in which Latinos were often oppressed. She started in community college, transferred to California State University, Chico, and eventually earned her master’s degree there. She made the dean’s list each semester and was encouraged to apply to graduate school, landing her at Washington State University where she earned her Ph.D. She’s been teaching classes at PLU since 2006. The key to persistence for marginalized students, and subsequently their success, is

  • rewarding in other ways, and that feels like a success. Financially, we are in a place where we can do that, and that’s also a kind of success. Music isn’t a career path chosen for the prospects of getting rich, but I live comfortably and that’s sort of a success as well. And then there’s teaching, I enjoy watching the “lightbulb turn on” in a student’s head when they understand a concept, I enjoy seeing them progress, seeing them succeed. That’s success. It’s all these things. What’s coming up for you

  • how she’s helping other international students at PLU adjust to life away from home. Read More Tacoma Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard. This semester, five PLU students are living in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, as part of a new semester program. Read More Norway Two of PLU’s most important Gateway programs  — Telemark and Oslo — connect PLU to its roots while also teaching students about contemporary Norway

  • Jessa De Los ReyesJessa is a 4th-year music education major with a focus in instrumental and general music. She has been playing trumpet for 13 years, is co-section leader for Wind Ensemble, a percussionist in Concert Band, and is joining Steel Pan for her first year! She currently works as an instructor with Puget Sound Arts Academy teaching elementary to middle school music students. Jessa enjoys every minute of her very busy schedule because she gets to be “music-ing” every day! Chris

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