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The university sponsors Faculty Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments of the faculty in five areas of faculty work: teaching, advising, mentoring, research, and service.
Shore, Professor of Psychology. Dr. Shore’s mentoring philosophy is exemplified through the profound connections she forms with her students. As a colleague shared, Dr. Shore initiates mentoring relationships with grace and care, seamlessly blending encouragement with constructive feedback. In her nomination packet, colleagues and former students shared examples of Dr. Shore’s unwavering support and of the invaluable guidance she provided during pivotal life moments, with the recurrent theme being
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Designed to help you delve deeper into your personal and PLU experiences, use the following journal prompts by copying and pasting the content into a Word document or writing them into your own
relationships from this past relationship? How will your experiences in this relationship shape what you look for in future relationships? Are there any “non-negotiables” that you have learned you are not willing to compromise on in future relationships? How would you describe your communication style in this past relationship? What was easier to communicate about? What was more challenging to communicate about? Is there anything you feel more empowered to do now that you are single? Is there anything you
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Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified sports in high school. Although his former high…
setting where each student desires to feel valued and seen. “I learned that it is important to get to know your students — you have to build relationships before you can teach them anything. I want them to feel comfortable with my presence in the class — I have to build trust,” Knapp explained. “One of my professors during my freshman year said, ‘Your students do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.’ “That has always been something I think about when I step into a classroom
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Fiona Ashton-Knochel ’24 is spending her summer on a bird refuge in Brigham City, Utah. The Environmental Studies major sat down with us to discuss her exciting internship and to offer suggestions for anyone looking to land their own internship working in conservation. Why did…
. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Interested in Environmental Studies?Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment. Keep reading to learn more about the program. Read Previous Alum combines passion for art and community with Tacoma Creates Read Next Summer Job Spotlight: Nursing LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index
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Co-President sam.atienza@plu.edu
relationships with club advisors to gain insight and support Asian Pacific Islander Student Association (APISA)AboutAPISA LeadershipUpcoming EventsAboutThe Asian Pacific Islander Student Association (APISA) aims to promote Asian Pacific Islander cultures and support within the PLU community and to educate ourselves and our peers so we can obtain unity through diversity and create a warm and welcoming environment for all students of Pacific Lutheran University. Email: api@plu.edu Instagram
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Lutes open doors. We know that nothing worth doing should be done alone. And we are keeping the door open for you. At PLU, diversity is intrinsic to our vitality of learning, resilience, and growth.
sense of belonging, engage in relationships and community, and thrive at PLU, both inside and outside the classroom. And even as we strive toward living these values, we recognize there’s always more work to be done. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is ever-evolving, and we will continue to create space to allow our understanding and empathy to grow.
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Dr. Brenda Ihssen Byzantine conceptions of Jesus: the Christ of council, court, and monk Byzantine perspectives offer westerners a contrast to their cherished assumptions about Jesus.
the name Christian. And yet each image holds considerable power to shape relationships, ethical commitments, and political sensibilities. Is it possible, then, that the ongoing attraction to Jesus of Nazareth, an attraction frequently found outside the institution that bears his name, is the diversity of images that open up, rather than restrict, the experience of the mystery of God? We welcome Dr. Gail Ramshaw, distinguished Lutheran scholar of religious and ritual language, who will give the
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Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, the Deputy Commanding General of I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, talks to students as part of the MBA Executive Leadership Series. (Photos by John Froschauer) Building leaders through faith, trust and risk-taking By Chris Albert In any organization, the pillars…
, finances, relationships and family helps build stronger leadership skills and establishes balance. “There’s no doubt in my mind you will experience crisis in those areas at some point in your life,” Dahl said. “When all those are happening, you’re in the hurt locker.” A strong faith has helped Dahl through those times, he said; but for the first 15 to 18 years of his career, he felt it was inappropriate for him to talk too much about that. “But then I became more comfortable with it when I discovered
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PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families…
place to begin to live again, to build new relationships, to heal the wounds of the past. Yet the struggle to survive and provide for their families still persists. Screening & Ice Cream What: Film screening of Sweet Dreams, followed by Q&A with director Lisa Fruchtman and an ice-cream social. When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. Where: Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU campus. Sponsors: The Kurt Mayer Endowment for Holocaust Studies, PLU Holocaust and Genocide Studies, PLU School of Arts
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- Community leaders behind the Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (PCAT) have big plans to create a wide variety of new opportunities for both youth and adults in the South Sound region. The recently established nonprofit organization is working toward…
exciting opportunity to interact with multiple Pierce County communities that currently have far fewer resources available compared to their neighbors further north,” said Katie Schouten, a youth arts liaison for NCAT. “The space’s location is ideal in that it is accessible by both public transit and major roads, while its adjacency to PLU offers abundant partnership opportunities that align with the missions of both organizations.” Schouten says the services provided and the relationships fostered by
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