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By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The Office of the Provost’s Faculty Resources website has a new webpage dedicated to Teaching and Learning with Sakai . Here faculty can learn more about how Sakai is being used across campus. View Real PLU Sakai Sites Ever wondered…
courses developed by faculty during previous semesters. Example sites include Introduction to Sociology, General Chemistry, How Writing Works, Introduction to Psychology, the Profession of Theatre, and an online Introduction to Music course. Check out a few of these courses for Sakai inspiration and ideas that might be useful in your own teaching. Resources to Experiment with Sakai If you are interested in improving your skills with Sakai, consider requesting a Sakai Sandbox site where you can
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Emma Lazarus called America the “mother of exiles” in her poem, “The New Colossus,” which graces the Statue of Liberty.
Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (2010). She writes on immigration history and policy for the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, Dissent, and other venues. Ngai is now writing two books, The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics (forthcoming from WW Norton) and Nation of Immigrants: A Short History of an Idea (forthcoming from Princeton).We hope that you will be able to attend this yearThe lecture is accessible to wide ranging audiences, including
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Overview Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that can be used to facilitate online class discussions and group work, annotate lectures and syllabi, share and organize research, take notes, and more. Hypothesis is integrated into PLU’s Sakai Learning Management System. Students and instructors can annotate webpages or PDFs with comments, formulas, highlights, and tags without...
readily available in every Sakai course site. To get started, visit the PLU Knowledge Base for instructions. Why Use Hypothesis? Hypothesis fosters critical thinking, reading, and writing on Sakai. It is a text-centered alternative to forums that allows you to: Ask students to respond to specific passages (e.g., a single sentence or an entire paragraph) by composing an annotation. Annotate your syllabi or lectures, formulas or lab reports to introduce students to concepts and/or ask them to reply to
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The college houses Anthropology, Economics, English, Global & Cultural Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology & Criminal Justice, and the Master of Fine Arts in
This Little World: A How-to Guide for Social Innovators, new book by Professor Mike Halvorson Read More Here PLU becomes the second Washington university to join prestigious international studies organization Read article College of Liberal StudiesThe college houses Anthropology, Economics, English, Global & Cultural Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology & Criminal Justice, and the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The Individualized Major and
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MediaLab has developed partnerships with businesses, media outlets, nonprofits, and other entities. Our diverse experience provides our clients with a fresh approach to communication and gives
that your audience will see and hear. BroadcastingMediaLab produces all types of content for broadcasting over radio, television and the internet. Online MediaWe live in a 24/7 world. Reach your clients when and where they need you. Copy Writing and EditingThe editors and writers of MediaLab can help you find the words to best express yourself. We do it all, from ad and commercial copy to brochures, speeches and signage. PhotographySee the world through the lenses of MediaLab’s award-winning
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Pacific Lutheran University strives to maintain a stable, competent work force which is well-informed in all employment matters and to provide employees with reasonable opportunities for growth,
the employment relationship at any time for any reason with or without notice. No representative of PLU has any authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specified period of time or to make other commitments or promises or assure any benefit or terms and conditions of employment unless such promises are made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of PLU. The Personnel Manual applies to all faculty and staff. Faculty must also adhere to faculty policies and
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provide outlets for student writing, graphics, photography, video, digital technology, and audio; To provide for the exchange of information and opinions; To record life at PLU; To offer students a professionalized media experience in an educational setting; To demonstrate awareness of and adhere to the PLU Code of Conduct, the USMB Code of Ethics, and the professional guidelines prescribed to each individual outlet; To be the guardian of freedom and responsibility of expression for the publications
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Face the Music Inevitably, worried parents will arrive on music professor Greg Youtz’s office doorstep after their child has announced they want to become a composer. “Now what?” the parents ask Charged with running the university’s composition program, Youtz usually succeeds in calming the parental…
orchestral pieces start playing in their heads. Inspiration can come from just about anything, from another song, the revving of an engine or wind howling through the trees. It’s also a rather odd craft to explain. When pushed, many composers stall as they try to translate how an initial idea becomes an orchestral or a jazz piece. “It’s a lot of staring out the window for hours before you finally start writing something,” said David Joyner, PLU’s director of jazz studies. “Then you just have to reach
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About two and a half hours east of Tacoma sits the farming community of Yakima, Washington. The Central Washington county has about 243,000 residents and is probably most notable for producing the majority of the nation’s apples and hops. But it’s also where Henry Temple…
for theatre and I saw the investments PLU put into the spaces,” he said. “That was a determining factor in finally applying and enrolling.” Temple graduated from A.C. Davis High School in 2017 and is now a theatre major. He spends his time outside of the classroom typing away on his laptop writing scripts for PLU’s Late Knight show, a comedy show run completely by students. “I go to school for theatre, but I have a small part-time job working on Late Knight,” Temple said. “I’ll often be writing
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For the past four years Pacific Lutheran University student workers and volunteers have made the Parkland Literacy Center a beacon of community and learning support. Operated by PLU and located in the Anderson University Center, the center provides free one-on-one and small group tutoring for…
budget. “It’s a vote of confidence that will allow us to support more young people in our community,” says Bridget Yaden, PLC co-director and PLU professor of Hispanic and Latino studies. “It will make an immediate impact.” When it opened in 2019, PLC offered tutoring for reading, writing, and language acquisition. Center leaders quickly recognized that more was needed. “We challenge the notion that literacy is just reading and writing,” says Scott Rogers, PLC co-director and PLU associate
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