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What’s Happening This Fall Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 29, 2020 April 29, 2020 To: All students and families From: Office of the President Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Dear students and families, My oldest son, a first-year university student, recently quipped, “Remote learning was okay for a few weeks, but I just want to get back to learning in person and enjoying life on campus.” Our youngest, a high-school junior, responded with, “I just hope I’ll get to experience college
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From Eastvold to Broadway: Justin Huertas ’09 and Kiki deLohr ’10 debut on musical theater’s biggest stage Posted by: Logan Seelye / September 13, 2023 Image: Justin Huertas ’09 and Kiki deLohr ’10 pose on stage a couple of hours before opening night of Lizard Boy in New York City. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 13, 2023 By Zach Powers '10Resolute EditorIt’s 11 a.m. in Harlem. Justin Huertas ’09 and Kiki deLohr ’10 are feeling loose, relaxed — even a bit silly — as they sip coffee outside
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2016 Retreat January 8-9 | 92 first-year students | 12 facilitator triads The theme for “EXPLORE! Because the world awaits,” encouraged students to explore vocations with respect to their learning and potential majors but also encouraged them to consider their vocations in the larger context of the needs of the world. EXPLORE! unfolded over the course of 24 hours beginning on PLU campus on the first Friday in J-Term and continuing off campus the next day at the Dumas Bay Center in Federal Way
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Barrie Jean Borich Nonfiction Biography Biography Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Apocalypse, Darling (2018), which was short-listed for a Lambda Literary Award. PopMatters said “Apocalypse, Darling soars and seems to live as a new form altogether. It’s poetry, a meditation on life as ‘the other,’ creative nonfiction, and abstract art.” Her memoir Body Geographic (2013) won a Lambda Literary Award in Memoir, and in a starred review Kirkus called the book “…an elegant literary map that
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Angela Meade Vocal Performance Scholarship Underway Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 2, 2014 January 2, 2014 On January 18, Soprano Angela Meade ‘01 performed a one-time-only benefit concert at PLU to kick off fundraising for the new Angela Meade Vocal Performance Scholarship. “During my years at PLU, I received about a third of my tuition in scholarships and I know how essential they are,” Meade wrote in the night’s program. “My parents always taught me to be thankful for what you have and
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chosen based on their ability to captivate and engage students in the classroom, their outstanding involvement on campus and in the community, and their overwhelming passion for their subject matter. Nominations were collected through student, alumni and faculty recommendations following an open call to several hundred colleges and universities across the country. Luther was nominated by her colleagues at PLU, who described her as dynamic, involved and committed and said she has inspired countless
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Stuen Hall Alcohol PolicyStarting in the 2020-21 academic year, this policy permits alcoholic beverages in a resident room, if the Stuen resident is at least 21 years old AND takes the . Email your Community Director if you have any questions! More information in regards to the policy is below: Alcoholic Beverages – Alcohol possession and use is permitted in Stuen Hall under the following guidelines. The following policy has been established in recognition of, and coordination with, Washington
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Health Center Hours & LocationLocationThe Health Center is located at 121st Street and Park Avenue, just across from the Mortvedt Library. In order to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 and to protect the health and safety of the staff, we are currently offering phone visits and provider-approved in-person visits. Please call ahead for an appointment.HoursFor the 2022-23 academic year the Health Center is open from mid-August to the end of May, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
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``It’s Time for a New Policy on Confucius Institutes`` A plaque commemorating the opening of a Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan in 2009. (Brett Ashley, https://tinyurl.com/499frcym; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/) By Jamie P. Horsley Thursday, April 1, 2021, 2:30 PM The closings of Chinese language and culture centers in the U.S. exacerbate a national foreign language deficit at a time when training mandarin speakers familiar with China
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Equitable Assessment PracticesIn keeping with PLU’s access, recruitment, and retention goals, we must expand our understanding of “effectiveness” in assessment to include equity-centered assessment practices. According to Montenegro and Jankowski (NILOA 2020) equity in assessment relies on three changes in how we think about data collection, analysis, and action: Assessment should be culturally responsive, meaning it should be mindful of context and the various student populations being served
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