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  • STEM Education faculty and staff.

    Ksenija Simic-Muller Director of STEM Education Minor Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7034 simicmka@plu.edu

  • Jenna Serr in her kindergarten class at James Sales Elementary. (Photos by John Froschauer) A calling to teach By Chris Albert Jenna (Steffenson) Serr ’06 ’10 takes account of her flock of kindergartners. Her eyes assessing every corner of the room, she sees her students…

    other and we care so much about the kids,” said Gretchen Saunders ’04, kindergarten teacher. “I’m not afraid to go to anyone for help. I trust all of my teammates.” Trust is a big part of an effective education, Schroeder said. Many of the students, and even parents, have had a hard time believing anyone cares about the education of the children at James Sales. It can be a struggle to develop and maintain relationships, if the students and their parents don’t see continuity. It’s really apparent

  • College is more than your experiences in the classroom. It’s also about the relationships you build with other students. These relationships can even grow into mentorships among peers. The Sista Circle group at PLU offers that opportunity to female students. It’s a place where women…

    The Power of Female Mentors Posted by: vcraker / December 9, 2020 Image: Barbara Gilchrist ’20 and Nicole Jordan ’15, Coordinator for The Center for Gender Equity, pose for a photo, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Lakewood. Both were involved with the Sista Circle event. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) December 9, 2020 College is more than your experiences in the classroom. It’s also about the relationships you build with other students. These relationships can even grow into mentorships among peers

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    Collective Action Rooted in Reciprocity At a summer 2023 banquet launching the Uukumwe Project, Sanet Steenkamp, executive director of Namibia’s Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, advised a group of Namibian and American teachers not to hold back. “The children,” she said, “deserve for us not to hold back.” Steenkamp’s… October 23, 2024 Alumni, Internships, CareerEquity, Faith, Justice

  • The graduate programs at Pacific Lutheran University are designed to combine practice and theory to prepare students to take the next step in their careers.

    PLU Graduate Admission Master of Business Administration The Pacific Lutheran University MBA Program is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility. Information Sessions How to Apply Master of Arts in Education You want to teach. We offer three pathways to becoming a teacher, MAE – Teacher Certification, MAE – Alternative Routes, and MAE – Non-Certification for International Students. Information Sessions How to Apply Master of

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    Graduate Admission Pacific Lutheran University 12180 Park Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Fred Hutch Infectious Disease Sciences (IDS) is a pre-eminent program of internationally recognized clinicians and researchers seeking to train the next generation of leaders in infectious diseases that affect immunocompromised individuals. Their Summer Internship Program promotes our core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion to…

    Infectious Disease Sciences Summer Scholars Internship Program Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: alemanem / February 24, 2023 February 24, 2023 Fred Hutch Infectious Disease Sciences (IDS) is a pre-eminent program of internationally recognized clinicians and researchers seeking to train the next generation of leaders in infectious diseases that affect immunocompromised individuals. Their Summer Internship Program promotes our core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion to enhance

  • Austin Beierman, class of 2018, Reike Scholar, and newly appointed Director of Accessibility and Accommodations, continues to live the Diversity Center’s mission of care and equity. As a high school junior, Austin joined a PLU volleyball camp sponsored by College Bound, a non-profit that helped…

    Austin Beierman ‘18 Posted by: juliannh / February 23, 2022 February 23, 2022 By Victoria SchultzA

  • When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing music program to include children in junior primary (grades K-3), she initially felt daunted at…

    Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 Posted by: mhines / May 20, 2024 Image: Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 is a music education major from Tacoma. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) May 20, 2024 By Emily Holt, MFA '16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer When the principal of N/a’an ku sê, a rural school in Namibia that serves the San people, asked PLU music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 to expand their existing music program

  • Tyson Bendzak ’10 clowns around at Nike before leaving for the Olympics in London. Persistence, passion and his skills on a unicycle paid off for the alum, who majored in physical education.(Photo provided by Tyson Bendzak) Focus, persistence land alum at Nike, and this week,…

    London next week for Tyson Bendzak ’10. Bendzak clowning around on a unicycle before graduating from PLU in 2010. (Photo by Jordan Hartman) As he was preparing to leave this week for the 2012 Olympic Games to cover the events for Nike, Inc. employees world wide, Bendzak still couldn’t quite believe it.“This is such a big surprise, “ said Bendzak, 24, who works as a teacher in Nike’s early childhood education program for its employees in Beaverton, Ore. “I’ve never been out of the U.S. before

  • PLU News documents good work Lutes are doing, on and off campus, as they live and pursue lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.

    Vote! Women’s Center seeks community feedback on new name TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2016) – Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. After 25 years, the Women’s Center will change its name to fit its expanded,… February 20, 2016 Equity, Faith, Justice