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Communicating Course Expectations by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer The first weeks of a course are a critical time for establishing expectations. Teachers in K-12 education have long understood the value of classroom management; but in higher education, the topic is sometimes overlooked. Whether your teaching style is structured… February 1, 2017
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changes to the increasingly diverse and challenging world in which PLU graduates will live and work. Some of the challenges these changes bring are new, some are old, and some are only now being recognized. Through presentations by professionals, authors, academics and hands-on practitioners, the symposium is designed to stimulate serious thinking on a single global challenge. If one is at all in doubt about this being a different world, consider that there are now 193 counties following a labyrinth
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Leading Organizational ChangeA Guide to Advance Your Career with an MBA Degree /* critical leadership in today’s professional landscapes, an MBA degree will equip you with the sought-after leadership skills needed to effectively communicate, make data-driven decisions, and successfully lead others. Whether you have a background in business or not, there are
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May 2020 Innovation Studies Graduates Posted by: halvormj / May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 By Michael Halvorson, Chair of Innovation Studies. The Innovation Studies program is pleased to announce the graduation of five new Innovation Studies minors. Each has completed a program of study designed to foster innovation and design thinking in an interdisciplinary context. They graduated on May 23, 2020 with the Class of 2020. The physical graduation ceremony was postponed until September due to the on
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critical to moving major housing projects forward, but securing these funds can be daunting, even for the professionals. Developers, property managers, and owners must sort through complicated income and rent limit formulas to qualify for affordable housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds and other public funding. These formulas come from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in addition to city, county, state, or federal affordable housing programs. Programs designed to fund and build
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students, so check back when you are planning your next course(s). Tips for adapting these activities beyond research assignments: Learning from Sources activities can also support critical reading contexts. Many of the Research Paper Alternatives are relevant for various critical thinking and inquiry contexts. Activity Ideas: Research StrategiesSearching as strategic explorationType of activity: Individual activity; In-class or outside of class activity Goal: Help students develop flexibility and
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master’s degree. Don’t fall for the idea that pursuing a career in teaching means you will live in a classroom for your whole professional life. As your career progresses, you can transition toward school administration, a school leadership role, curriculum development, research, and more. Many people choose to go ahead and get their master’s at the beginning of their career, knowing it allows them much more flexibility and potential for growth long-term.Tip: Passionate about the sphere of education
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Innovators who got their start at Pacific Lutheran University serve all over the globe. Graduates generate new ideas, create new businesses and products, and craft new ways of thinking about the world around them. In Washington, D.C., the hub of this country’s system of government, many Lutes have their hands in legislating, discovering and analyzing the functions of our democracy and how best to serve society. This January, in the heat of a tense transition of power in the nation’s capital, a ResoLute
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faculty facilitate peer learning and discourse. Blog writing can also encourage the personal reflection and processing of content that is critical to deeper learning. Though the potential uses are endless, blogging requires commitment from the instructor and students to be successful and worthwhile. To help you use your time wisely, I have gathered resources and advice for you here. How do you know if blogging would work well in your course? There is no easy answer to that question; however, before
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Studdard. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: Carolyn Kizer wrote in the foreword of On Poetry & Craft by Theodore Roethke that when another student was critical of something eccentric she had tried in her poem, Roethke said to the student: You want to be very careful when you criticize something like that, because it may be the hallmark of an emerging style. Kizer wrote, He knew that our eccentricities are our true voice. As a poet myself, this is something I keep in mind while
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