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Alternative Transportation Drives Lute’s Work Alternative Transportation Drives Lute’s Work https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/01/kristina-walker-alt-transportation-banner-v2-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Debbie Cafazzo Debbie Cafazzo https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/02/debbie-cafazzo.jpg January 7, 2019 February 26, 2019 LUTHERAN HIGHER EDUCATIONService Kristina Walker ’02 first discovered the wonders of Copenhagen — its
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discovered the wonders of Copenhagen — its dedication to sustainability, manifested in hundreds of kilometers of bike routes —when she was a PLU study-away student. “They have the best bike network in the world,” she said of Denmark’s capital city, where cycling is part of the culture. During commute times, Copenhagen’s bike lanes can fill up as quickly as vehicle lanes in other cities. When she returned to Denmark in 2018, it was as executive director of Downtown on the Go, a nonprofit organization that
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Brian Lander ’89: Career Humanitarian is PLU’s Connection to 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Posted by: Zach Powers / February 3, 2021 Image: Brian Lander ’89 is the Global Deputy Director of the United Nations World Food Programme’s Emergency Operations Division. (Photo courtesy of UN/WFP) February 3, 2021 By Lora ShinnMarketing and Communications Guest WriterPLU alumnus Brian Lander ‘89 grew up in Washington State's Tri-Cities. But in early 2020, Lander was far from his childhood home, as he helped
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Copyright policies and practices in higher education are shaped by federal legislation, most recently the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 1998), the TEACH Act (2002), and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA, 2008). These laws seek balance between the rights of copyright holders and the needs of the public, including educators and learners. The DMCA and TEACH acts relate primarily to instructional use of copyrighted materials, whereas the HEOA is relevant in this context primarily
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Learning Outcomes Resources for ProgramsThis page offers tips and strategies for departments and programs to use in crafting effective (and assessable) learning outcomes at the program and/or course levels.Printable pdfLearning ObjectivesLearning objectives communicate the purpose of instruction and clarifying expectations for performance. Objectives should align with an assessment intended to measure student knowledge, skills, or attitudes resulting from learning. There are various levels at
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When college students dream up the perfect summer, it usually doesn’t involve getting up at 3 a.m. to take water samples, living out of your backpack, and sleeping in the trees. But for geosciences major Nathan Page, there was no better way to spend the last summer of his undergraduate education. Page set out on a series of research trips with four of his peers and Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd to study waste management on Mt. Rainier. It was a great way
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PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award Posted by: Zach Powers / September 14, 2022 Image: PLU Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund says she takes great joy in building learning communities with students that explore how the microbial world is intricately tied to our lives. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 14, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund is the recipient of the American
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March 19, 2014 MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of Science in Finance students have won the local 2014 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge and competed in its prestigious Americas Regional Finals. And
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September 6, 2012 International Honors at PLU Kyle Schroeder lives in the International Honors wing of Hong International Hall. He says that IHON challenges him to think in a different manner. Four first-year students discuss PLU’s honors program By Steve Hansen Ask four first-year students from different backgrounds and hometowns – each with different major and career goals – about what they expect from their PLU education and you’re bound to get different answers. But on one subject, they
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My First MOOC: A New Year’s Resolution Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 Click above to view complete image By Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer I am not one to jump on the bandwagon for any type of fad that gets a lot of media attention. My first iPhone was the 5, just out of stubbornness. But in my role as an instructional designer, I felt it was due time for me to have an opinion of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, based on first-hand experience. (For those of
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