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PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.
to save the island, before it sinks, by way of a mystical portal. Players also must contend with the escalating threat of their Athenian enemies. Plato, the philosopher who documented the only account of Atlantis, is quoted in the rulebook. “That bit of literature and philosophy actually informed how I designed the game,” Ciscell said. “The players all win or lose the game together.” Unfortunately, players were on the losing side one recent game night at Ciscell’s Tacoma home. Atlantis
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Online Learning at Pacific Lutheran University. Online and blended programs for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students extend the university’s mission beyond campus borders,
) EDUC 974W Incorporating Mndfulness(5018) EDUC 974X Empthy & Understanding (5032) EDUC 974Y Access Content for ELL (5025) EDUC 974Z Well-Connected Educator (5024) EDUC 975A Neurodiversity (5855) EDUC 975C Project Based Learning (5856) EDUC 975F Moving Math (5854) EDUC 975H Hit Play for Podcasts (800) EDUC 975J Extensions for Education (801) EDUC 975K YouTube in Classroom (802) EDUC 975M Building Peace (5006) EDUC 975N Trauma Sensitive Teach (5007) EDUC 975P Ready to Learn (5008) EDUC 975Q Writer's
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Troy Storfjell is a member of the Sámi community, the only indigenous group in Norway that’s been historically marginalized. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the U.S.
oppression when in Norway. “It’s difficult for me, on an emotional level, to identify as white,” said Storfjell, who has spent significant time in both countries. In Norway, he said, “I always knew I was Sámi.” This experience informed his passion project: a new Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) program and minor at Pacific Lutheran University, set to launch in fall 2018. In fact, the opportunity to create such a program was part of what convinced Storfjell — now the chair of the school’s
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 28, 2016)- There were lots of tears as band members from Tamana Girls High School in Japan said farewell to their new friends from Graham-Kapowsin High School, located about 13 miles southeast of Pacific Lutheran University. Miho Takekawa, percussion instructor at PLU…
during instruction, Takekawa noted as one example of the students’ cultural differences. In contrast, Japanese students sit silently and listen intently. Putting those two groups together quiets the American students, she said. Additionally, Japanese students prefer group work, while Americans often vie for solos – mirroring their respective collectivist and individualist cultures. After working alongside the American students, Tamana girls were more confident taking on solo performances, Takekawa
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PLU alumna serves as interim director of Tacoma’s Rainbow Center.
organization to be the director of.” For now, Brewer looks forward to being the bridge between the new and old full-time Rainbow Center directors. Brewer said her time at PLU has informed the way she continues to seek out a vocation of service. “One of the things I loved about PLU was the mission — ‘educating for lives of service,’” she said. “The education I got at PLU on how to be a good leader…was really helpful. I’m always glad I went to PLU.”
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…
chance to earn a certification: “This is providing a way to increase diversity and provide a pipeline of people who aren’t on the traditional route.” According to a survey conducted by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction last year, 45 percent of principals say they weren’t able to fill all of their teaching jobs with fully certified candidates. More than 80 percent were required to employ teachers with emergency certificates or as long-term substitutes, and 93 percent indicated
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…
. Instead, the hardships he endured were his instruction. “I was first educated in the adult world,” Cushman said, adding that domestic violence, drug abuse and gang violence were his teachers. “These experiences taught me that unless I worked as hard as I could to get out of where I was, I would only repeat what was being shown to me.” Determined to break the cycle, Cushman thus motivated himself to earn his diploma from Lincoln High School and pursue a degree in English from Pacific Lutheran
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Pacific Lutheran University alumna Jessica Anderson ’07 is passionate about education, geosciences and technology, and has combined all three to become an award-winning educator.
, #MTedchat has taken an active role in bridging the gap between teachers, administrators and elected officials in our state. It’s a discussion open to all stakeholders. The chats revolve around popular education topics, including student engagement, innovation in education and assessment. We’ve also held social media chats about Montana’s legislative education bills and chats through the Office of Public Instruction about resources and supports they provide Montana teachers. Finally, how do you remember
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Sophia Mahr ’18 analyzed how and why medical providers repeatedly and deliberately harmed people in the name of medical science by conducting non-consensual experiments on their subjects.
her findings at the inaugural Undergraduate Research Symposium in April. “We use a lot of this research today.” Mahr said one key factor, among many she discusses in the paper summarizing her work, is the lack of enforcement mechanisms. From the Hippocratic Oath taken by medical professionals to the Nuremberg Code that underscores full and informed consent in medical studies, Mahr says all rely on the honor system and the goodwill of authority figures. Failures and loopholes in protections are
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…
final handbook. “Many of them had never ridden public transit at all,” Kraig said of her students. The bus passes were free for students; some of the proceeds came from the provost’s Innovative Teaching Grant, reserved for faculty members with spur-of-the-moment ideas or out-of-the-ordinary methods that promise improved instruction. The rest came out of Kraig’s own pocket. The class and partnership were brand new, and Kraig said she couldn’t have done it without the four teaching assistants. The
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