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Teach 253: PLU partnership with Tacoma Public Schools supports aspiring teachers Posted by: Kari Plog / June 7, 2018 Image: Brittany Bowen ’18 enrolled in Teach 253 during her junior year at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, hoping to gain more exposure to her chosen career. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) June 7, 2018 By Debbie CafazzoContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (June 7, 2018) — Brittany Bowen ’18 had barely started school when she chose her life’s work. By the age of 8, she’d decided to

Philosophical Discourse and Tweeting: On Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s Public Philosophy Posted by: Matthew / December 5, 2017 Image: Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin, philosophy, is PLU’s resident Twitter Diva. December 5, 2017 By Gillian Dockins '19PLU HumanitiesFollowing Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s recent publication in Newsweek, PLU’s Philosophy Department Chair sat down with me to discuss her article’s reception, the role of Twitter in philosophical discourse, and how philosophers of the modern day

. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your professors, you get to see

, context and respect. 9:20: What we can learn about civility and anonymity from internet comment sections. 15:10: The negative effects of the cautiousness-in-the-name-of-civility mentality of many career politicians. 20:20: “At low levels of conflicts relations don’t strive – because there is too much civility.” 25:30: Discussion of Malcolm Gladwell’s assertion that groups over 150 people will start to socially degrade. 30:00: How young children communicate prior to being taught civility, inclusivity

MSMR Students En Route to Safer Roads Posted by: wagnerjc / April 30, 2018 April 30, 2018 PLU’s MSMR Candidates are doing great things! Following last semester’s project with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, MSMR Candidate, Jessica Wagner, was invited to be a panelist at the 2018 Traffic Safety Conference! Shelly Baldwin, Legislative Liaison and Media Relations Manager at the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, and her colleagues were very impressed by the cohort’s presentations of

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as Dick and Paula Hopkins of Hopkins Forestry, a private company respected by natural resources professionals across the nation. Even though Farnum specializes in veteran relations, students from all over campus are invited to join the program and he encourages environmental studies majors and minors to get involved. “I did the project for many reasons,” said Ron Berg ’18, one of this year’s participants. “To hopefully connect a bit with some Lutes out of

Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific Lutheran University reach agreement for the sale of KPLU Posted by: Lace M. Smith / June 28, 2016 Image: Neeb Center at PLU as seen from Tingelstad Hall. (John Froschauer/PLU) June 28, 2016 Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific Lutheran University reach agreement for the sale of KPLUContributions of $7 million from 18,000 donors preserve KPLU as an independent, community-licensed public radio station Tacoma, WA — Pacific Lutheran University and Friends of 88.5 FM, a

Former State Superintendent joins PLU as interim dean of the School of Education and Kinesiology Posted by: Zach Powers / July 7, 2016 Image: Terry Bergeson, interim dean of the PLU School of Education and Kinesiology. (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) July 7, 2016 By Donna GibbsPLU Marketing & Communications Former three-term State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., succeeds, Frank Kline, Ph.D.TACOMA, WASH. (July 7, 2016) – Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., has joined Pacific