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two classroom spaces and a variety of learning materials, such as workbooks, puzzles and flashcards, for the tutoring program. Fisher estimates roughly 40 Bantu adults and children live in Tacoma, with many cramming families of five or more into one tiny apartment. St. Mark’s involvement with the refugees began in 2004 when the church decided to sponsor two Bantu families – a total of 12 people. The church, whose members include a number of PLU alumni, formed a 12-member African Family Support
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New Learning Community: Outdoor Experience Community Posted by: mhines / May 10, 2024 May 10, 2024 Do you love the outdoors? This fall, we’re launching a brand-new Outdoor Experience Community, one of our many themed learning communities (LCs) on campus. When living on campus, students have the option of living in a hall with a learning community that fits their passions and/or identities (and there is a Commuter LC, too!). LCs connect students, faculty, and staff and provide co-curricular
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Helping Students “Stay Connected” This Summer by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer You may have noticed PLU promoting a new summer session campaign called “Stay Connected”. The campaign hopes to improve retention, decrease time to matriculation, and increase enrollments in summer session courses. A February 2015 survey of PLU students found: … August 25, 2015 online learning
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Flipping vs. Blending – What’s the Difference? by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Like it or not, technology is influencing the process of teaching and learning in new and evolving ways. Two key trends that draw upon innovations in technology and pedagogy are the flipped learning format and the blended learning format. As… August 25, 2015 flipped learningonline learning
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By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I…
Studies program, which is welcoming its first class of new minors this year. In the program, there is always an emphasis on encouraging students to think about problems, big and small, in new ways. This could be in a business setting or connected to a social project or new idea that a student has come up with. To learn more about innovation, I sat down with Kory Brown (Assistant Professor, School of Business) in order to gain a better idea of how the business world views innovation and puts it into
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As your student government organization, the Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) supports the values that uplift all students on this campus: diversity, justice, and
agenda and minutes, including archives from past meetings. To learn more about specific bill and resolutions we have passed, check out our 2022-2023 Passed Legislation, and our legislation archives from prior years!
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An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.
questioned whether all the fuss was worth it. After all, she said, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. “I wanted to be able to say ‘at least I tried’ and took advantage of a potential opportunity.” The only way back Sophia is the first and only PLU student to study outside the U.S. under those circumstances, said Tamara Williams, executive director of the Wang Center for Global Education and Oaxaca program director. “It took courage,” Williams said. The essence of the program catered to Sophia’s
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MSACST Program in Chemistry at the University of Washington Posted by: alemanem / December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 University of Washington Master of Science In Applied Chemical Science & Technology Application deadline is Jan 31st, 2023 For more information see the MSACST Info Session Flyer or/& plan to attend the zoom information session on Jan 4th 4-5pm. Read Previous Summer REU Opportunities – Clean Energy & Materials Research Read Next Aquatic Chemical Ecology (ACE) at Georgia Tech
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International Honors Program builds a ‘Starship’ Posted by: vcraker / December 20, 2022 December 20, 2022 On day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it. The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON), which means it is specifically designed to explore a topic through multiple academic departments and subjects. PLU’s IHON web page explains that the
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China for the host school or district for a period of one to three years. This is your chance to build a Chinese program efficiently and affordably. The College Board also offers programs to place trainees at U.S. host institutions for one school year. Trainees are recent graduates from TCFL (Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language) programs in China who specialize in learning how to teach Chinese language and culture in second language settings. Host schools provide a special professional growth
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