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connection to the CS-STEM scholarship, they will pay for part of my master’s program. What made you want to teach at the middle school level? I really enjoyed the classes I took when I was in junior high, and so the inspiration of having great teachers made me want to be one, so that’s the goal. What moment at that age made you passionate about teaching? Just the little things — the community I experienced there was great, and it was my first step toward freedom being able to pick my own classes. The

Intersections: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Posted by: abryant / October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Cover art by Ta-coumba T. Aiken Intersections, Number 50, Fall 2019 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its home

(hijab, naqib or burka), turban, skullcap or other customary religious headdress in place of the academic cap (or, in some cases, together with it). It is also appropriate for clergy and military members to wear their habits or uniforms under the gown. Other exceptions can be made for similarly religious or sacred items of dress. While in past years we have given items to students and other scholars to be worn with the academic regalia, we are also moving cautiously in the direction of reining in

the CS-STEM scholarship, they will pay for part of my master’s program.What made you want to teach at the middle school level? I really enjoyed the classes I took when I was in junior high, and so the inspiration of having great teachers made me want to be one, so that’s the goal. What moment at that age made you passionate about teaching? Just the little things — the community I experienced there was great, and it was my first step toward freedom being able to pick my own classes. The teachers I

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cosmopolitan city of 200,000 in the geographical center of the country. (Namibia itself is along the southern Atlantic coast of Africa, between Angola and South Africa.) Windhoek also is the site of Namibia Nine sponsor Wang Center for Global Education’s Study Away program, just one of PLU’s powerful connections to Namibia. Professor Paula Leitz, who has traveled to Namibia since 2002, initiated a J-Term course in 2008 for PLU Education students to practice student teaching in Namibia’s primary and

Zoom for Staff Accounts Update Posted by: berlinma / August 31, 2020 August 31, 2020 First, thank you for your patience as the Information & Technology Services team has been working to complete our Zoom license expansion. We’re still finalizing some details but wanted to update staff about the progress and notify them of possible changes to their accounts. If you did not have a Zoom account associated with your PLU email address, a Basic account has been created for you. Login to Zoom (plu.edu

for Global and Community Engaged EducationWorking collaboratively with academic units and disciplines of Pacific Lutheran University, the Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues

internship with Tacoma Housing Authority. Kang—a communication and political science double major from Auburn, Washington—was connected with THA through Degrees of Change’s Seed Internships program which helps pair local university students with internships throughout the Greater Tacoma area. “I was inspired to go local because I’ve loved PLU for four years and I wanted to use the skills I’ve been building to benefit and leave an impact on the community that surrounds me,” Kang said. Kang works as a

-solving in class.  As each student cohort progresses from the preparatory chemistry course on to general chemistry, we are accumulating data to determine the effectiveness of the course in supporting students’ future success in general chemistry and beyond. Through this project, RISE researchers will develop skills in basic statistical analysis as well as best practices for teaching in undergraduate classes. Faculty mentors:  Drs. Buckley, Lessman, and Mixter Read Previous REU opportunity at Georgia