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The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path…
March 9, 2012 The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path in a world that is more dramatically shaped by globalization and technology, during the Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture. The lecture starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 in the Scandinavian
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by Patrick Wakefield For most people, the beginning of summer signifies the start of barbecues, campfires, and lazy river rafting. Unlike most people, the beginning of summer marks the start of something else for Instructional Technologies: install season. Every summer, a few classrooms are selected…
-house staff as well as a student workforce. Over a few days the room’s outdated equipment is dismantled, and replaced by state-of-the-art equipment which has become standard across campus. This equipment includes a wide-screen projector, screen, and media podium. Updated media podiums were installed in six rooms across campus this summer. This season of installations marks the start of a new era for Instructional Technologies. While three of the six rooms (Ramstad 202, 203, and 205) received our
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The Andersons are leaving PLU Tuesday May 31, 2011 Loren and MaryAnn Anderson have announced their intent to leave Pacific Lutheran University in the spring of 2012, at the end of the academic year. “The time is right for the university,” Loren Anderson, 65, said.…
May 31, 2011 The Andersons are leaving PLU Tuesday May 31, 2011 Loren and MaryAnn Anderson have announced their intent to leave Pacific Lutheran University in the spring of 2012, at the end of the academic year. “The time is right for the university,” Loren Anderson, 65, said. “It’s a perfect time for new leadership as another era of progress and development is about to open for PLU.” Loren and MaryAnn Anderson have announced they plan to leave PLU in the Spring of 2012. “The time is right for
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The University of Washington has a new Center for the Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). This NSF funded program is offering paid summer REU positions at UW and at a dozen other institutions around the country. The focus is on cutting edge…
, and control light underpin the modern information-technology era. Society is increasingly reliant on such devices for efficient lighting, information display, and optical data transmission. Furthermore, the study of optoelectronics is enabling new technologies ranging from ubiquitous sensors and photorealistic virtual reality displays to quantum-based information technologies that promise to produce exponential increases in computing power and secure communication networks from hacking. Such
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…
up, and then seeing the torn-down, unkempt tombstones where they buried African-American people, that was meaningful and impactful to see. I am reminded of how much we still have to do.” Dobies said the Lutes visited Savannah, Georgia and the South Carolina cities of Charleston and Saint Helena Island, where students visited the Penn Center that was one of the first abolitionist schools for freed slaves. Other stops included museums, historical civil-rights era buildings and the two cemeteries
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October is LGBTQIA+ History Month. While we encourage engaging with these topics year-round, October is a special time to reflect on the history of LGBTQIA+ movements, moments, and iconic figures. In this exhibit, the Center for DJS, in collaboration with the PLU Library, is choosing…
produced at home and abroad, Baldwin contributed as an agent of change to the artistic and intellectual traditions in American society.” – from https://nmaahc.si.edu/james-baldwin Featured Here: The Fire Next Time A 2021 Lambda Literary Finalist, 2021 Stonewall Award Honor Book author, and Winner of the 2022 Cy Twombly Award for Poetry by the Foundation of Contemporary Arts., Kay Ulanday Barrett aka @brownroundboi, is a poet, performer, and educator, navigating life as a disabled Filipinx-amerikan
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Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique and life-changing experience that offers an extraordinary blend of academic enrichment and natural wonder. Imagine being immersed in a land of fire and ice, where the midnight sun never sets,…
Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: mhines / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique
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What if, by donating just an hour of your time, you could change someone’s life. Twenty years ago, while still attending her Central California high school, Kristina Garabedian heard about a pastor’s intriguing invitation. The pastor asked church members to reach under the pews and…
California high school, Kristina Garabedian heard about a pastor’s intriguing invitation. The pastor asked church members to reach under the pews and fill shoeboxes stored there with donations for families in Mexico. Garabedian thought about her recent trip to Armenia, her father’s homeland, and the poverty she’d observed. For example, the Soviet-era apartment buildings in the central city only had water for one hour a day – and frequently lacked the pressure necessary to reach apartments up to 10
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A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare ’s play Comedy of Errors . Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3,…
that stretch through time, like sense of identity and who you are when everyone else says you’re someone else. Regardless of what scholars may say, this mixed-up character debacle transports you to another world and is thoroughly entertaining. Director Smith said, “I was drawn to directing a piece that would allow us to forget—if only for an hour or so—these stressful times. Comedy of Errors provides relief from today’s headline news and transports us to a simpler and more charming era.” Tickets
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A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare ’s play Comedy of Errors . Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3,…
that stretch through time, like sense of identity and who you are when everyone else says you’re someone else. Regardless of what scholars may say, this mixed-up character debacle transports you to another world and is thoroughly entertaining. Director Smith said, “I was drawn to directing a piece that would allow us to forget—if only for an hour or so—these stressful times. Comedy of Errors provides relief from today’s headline news and transports us to a simpler and more charming era.” Tickets
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