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Landon Packard ’17 says it’s time to rescue the rescuers. The sociology major researched first responders’ emotional labor — the process of managing emotions to satisfy the requirements of a
when circumstances arise. Yet, we haven’t been socialized to understand the guilt and heartbreak that comes with the job.” – Landon Packard ’17 “The interviews took place in a variety of places, from quiet living rooms to different coffee shops,” he wrote in his analysis. The interviews were between 35 and 60 minutes, depending on the comfort level of each participant. “Some participants were very upfront and willing to talk, whereas other participants were more reserved.” Three themes were
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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,
blended and online courses offer.Sampling of Online and Blended Courses Course Title BUSA 305 Behavior in Organizations COMA 495 Internship CSCI 115 Solve It With Computers MR,NS EDUC 970A Brain Works (505) EDUC 970B Literacy and Learning (506) EDUC 970D Writer's Notebook 4-12 (598) EDUC 970E The Write Foundation K-2 (608) EDUC 970F Young Writers PreK-2 (642) EDUC 970H Teaching with Technology (648) EDUC 970J Reaching Young Readers (653) EDUC 970K Differentiation & Grading(665) EDUC 970L Web EDU (681
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 16, 2016) – Just three short weeks after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Denae McGaha ’16 will embark on the journey of a lifetime. The communication major will travel for three consecutive months, visiting five continents and more than 10 different countries.…
possible by a partnership between StudentUniverse, Flypside, Homestay.com and United Airlines. She’s the 2016 winner of Snap Gap, a contest presented by the four businesses to promote student travel. McGaha was shocked when StudentUniverse notified her that she had won the contest to which she applied. She was ecstatic that she had been selected from a field of students from all over the country. “It all sounded too good to be true, to be honest,” she said. The contest granted McGaha complete autonomy
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself…
of students who study away, as well as the places to which students travel. Learn moreVisit to learn more about the Benjamin A. Gilman International ScholarshipWill Taylor, a study away advisor at PLU, introduced the scholarship to Zimmerman after she applied to the Namibia program. Taylor said Zimmerman was the “perfect candidate” for this scholarship who had an advantage as a nursing student. “(The Gilman Foundation) is looking for students who are studying in non-traditional locations studying
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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.
experiments on Jewish victims would occur. Beth Kraig, professor of history, mentored Mahr through the emotionally taxing process of tackling this appalling reality. Kraig said Mahr’s work challenges society to put more pressure on institutional systems to implement checks and balances. It also challenges people to face the possibility that they could become complicit in harmful behavior. “She’s wanting people to take this on board as something they are prone to do themselves,” she said. In all the case
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
ensured that the bulk of these records remained inaccessible to researchers. Utilizing patient files from the Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, formerly a notorious “euthanasia” facility near Augsburg, this presentation will offer a much-needed perspective to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves.Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of the leading scholars on the Nazi Euthanasia murders. She has been based at
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 20, 2015)- Thomas Kim ‘15 is passionate about “Justice.” So passionate, in fact, that he likes to really emphasize the word by treating it as a proper noun. His passion doesn’t include just capitalizing Js, however: he’s walking his talk (and type)…
school plan was to work full-time at a teriyaki restaurant… It wasn’t until my good friend Taryn Dee ’16 told me about PLU that I even applied. PLU decided to invest a full-tuition Regents Scholarship in me. In May of 2015, I graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in mathematical economics, Bachelors of Science in psychology and a minor in statistics. I now am a Juris Doctorate candidate at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Why did you decide to attend law school? Not being
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253.535.7536 www.plu.edu/physics/ physics@plu.edu Bret Underwood, Ph.D., Chair Physics is the scientific study of the material universe at its most fundamental level: the mathematical description of space and time and the behavior of matter from the elementary particles to the universe as a whole. A physicist might study the inner workings of atoms and nuclei, the size and age of the universe, the behavior of high-temperature superconductors or the life cycles of stars. Physicists use high
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
, preventable conditions. Additionally, she addressed access to care sites and the resources needed to improve the public health outlook of children 5 years old and younger. “We can see that money specifically directed to helping the sites is tied to overall progress,” Estrada wrote in her analysis. “Reducing the mortality rate will only be achieved if certain issues are addressed as soon as possible. Those issues include correct diagnosis, treatments that are timed and ordered correctly, and more funds
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When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…
from numerous disciplines such as geology, biology, art, and psychology.PLU Support At some institutions, publishing in journals is the only critical component of faculty work. But PLU also recognizes expert witness testimony as another form of applied scholarship, or using anthropological research to solve practical, real-world problems. As another example, some of Levy’s colleagues in archaeology have been consulted by the National Park Service. “As an engaged anthropologist who takes a position
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