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Toppenish school district had long wanted district teachers to obtain an English Language Learners (ELL) endorsement to boost the district’s inclusion model for English-language learners. The endorsement is added to a teacher’s basic certification and allows them to be certified in English language learners and/or…
Zooming for an Important Endorsement: How PLU is empowering teachers in Eastern Washington Posted by: Silong Chhun / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing and Communications Guest WriterToppenish school district had long wanted district teachers to obtain an English Language Learners (ELL) endorsement to boost the district's inclusion model for English-language learners. The endorsement is added to a teacher's basic certification and allows them to be certified in English
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Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations are partnering to bring students to Amazon HQ in Seattle on President’s Day, Monday, February 19 from 9:00 am – 5:30 pm. The visit will include: free lunch, networking with alumni, and touring Amazon HQ. Transportation from PLU…
POSTS Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) April 29, 2022 Intersections: Called to Place November 10, 2021 Intersections: Learning Love of Neighbor May 3, 2021 Intersections: The Tradition’s Wisdom in a Time of Pandemics December 1, 2020
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By Layne Nordgren PLU’s Sakai learning management system now includes an Accessibility Checker tool you can use to inspect the accessibility level of content you create in the rich-text editor ( CKEditor ). This editor is embedded within many Sakai tools such as Lessons, Mailtool,…
Technology Workshops February 3, 2022 Zoom for Staff Accounts Update August 31, 2020 Licensed Zoom Accounts Now Available to All Faculty August 25, 2020
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By Sean Horner YouTube video players and audio players can now be embedded in any instance of Sakai’s rich-text editor ( CKEditor ) while avoiding the use of the Adobe Flash Player. The CKEditor is embedded within many Sakai tools including Forums, Mailtool, Assignments, Lessons,…
POSTS Major Sakai Upgrade in August March 1, 2022 Fall 2023 Technology Workshops February 3, 2022 Zoom for Staff Accounts Update August 31, 2020 Licensed Zoom Accounts Now Available to All Faculty August 25, 2020
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by Patrick Colin Wakefield Last July I was contacted by a PLU music faculty member, Erik Steighner, about recording an album. Erik, as a saxophone professor, obviously loves music for saxophone. His dream was to record an album of modern chamber music for saxophone featuring…
iTech service, I believe that there is a place for it at PLU. Perhaps a jazz CD is in our future.. who knows? Read Previous Sakai 2.9: A Look-Ahead to New Features Read Next Classroom Podium Videos Just Launched! LATEST POSTS Major Sakai Upgrade in August March 1, 2022 Fall 2023 Technology Workshops February 3, 2022 Zoom for Staff Accounts Update August 31, 2020 Licensed Zoom Accounts Now Available to All Faculty August 25, 2020
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Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Black Student Union led a ceremony raising the Black Lives Matter flag on Red Square on Friday evening. Organized by BSU student leaders, the ceremony featured Black student and staff speakers who shared with a virtual audience of over…
PLU Raises Black Lives Matter Flag on Red Square Posted by: Zach Powers / September 5, 2020 Image: Andre Jones ’22, speaking during the ceremony raising the Black Lives Matter flag. (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) September 5, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsMembers of the Pacific Lutheran University Black Student Union led a ceremony raising the Black Lives Matter flag on Red Square on Friday evening. Organized by BSU student leaders, the ceremony featured Black
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“My Language. My Choice. Words Mean Things” is a dynamic digital campaign being launched this month by Pacific Lutheran University. The campaign is focused on better understanding the meaning of the words anti-racist, anti-Blackness, decolonize and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). “These terms and…
PLU digital campaign explores the meaning of the words “anti-racist,” “anti-Blackness,” “decolonize” and “BIPOC” Posted by: Zach Powers / September 21, 2020 Image: Members of PLU’s “MLMC: Words Mean Things” team include (from left to right) Angie Hambrick (co-producer), Ami Shah (discussion facilitator), Kenzie Gandy (co-producer) and Lace Smith (co-producer). September 21, 2020 “My Language. My Choice. Words Mean Things” is a dynamic digital campaign being launched this month by Pacific
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For Kiyomi Kishaba, the act of translating Spanish texts is more than simple transcription. It’s an act of rebellion against historical oppression. Kishaba, an English Writing and Communications double major and a Theatre and Hispanic Studies double minor, worked with Professor Rona Kaufman in 2019…
Connection through Translation Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Kiyomi Kishaba, English and Communication major and Professor Rona Kaufman, Associate Professor of English May 6, 2020 By Jenna Muller '20English MajorFor Kiyomi Kishaba, the act of translating Spanish texts is more than simple transcription. It’s an act of rebellion against historical oppression.Kishaba, an English Writing and Communications double major and a Theatre and Hispanic Studies double minor, worked with
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McTee’s Symphony No. 1 – Ballet for Orchestra – performed April 11 by University Symphony Orchestra For Cindy McTee ‘75, music was ingrained in her life from the moment she was born. McTee spent her youth wandering around the PLU campus while her mom was…
was the Chair of Department of Music at that time. During Penderecki’s residency at PLU, he asked McTee if she would be interested in traveling to Poland for the coming year to teach his family English in exchange for studying with him at the Cracow Conservatory. Cindy did just that. “At first, I didn’t believe he was serious, and I was also a bit apprehensive about the idea of living behind the Iron Curtain,” she says. Despite her hesitation, McTee eventually agreed and moved from her hometown
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PLU Makes Strong Showing at National Race & Pedagogy Conference By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27 features more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants—including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran…
Professor of Hispanic Studies • Hal DeLaRosby, Director of Academic Advising • Taylor Griffin, student • Loana Kaja, student • Jenny James, Assistant Professor of English • Teru Toyokawa, Associate Professor of Psychology The PLU presenters’ topics—and the personal motivation behind them—are as varied as their fields. Davidson, for example, will discuss “We are Here to Participate: The Latino Civil Rights Narrative-in-the-Making in Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a
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