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includes artifacts from all five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), is a testament to the connection and trust the Puget Sound’s Scandinavian American community shares with PLU. “The collection in the Scandinavian Cultural Center is a reflection of this (Scandinavian) community. They entrust us with precious family heirlooms,” Ward said. “Items have been donated to PLU since the late 1970s, many of them hundreds of years old.” The artifacts and literature housed by the SCC
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Why Chatbots Are the Future of Market Research Posted by: wagnerjc / December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 Originally published by American Marketing Association on October 1, 2017 by Kate DuHadwayJust as the adoption of the internet and the spread of social media fundamentally changed the way we interact and communicate, the next wave of change is at our doorsteps. And it's poised to overhaul our current perceptions and use of artificial intelligence Last April, Facebook announced at its annual
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some of these new practices that you became active in education communities online and on social media? Yes, this is when I started blogging and sharing on social media about my classroom successes and challenges. It was through this process that I became an advocate for blended learning as an avenue to achieve seamless technology integration, differentiation and personalization in my science class. I also had the opportunity to work as a BetterLesson Blended Master Teacher and have my classroom
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NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Posted by: bennetrr / February 9, 2021 February 9, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful
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October 1, 2013 Our Middle Name: People of Wondrous Ability Editor’s note: This essay is the first in a series of writings in Scene from various authors on Lutheran outreach in the world, and the impact and meaning of a Lutheran higher education. By Professor Samuel Torvend, Chair of Lutheran Studies In 1524, monasteries across Germany had closed, their property confiscated by greedy rulers. And with this, education of the young was abandoned. In desperation, Martin Luther wrote a heartfelt
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Carnegie Mellon ChemE MS Application Extended! Posted by: alemanem / June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 The Carnegie Mellon ChemE MS application is extended to June 15th! The Master’s programs in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University are evolving to meet the changing needs of students in the face of current world events. CMU ChemE is a world leader in computational education and research, and now more than ever, the techniques we’ve developed for computational learning set our students up
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November 1, 2010 Cammocks ensure PLU remains a place for students to grow By Chris Albert There is one thing Craig Cammock ’91 finds to be true every time he encounters a Lute in the world: “They’re always a pleasure to run into.” It’s a big reason why Cammock and his wife, Carrie, support education at Pacific Lutheran University through financial support to initiatives like Q Club student scholarships, the Morken Center, the athletic fields and gifts to the economics department, which included
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October 28, 2011 A passion for learning is explored By Chris Albert The route to being an educator may vary, but a key ingredient is being passionate about being a life-long learner. It’s a sentiment the panel of current educators and PLU alumni shared with students during the Career Connections in Education discussion in October. A panel of PLU alumni share their experiences with current students about life as educators. “You have to have that whole idea that you’re going to be a life-long
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million grant from the National Science Foundation.The grant, which provides funding over the next three years, will help extend existing collaborations between the university’s Division of Natural Sciences, Education Department and partner districts Clover Park and Franklin Pierce to improve K-12 STEM teacher preparation and induction. “The grant is a big deal for us,” said Ksenija Simic-Muller, PLU’s Chair of Mathematics and a leading force behind the university’s proposal. “It will allow us to
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different from footage shot before, requiring the crew to match his hair to earlier footage using hair pieces. The crew also ran into a filming permit issue that left them scrambling to capture some of the final footage: “The last shot of the film where (Jameson’s) on his bike and looks back and smiles,” Petersen said, “we got three takes of that.” The film also received attention from industry leaders in marble production. The marbles used in the film were donated by MegaFun USA, a North American toy
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