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: teaching. Teaching Philosophy Although I believe that part of a professor’s job is to instruct students and give them basic knowledge, a much larger part of the job is encouraging students to take an active role in their own learning. By being enthusiastic about psychology and education in general, I try to motivate students and stimulate their natural desire to learn. To achieve this goal, I try to teach students to apply the material in their own lives and become good critical consumers of
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set of premises, and find out what you can build from it, or what patterns you can find and connections you can make. When did you decide on environmental studies? My Writing 101 course was “Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy.” The purpose of the class was to learn scientific technical writing, but I was surprised at how arbitrary taxonomy is. That got me interested in animal studies and a critical lens of the sciences, which is why I added environmental studies. "The first thing I noticed on the
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President Allan Belton. “In the months and years to come PLU and Yad Vashem will be working together to provide robust opportunities for students and community members from all over the Puget Sound region to engage in the critical work of Holocaust education and remembrance.” The ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research, Yad Vashem’s integrated approach to Holocaust education and remembrance incorporates meaningful educational initiatives, groundbreaking research and
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PLU professor uplifts story of ‘pink victims’ in farewell lecture Posted by: Kari Plog / April 5, 2017 Image: Robert Oelbermann died in Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp pictured above, in 1941. Oelbermann, who faced persecution because of his identity as a gay man, is the subject of Samuel Torvend’s farewell lecture as chair of Lutheran Studies. April 5, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 5, 2017)- Professor of Religion and Chair of Lutheran Studies
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– Marriage & Family Therapy Alternate #2: Ami Shah – Global Studies Alternate #3: Mike Schleeter – Philosophy Alternate #4: Jennifer James – Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Alternate #5: Rebekah Mergenthal – History Faculty Executive Committee AppointmentsTITLE IX COMMITTEE Katrina Hay, Physics (seat expires 2025) UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE TBD UNIVERSITY SAFETY COMMITTEE TBDFaculty Executive Committee Meeting Dates Fall 2024 FEC meetings Virtual + location Friday, September 20, 2024, 3:30-5:00 pm
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claims that “A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none.” No human is intrinsically superior to another. This sentiment is distilled into Luther’s famous insistence on a “priesthood of all believers” – a community of spiritual equals – which challenged many of the hierarchical structures and practices of his day. Following this lead, Lutheran higher education assumes that humans are fundamentally equal and no race, gender, social status or orientation can claim an intrinsic
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months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas.The team consisting of Dalen Todorov ’23, Elijah Paez ’24, Autumn Johansen ’23, and Zoee Kooser ’22 began distributing trees near the Tacoma Mall before moving into the Parkland area. “The reason that it is so important to focus on areas like Parkland is that there are significant disparities in tree canopy cover when it comes to race and income demographics,” environmental studies major Paez said. “Poor health is correlated with
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Peer Comparisons Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity – 4yr & 6yr Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity – SEMAC – 4yr Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity – SEMAC – 6yr IPEDS Data Feedback Report – PLU 2020 NSSE High Impact Practices – PLU 2020 Strategic Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC) The Strategic Enrollment Management Advisory Committee is a university standing committee whose general purpose is to lead the development and the ongoing reevaluation of a strategic enrollment
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Consciousness conference on March 30.The People’s Gathering conference is a day-long Zoom-based professional and personal development experience offering a supportive space to engage in frank and open dialogue about race and racial disparities systemically present in work, school, and everyday life. “The consciousness of this country is shifting,” said Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s director of multicultural outreach and engagement and the founder of the People’s Gathering in a ResoLute magazine feature
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since the Industrial Revolution. Of course, I loved this class because I was able to look at history from an economic and technical perspective. We studied textile looms, clocks, weapons, automobiles, computers, iPhones, and the Internet. I have found that studying how people have used new technology is both compelling and relevant to our times. More abstractly, Innovation Studies encourages general critical thinking skills and the ability to spot new patterns and trends. We look at subjects from
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