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Professor Mike Halvorson publishes new book Posted by: tpotts / October 7, 2024 Image: Promotional photos for the Innovation Studies Program with Michael J. Halvorson, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) October 7, 2024 The History Department’s own Professor Michael J. Halvorson, with Shelly Cano Kurtz, has published a new book, “This Little World: A How-to Guide for Social Innovators”. “Little World” is a PLU-inspired

book’s library record. Here are a few books you may want to consider:     Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (2014) by Elizabeth Barkley, Claire Major, and Patricia Cross is a great resource for designing small group activities for higher education classrooms.     Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education (2008) by Kathleen Gabriel provides practical strategies for supporting students from a variety of educational

and something new is created. It takes form until the wave is gone.” -Norman Edwards Jr. ’10 Product and Service Quality Manager, Boeing “Many innovation frameworks suggest that people need to find a problem to be solved, or a gap that needs a bridge. While many try to jump right to the solution, we should identify these problems and gaps first. Frequently, some of the most important problems and gaps are based on human needs … perhaps emotional needs, productivity needs, social needs, health

July 7, 2008 Building relationships, building scholars Academic posters, scholarly articles and videos illustrated the intellectual life of the university at the third annual Student-Faculty Research Reception. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the reception is just one venue where faculty and student researchers display their work and explain the intricacies of the collaborative research represented. The reception featured 24 projects from the humanities, social sciences and natural

Dance concert covers new creative ground Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 Dance 2017: Innovation features PLU dancers working with guest and student choreographers exploring inventive themes through dance. The performances are on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastvold Auditorium of Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s concert is the first under PLU Dance Director Rachel Winchester. Winchester explains that this year’s

Dance concert covers new creative ground Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 Dance 2017: Innovation features PLU dancers working with guest and student choreographers exploring inventive themes through dance. The performances are on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastvold Auditorium of Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s concert is the first under PLU Dance Director Rachel Winchester. Winchester explains that this year’s

Callisons Lab Internships – Summer 2017 Posted by: alemanem / March 30, 2017 March 30, 2017 Callisons is currently seeking candidates for two Internships in our Analytical and Agricultural Innovation departments for this Summer. Interested candidates should e-mail a cover letter and resume to cmaurseth@callisons.com by 5:00pm on Thursday, April 20, 2017. See the Job Descriptions for these positions via the following links: Agricultural Innovation Lab Intern Job Description Analytical Intern Job

phenomenon with an important social impact. Social innovation At PLU, we’ve been studying social innovation all year in our new Innovation Studies program. As part of our work, we invited Alice Steinglass to share her organization’s strategy during this year’s Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Steinglass participated in a workshop on teaching computer science in local schools (with Heavenly Cole and Laurie Murphy), and she delivered an exciting evening talk for about 180-students, faculty

and re-explain the teacher’s directions,” he recalls. He learned to play the organ himself, as well as the piano, then earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in music. He is now an assistant professor of music and the director of jazz studies at PLU, and his role as an educator stretches far beyond the correcting and re-explaining of his early days. Vianna aims to teach his students about balance, especially when it comes to innovation in jazz music. “Improvisation, creativity, and

Opportunities Board by February 12 is requested. Questions? Contact Career Connections (career@plu.edu; 253-535-7459) Dr. Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies at PLU recently shared this article “Alexa and Innovation Research at Amazon” articulating why PLU students should take advantage of this excellent opportunity to visit Amazon. *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Paul O. Ingram Lecture announced Read Next PLU’s Center for Gender Equity welcomes new Interim Director LATEST