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  • by Layne Nordgren Now that the semester is underway and much of the heavy lifting of creating and populating your Sakai course site is complete, perhaps you’re ready to consider some fine-tuning to improve your course site for students. One option to consider would be…

    Quick Tips for Improving Your Sakai Site for Students Posted by: Jenna S / October 1, 2015 October 1, 2015 by Layne Nordgren Now that the semester is underway and much of the heavy lifting of creating and populating your Sakai course site is complete, perhaps you’re ready to consider some fine-tuning to improve your course site for students. One option to consider would be to review your course using the Quality Matters Rubric Standards checklist, but that may take more time than you have to

  • Global focus nets Fulbrights When PLU was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top four masters-level institutions in terms of the number of students currently participating in the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowship, everyone at the university was pleased with…

    Chagas disease in the Pastaza province of Ecuador. scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. However, they couldn’t have been surprised – PLU has been doing this for years. In fact, since 1975, 78 PLU students have received the award. “That PLU ranked so high testifies not only to the quality of PLU, but to the quality of a liberal arts education,” said Troy Storfjell

  • Exploring Egyptian tombs By Chris Albert The moment before the chamber door of an ancient tomb cracks open,  a sensation of excitement,  of discovery is running through Don Ryan ’79 – renowned archeologist and Egyptologist and PLU faculty fellow. PLU Faculty Fellow Don Ryan knows…

    . Ryan had done his homework and had approximated its location from Carter’s notes. “People think I have a special touch for finding things,” he said. “I’d say it’s more of doing one’s homework than anything else.” In the tomb, burial remnants were found along with the second mummy, still lying on the floor. The quality of the mummy was striking a royal pose: left arm bent at the elbow diagonally, the left fist clenched and the right arm straight along her side. The pose and the quality of the

  • Shelia Smith, new Dean of the School of Nursing. John Froschauer, Photographer Liberal Arts and Nursing. A Perfect Match of Science and Compassion By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Pacific Lutheran University’s new Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Sheila Smith, says she…

    quality and the small university atmosphere. “The liberal arts component of the program has a progressive feel to me, and that means a lot of me,” said Smith just before students started arriving on campus this month. “I feel very strongly that the liberal arts component should be a part of the nursing program,” she said. “Nursing is a very complex field and there needs to be an understanding of human nature and the complexities of the human experience. “To do this work well, you need to be well

  • School of Business extends its AACSB accreditation PLU’s School of Business has extended its accreditation for its undergraduate and graduate programs from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In addition to extending the School of Business’s accreditation for another five years, the…

    Leadership Lecture Series, and the MBA program 10-day foreign immersion experience. Becoming accredited helps ensure that students are learning relevant material, according the AACSB’s website. Accreditation is a voluntary process that includes an external review of a school’s ability to provide quality programs based on self-evaluations, peer-reviews, committee-reviews, the development of in-depth strategic plans, reviews of the school’s mission, faculty qualifications, and curricula. PLU’s School of

  • The local ACS section is again sponsoring a career event and this year our own Dr. Fryhle is one of the panelists. The following is an excerpt from the announcement. Please see the web link for more details. The Puget Sound Section of the ACS…

    training. This will be a great opportunity for your students to learn what it is like to work in science fields after they graduate. The event includes lab tours and a career panel. The panelists include: Cheryl Bick (Boeing -air quality), Craig Fryhle (PLU chemistry professor and author), Karen Goodwin (Centralia College chemistry professor), Robert Synovec (Professor and Associate Chair of the Graduate Program at UW), and two scientists from the Department of Health Labs. For more information

  • The Washington State Environmental Health Association (WSEHA) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2021  Cind M. Treser Memorial Student Scholarship .  The scholarship fund will award up to  $5,000 in one or more  scholarship awards this year. The Cind M. Treser Scholarship program was instituted…

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  • The Pacific University School of Pharmacy in Hillsboro, Oregon is still accepting applications for Fall 2024! The School offers an on-campus 2-year Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSPS) degree. This is an innovative program combining didactic courses with extensive research training. The degree is a…

    coursework are research-based activities including hands-on laboratory training. This will provide learners with a diversity of experiences and quality training due to the uniqueness of our program. This program design allows students to not only immerse themselves in research and build necessary scientific knowledge, but also improve critical thinking, practical research, and communication skills. Students are given the opportunity to travel to a conference or meeting and present a poster or oral

  • New nursing labs raise the bar When the School of Nursing ordered 10 new hospital beds for its improved nursing laboratory, the process of moving them into the third-floor space of Ramstad Commons didn’t appear to pose a challenge. But once the computerized Stryker hospital…

    scenarios. Nursing students can take the SimMan’s pulse, listen to his heart or watch it on an attached cardiogram, discover a blocked airway and perform intubation or ventilation. When a nursing student inserts a needle into the SimMan’s veins, pressurized simulated blood “flashes back” out of the needle, just as it does from a human vein. The simulator’s response to interventions by students can result in improvement, more problems or even death. It will greatly enhance the pre-clinical preparation of

  • PLU alum works to close state’s achievement gap Growing up, Erin Jones ’01, had no desire to become a teacher. In fact, she planned to become an international lawyer. But after visiting an economically disadvantaged, inner-city school in Philadelphia, Pa., Jones’ life plans changed dramatically.…

    , it’s lucky she did. In 2006, for example, Jones received a Most Innovative Foreign Language Teacher Award for starting a French immersion program at Tacoma’s Jason Lee Middle School. She currently works at Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the assistant director of student achievement and director of as director of the Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL), a program that provides resources for parents and schools. “I work with kids of color and kids