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  • skills. Educational trendsetters, Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins, thoroughly explore this strategy in their 2013 book, Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding. The book is admittedly geared toward the K-12 crowd, but the theories and strategies are also highly effective in higher education settings. According to McTighe and Wiggins (2013), essential questions “serve as doorways or lenses through which learners can better see and explore the key concepts, themes, theories, issues

  • memory of these events alive and helps students understand the importance of speaking out against intolerance and the difference one person can make. Sponsored in part by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, these sessions will give teachers some tools and best practices to effectively place the Holocaust in its historical context and teach the critical lessons we need to apply to today’s world. A Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto, George Elbaum, will speak Friday

  • Withdrawal From a Single Course Tuition and fees will not be refunded for single course withdrawals occurring after the last day to add/drop without fee for a semester/term. These dates are listed in the important dates area on the Office of the Registrar webpage. If the student does not wish to continue a course after the add/drop period, the student must withdraw from the course by completing the Course Withdrawal form on the Registrar’s webpage. Full Withdrawal Students who wish to withdraw

  • FAQCampus ResourcesDid you know about some great benefits and resources on campus?Find out about the numerous benefits and resources there are on campus through the ASC’s Did you know?…. Who are the ASC representatives?To determine who is your ASC representatives, refer to this page.

  • Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Home Articles posted byStefanie Ellis Stefanie Ellis Telling a story comes naturally for Ellis, because it’s what she has done her whole career. Prior to her work with Girl Scouts, she served as publications editor for Saint Louis University School of Law, was senior copywriter at an ad agency and was a longtime contributor to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis magazine. She provides freelance writing

  • December 1, 2008 Organ enthusiasts celebrate a decade at PLU Heading east of campus off 121st Street Southeast, one travels back in time in both feel and vocation. Ramblers from the 60s are replaced by farm houses from the turn of the century. The traffic hum falls away. Cows poke up their heads from rolling pastureland as a car drives by. One comes upon an elegant wood-crafted building that looks like it belongs on the Lord of the Rings set. The front door rises 20 feet and peaks out with a

  • Alumni RelationsThe objective of this study was to explore alternative means of communication with alumni, beyond soliciting donations. The MSMA research team of Isaiah and Liam focused on the potential interest of alumni in alumni-specific events as a mechanism for fostering a closer relationship between the university and its graduates. The findings of the focus group discussion and survey provided valuable insights into alumni preferences and interest levels, which could be utilized to

  • review and may be placed on probation in the School of Nursing. Students may repeat a failed nursing course, or enroll in other subsequent nursing courses, only after a review by the RAP committee. If, while on academic probation, a student earns below a “B-” any graduate nursing course, or withdraws in failing status, that student will be dismissed from the School of Nursing. If, while on professional conduct-related probation, a student receives a Performance Progression Alert (PPA) for a major

  • Tacoma, going into the home construction business. His company would build several thousand homes in Washington, Idaho and Colorado. He was a strong advocate of affordable housing and also championed desegregation by selling homes to minority families in all-white neighborhoods, despite strong opposition from realtors and other builders. Kurt was first introduced to Pacific Lutheran University when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. He was initially skeptical

  • Tacoma, going into the home construction business. His company would build several thousand homes in Washington, Idaho and Colorado. He was a strong advocate of affordable housing and also championed desegregation by selling homes to minority families in all-white neighborhoods, despite strong opposition from realtors and other builders. Kurt was first introduced to Pacific Lutheran University when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. He was initially skeptical