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environmental studies program and faculty with an interest in environmental issues. The workshop was funded through a $90,000 grant the environmental studies program received in December from Wiancko Charitable Foundation. The money is also funding three student-faculty research teams this summer and several mini-grants. At the workshop, participants examined the course, looking at its strengths and areas for improvement. The discussion served as a catalyst to scrutinize the entire interdisciplinary

about conservation,” she said. Increased interest led to the creation of the Tahoma Audubon Society in 1969, the county’s first chapter of the national environmental advocacy organization. Gilmur has also made a big difference through her passion for education. She received her teaching degree from PLU and has served as a teacher and administrator throughout the United States. During her career, she often taught environmental education in the classroom. “In the ’60s and ’70s, outdoor education

. Majovski is an outstanding candidate for the NASPA Region V 2012-2013 Scott Goodnight Award because of her unwavering support of PLU students. She responds to student concerns promptly, respectfully, and with a sincere interest in helping students grow, allowing for the best PLU experience possible.” Majovski will receive the award at the November 2012 Western Regional NASPA conference. As the regional winner her nomination will continue to the national level with six other regional Goodnight awardees

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors to become K-12 math and science teachers. There’s a national shortage of these educators, especially in schools with high-needs student populations. “I like biology, and I also like being with children,” Aung said. “This is a great way to get teaching experience – something I might like to explore after graduation.” “I’m still exploring different careers and I also enjoy working with children,” added Escobar. She mentioned her interests to her

will these templates include? Standard Template The Standard template contains tools, pages, and prompts that may be useful for the average course. This template reflects instructional design and technology recommendations and is designed to help instructors share resources and information in a consistent, organized, and student-friendly layout. Specifically, a Course Information page is provided for posting a syllabus and other general course information. And, a Weekly Content page contains

new 1,100-square-foot lab is thanks to a $100,000 plus donation from Carol Sheffels Quigg, Jerry Sheffels and the Sheffels family as part of the Rieke Science Center restoration.   The lab will be largely used by first-year biology students, said Associate Professor Matt Smith, Biology Department Chair. Approximately 200 students will be using the lab each year, Smith estimated. The technology-rich lab will come with six portable computer stations and a SMART board. Before the renovations this

what it’s a collaboration,” Geller said. “We are making some exceptional discoveries.” She quickly learned that smartphone apps could be integrated into conventional photography, even replacing expensive equipment. The first thing students usually learn in photography is how to get correct exposure, but with iPhoneography students can focus entirely on technique. They don’t need to worry about what their aperture, shutter speed and ISO are, or even what those are. With the technology, the students

health in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a senior advisor to the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York and co-director of AIDS-Free World, a new international AIDS advocacy organization based in the United States. His work with the United Nations spanned more than two decades. He was the U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from June 2001 until the end of 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Lewis was deputy

Holocaust Conference will be March 17-19, 2011 on the PLU campus. When the opportunity came to bring Berkowitz, now a professor and the director of the Holocaust Program at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University College London, to PLU for a lecture, Ericksen took it. At the PLU Fall Lecture in Holocaust Studies on Nov. 11, Berkowitz will speak from his book, The Crime of My Very Existence. The event is free and open to the public and will take place in Xavier Hall at 7 p.m. The

September 2, 2009 Studying the laws behind international adoption Trained as an historian of the American Revolution and blessed with an abundance of sources, I saw no scholarly reason to travel abroad, although I had wanted to see England, the mother country from which America was born. My subsequent research on the history of adoption, which produced three books over the course of 20 years, focused entirely on the United States. I had little interest in writing or teaching history in a