Page 82 • (1,210 results in 0.058 seconds)
-
Message from Seth Dowland, WMGS Chair: We are delighted to present the abstracts of our 2020 Women's and Gender Studies capstone students.
community transformation. Many of my sources argue that feminist pedagogy begins first with teachers who are unapologetically feminist and allow that to guide their curriculum which means valuing each and every student but also encouraging and empowering all aspects of their identities and cultures. My research emphasized reflection as a crucial aspect of curriculum that allows students to give language to their contexts. Reflection can be keeping journals or participating in group discussions but the
-
Course Development Stipends For new or existing courses in the Innovation Studies Minor With the generous support of donors to the Innovation Studies program, the INOV Steering Committee invites all PLU faculty to submit a proposal for a stipend to support the development of a new or existing course in the Innovation Studies minor. Options...
political institutions, and the impacts of policies. PSYC 148: Minds, Brains and Computers, Introduction to Cognitive Science– Offers a broad overview of cognitive science, a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the mind, combining insights from philosophy, neuroscience, math and computer science, linguistics, and experimental psychology. PSYC 448: Cognitive Psychology– The study of human thought. Topics include attention, perception, memory, knowledge and concept formation, language, problem
-
If season two of Sanditon showed us anything, it is that the eyes are easily deceived. After a season full of emotional manipulation through gaslighting and rakes disguised as men of gentility, the final episode retained a few surprises, including the revelation that Charles Lockhart…
possesses and appropriates her image, dominates the expression of her form, and not only receives her love, but attempts to take her fortune. His last name “Lockhart” is also synonymous with “lock heart”, as if he could chain love or love’s pretense. The implications of Charles, as a white man, capturing Georgiana, a Black woman, by making her into a kind of property is unnerving. A viewer may accept Charles’s language as romantic in a patriarchal society where “ownership” and “possession” are
-
A walking tour from a graduating senior about her time at PLU Welcome to PLU! I’m the senior you, and I’ll be your tour guide today. I’ve spent almost four years on this campus, and have come to know it well. I want to show…
musty smell and crinkly feel of old yellow pages and wondering who, in 1954, was the first person to check out this copy of Descartes’ Meditations. You will find out that one of the best places to study is up in the Language Resource Center on the third floor. If you sit at the back of the room and look out the window, you can see the lawn and trees north of Harstad, and the people scurrying across the grass to get to work or class. Occasionally during the damp days of fall and spring, they don’t
-
Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76 spoke to the Class of 2008 and their families during Spring Commencement on May 25 at the Tacoma Dome. The following is the text of her speech: Chair Gomulkiewicz, President Anderson, Provost…
national security interests of the United States. The region includes China, which is rapidly assuming prominence on the global stage. Rare are the days that go by without at least one news story on China. Given PLU’s Chinese language studies, its China summer Service Learning program, as well as other international programs sponsored by the Wang center, I thought I would devote a few minutes to this most fascinating country. For the past 20 years, China’s GDP has grown by an average of 9.0% per year
-
TACOMA, Wash. (May 23, 2019 ) — Judging by its accomplishments, Pacific Lutheran University’s Class of 2019 is poised to make an immediate impact on the world — mostly because they already have done so much at PLU. Here’s a look at just a handful…
—never to be satisfied with what one’s peers are doing, whether as an individual or an institution. “We can set higher standards for ourselves as a university,” she insisted. “Think bigger, dream bigger,” she added, which entails finding new language to name one’s experience. Referencing Octavia’s Brood, an anthology by the writers and organizers Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown, she concluded, “All change is science fiction.”Emmanuel GonzalezMajor: Biology, with a minor in Chemistry
-
Majors should plan their course of study in consultation with their departmental advisor. Major in Political Science 36 semester hours Required Courses 16 semester hours POLS 151, POLS 251, POLS 301,
High School Math will not be accepted as a substitute Ethics (4 semester hours) HIST 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society PHIL 125: Ethics & the Good Life PHIL 128: Politics & the Good Society PHIL 229: Human Rights RELI 226: Christian Ethics Communication (4 semester hours) COMA 212: Public Speaking COMA 306: Persuasion ENGL 323: Writing in Professional and Public Settings ENGL 393: The English Language PPAP 301: The Book in Society PPAP 302: Publishing Procedures Close Reading (4 semester hours
-
For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
still our responsibility.” Offsetting those changes is a deep commitment to cultural education through the museum, as well as local public schools. Both place heavy emphasis on learning the Makah language. The tribe focuses on educational opportunities for Makah of all ages, Ledford said. Adult education helps tribal members earn GED certificates. Head Start offers free early childhood education and child care starting at infancy. Everyone touts the near-perfect graduation rate at the public high
-
The Wang Center Research Grant Program is designed to support students, faculty, and faculty-student teams that seek to conduct original research in an international setting.
: Researching Educational and Community Development in the Esmeraldas Province Sarah Sandgren, Domestic and International Policy in Ecuador: Following the Government in the First Year, Post-Election Melissa Severson-Hampton, Proponents of Change: Norway’s Shifting Perspectives on Language Faculty Projects Amy Beegle, Afro-Peruvian Jazz Performance and Transmission in Peru Peter Davis, A Field-Based Geologic Investigation of Panama’s Dulling Subduction Zones Steven Thomson, “Children of the Village”: On
-
In their own words By Chris Albert Soon new PLU graduates will go out into the world. In the following, some Lutes share their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences have been and what’s the next chapter in their lives. More…
it causes disease. One of the big diseases that we will focus on will be Huntington’s. After I get my Ph.D., I want to be a professor at a small personal institution like PLU because it has left its mark and the professors I have encountered have inspired me to be like them. But if there is anything that I have learned from PLU, it is to keep an open mind and follow your passion wherever it leads. Lynsey Tveit – Bachelor of Arts in elementary education with an English language learners
Do you have any feedback for us? If so, feel free to use our Feedback Form.