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of endowment transparency, green buildings and investment priorities, the university rated a B. Tonn said if the Neeb Center had received its gold LEED rating by the time the study was completed, PLU most likely would have received an A in green buildings as well. Content Development Director Barbara Clements compiled this report. Reach her for comments or ideas at 253-535-7427 or clemenba@plu.edu Read Previous Rising Star Read Next PLU alum learns that being a teacher is a mixture of tough and
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cultures. It is one of the big reasons why she enjoys taking students to India as part of her J-Term course “Comparative Education in India.” Some of the students who took part in the J-Term course in the past years have become, or will someday, be teaching in the classroom. And every opportunity to be exposed to different cultural practices can help make students better teachers. “It changes their perception of the world,” she said. And that’s a good thing. As a teacher, she’s also the first to admit
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London next week for Tyson Bendzak ’10. Bendzak clowning around on a unicycle before graduating from PLU in 2010. (Photo by Jordan Hartman) As he was preparing to leave this week for the 2012 Olympic Games to cover the events for Nike, Inc. employees world wide, Bendzak still couldn’t quite believe it.“This is such a big surprise, “ said Bendzak, 24, who works as a teacher in Nike’s early childhood education program for its employees in Beaverton, Ore. “I’ve never been out of the U.S. before
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to stay legally in the U.S. Her father works as a caretaker of a property, and her mother at a restaurant. This summer, Jimenez will be working at Centro Cultural of Washington County in Cornelius, Ore., as a summer program supervisor and possibly an ESL teacher. She eventually plans to go to law school, with the aim of specializing in immigration law. Jimenez arrived in the U.S. at age 7, her entire family coming north at the urging of an uncle, she remembers. She grew up as a typical American
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reality with a bit of magic to create literature that is both cerebral and earthy,” say Zitron. “Her characters are complex and challenge readers to think about them beyond ‘I liked or didn’t like them.’” While Walton’s vocational focus at PLU was preparing to become a teacher, she recalls that she also discovered her confidence and passion for fiction writing as an undergraduate. “I wasn’t counting on was how much PLU would help foster my future in writing as well as teaching,” she says. “It wasn’t
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goal is not only to do what I can to provide access to education for everyone, but to make sure that the community knows that there are resources available to them,” Harris said. “I recently had a job shadowing experience in a local fifth grade classroom where the teacher told me that his students openly spoke about college not feeling like an option to them.” Harris explained that this could have also been her reality if it weren’t for one of her middle school teachers explaining to her family
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to serve on a special panel. Funds would also go toward an in-person breakfast and trophies. Learn more: DataFest Read Previous Music professor Gina Gillie discussed her new composition and short film Read Next PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students
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also do some work in the K-12 system, including teacher discipline litigation.What might an average week in the office for you include? Hmm, it varies. There really is no average week for me. Large institutions deal with a variety of problems and they have varied calendars throughout the year, so my average week is about as varied as the average week at a college campus. All the different things that are happening on college campuses are coming through my office, but it’s multiple campuses, as well
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times he did try to defend himself, a teacher would show up, and Barnes would be the student cooling his heels in detention. Barnes wasn’t even sure whether he would stay in school, until his older brother hooked him up with the game of football. Then everything changed for Barnes, who now tops out at 6’3’’. “Football balanced me out,” he said just before he left with the Seahawks for New York City. “It saved me.” His grades improved, and he was hooked. He found a second family on the gridiron and
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2017 Alumni Awards PLU Celebrates 500 Years of Re•forming Class Notes Class Notes Family and Friends Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Calendar Highlights Featured Stories Welcome Acting Provost Joanna Gregson discusses how PLU faculty members embrace their identity as teacher-scholars, and the value of “learning by doing” for students who engage in collaborative research opportunities. Read More Shaping Health Care PLU’s first doctoral program trains nurse practitioners for lives of leadership
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