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engagement. Nesvig Alumni Center While you’re on campus for Homecoming and Family Weekend, we also hope you will visit the Nesvig Center to see (from the outside) some of the renovations we are making to that space. This will become the home to our Alumni and Student Connections team and be a space for alumni, employers, parents and others to meet and engage with PLU’s students on a formal and informal basis, in person and through the use of technology. Continuity of Leadership As I serve as Acting
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– “Effects of different video lecture types on sustained attention, emotion, cognitive load, and learning performance.” Louis Deslauriers, Ellen Schelew, Carl Wieman – “Improved Learning in a Large-Enrollment Physics Class.” Timothy Slater – “First Steps Toward Increasing Student Engagement During Lecture.” H. Korving, M. Hernández, E. De Groot – “Look at me and pay attention! A study on the relation between visibility and attention in weblectures.” Ming-Zher Poh, Nicholas C. Swenson, Rosalind W. Picard
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Paula Leitz, associate professor of education. “Capstones at PLU engage students in focusing their total PLU education into a focused area. It is not just a culminating activity – it is an opportunity to rethink and refine one’s personal reflection on the result of four years of intellectual engagement at PLU,” Leitz said. “Faculty are a significant part of this process as they lend their expertise and provide individualized support to students.” Nevis Granum ’13 exhibits some of his photographs as
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uncertainty.Student ForumsAll interested PLU students are invited to participate in forums that will provide information about current enrollment trends at PLU and why the Faculty Joint Committee process was initiated in winter 2016. The events are a partnership between ASPLU, the Faculty Joint Committee, the President’s Office, the Provost’s Office, the Admission and Retention of Students (ARTS) Committee, and the Office for Student Engagement. The first forum is scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 5:30-6:30
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U.S.Interested in becoming PLU's next Fulbright?Check out your options for either the Fulbright Study/Research grant or the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) opportunity. While in the field, Fulbright recipients share the experiences of their host country’s people, working, living and learning alongside them in a cultural exchange through interaction. This type of engagement allows for both hands-on education and also an appreciation for different worldviews, belief systems and philosophies in an
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—and lives—and people have a way of remembering that. To commemorate its 25th anniversary, the Women’s Center asked the PLU community to share experiences and memories of this safe place and its inspiring people. Individually, the stories submitted by current students, alumni, faculty and supporters are moving and inspirational. Together, they start to form powerful themes: Connection. Challenge. Acceptance. Engagement. And maybe, most of all, an impact that will last well beyond 25 years. Here are
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my mom with a colleague I’m just getting to know. There’s a chance Winer ’15, associate director for student engagement and the Center for Vocation at Pacific Lutheran University, expected it. “This work is emotional to me,” she said, fighting through tears, amid my poor attempt to do the same. There’s a special kinship between people who are first in the family to graduate from college: grit, resilience, pride in where you come from, even more pride in where you’re going. But Winer’s chair — the
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and for the Earth. The university purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. With distinctive international programs and collaborative student-faculty research opportunities, PLU helps its 3,100 students from all faiths and backgrounds discern their life’s vocation through coursework, mentorship and internships at world-class Puget Sound-area businesses and institutions. ###
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in a 40 percent increase in use — an unprecedented result that Bannon credits to the diversity of his staff and their authentic community engagement. “Of course I understood, intellectually, the importance of diversity and inclusive staff and leadership, but that experience exemplified how it’s not just the right thing to do — it’s also the smart thing to do, and necessary to get the absolute best result.”Chi-town CEOIn 2012, Bannon was appointed CEO of the Chicago Public Library. Newly-elected
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year! Did you know? From Chinese music recitals and lectures to small group discussions with visiting Chinese scholars and Chinese-style dinner parties, there are plenty of opportunities to continue your learning outside the classroom! Did you know? PLU’s Kreidler Global Residence Hall gives Chinese Studies students the option to live in the Chinese language wing, and focus on global awareness, language immersion, and cultural engagement. Students practice their language with other community
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