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background may have influenced his decision to move forward with this process. Either way, he said Tegels and many other clients don’t just follow through with net metering for the personal benefits. “Most homeowners don’t do it for financial reasons,” Burkhartzmeyer said. “They do it because they feel like they’re helping prevent climate change.” More involvement in sustainable living is on the way for Tegels. He is currently preparing to install a hot water panel, which is designed to minimize

technology for language teaching and learning one main focus of my scholarship and service. Even for those of us comfortable with technology, the transition to a distance learning approach has been challenging, especially given the quick timeline for the change. I encourage my colleagues to do their best but also to not be too hard on ourselves and our students. Think of what works best for your teaching style and your students’ learning, and see how that can be adapted to distance learning. PLU: How

survey in my kinesiology classes of my senior year. I was interested in the program from that moment forward. I became more familiar with the program by searching the kinesiology website to discover information about the program and how to apply.Eye-opening or valuable aspect of the programI think the most valuable aspect of the program was the applied nature of the program. This applied aspect was implemented throughout the program in courses (e.g., projects, delivering sessions to undergraduate

student athletes, current athletes and coaches. “All students will benefit from the addition of the field.” For more than a decade, planning for the redevelopment of campus athletic facilities has been carried out by campus master planning groups including faculty, students and staff. Plans have also been subject to community review and comment on multiple occasions. The athletic and recreation projects are part of the long-range Campus Master Plan adopted by the PLU Board of Regents. In addition to

with the dialogue center. Their article, entitled, “Definition, Necessity, and Nansen: Efficacy of dialogue in peacebuilding,” was recently the leading article in Conflict Resolution Quarterly. “We’ve done so many research projects together,” Feller said. “He’s a very valuable colleague…as well as just a very supportive human being in general.” Franke agrees. She was Ryan’s speech and debate coach while he was at PLU, and remembers Ryan as a fun and dedicated student. “One thing that is quite

his projects. His recently-launched company, SeriousBiz, strives to help students and new employees discover, build and navigate their careers. In addition to his upcoming book, Sears is also looking to host video tutorials and provide feedback in a way that simulates one-on-one coaching with the business-savvy advisor, even without face-to-face interaction. “I also have two more book ideas that I want to write for fun,” Sears said. “That’s enough to keep me busy for at least five years.” Sears

discussed.” Lovrovich added that, like many past MediaLab projects, the ultimate goal is to spark conversations well beyond the Pacific Northwest. “We hope that our audience will not only learn about the communities and issues we highlighted,” said Lovrovich, “but also reflect on and start a dialogue within their own communities.” In addition to the four primary filmmakers, the production team included music major Dalton Rouse ’18 — who composed the project’s score — and narrator Jonathan Spielmann ’18

PLU students, alumni collectively earn four Emmy nominations for work in student media Posted by: Kari Plog / May 8, 2018 Image: The MediaLab crew in Washington, D.C., during filming for “A World of Difference,” one of several Emmy-nominated projects produced by Lutes. (Photo courtesy of Robert Wells) May 8, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2018) — Three Pacific Lutheran University student-media organizations have received a total of four Emmy Award

. He accepted a full-time position a few weeks before commencement. One year later, he transferred departments, to an up-and-coming Microsoft games unit that only had about 25 staff members. He’s worked in gaming ever since, spending 13 years in what is now Microsoft Studios (where his projects included favorites like Halo, Mass Effect and Age of Empires), before stints with multiple gaming start-ups as well as industry heavyweights like Electronic Arts and Big Fish Games. “Lots of people play

and arguments in the field. I can often put them in contact with authors we’re reading. I have also worked with some students who have done well in these classes in conducting student- faculty research on a variety of animal-related issues. This work outside the classroom has resulted in collaborative projects that have been presented at conferences and published in books and journals. For me, scholarship and teaching are fluid aspects of one process and they regularly blend into each other. I