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TACOMA, WASH. (August 24, 2015)- This week, PLU introduced “Open to Interpretation,” a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Hosted by Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, each…
entire curriculum for the Ph.D. was a Friday afternoon seminar/introduction to the department/introduction to the field. Each week, the faculty member in charge of the class would pick a topic that was “hot” in communication, and ask two other faculty members to discuss the topic from their respective theoretical or methodological or practical standpoints—for instance, “activism” or “engagement” or “campaigning” or whatever. The idea was to let graduate students see how scholars approach a topic and
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 20, 2015)- Thomas Kim ‘15 is passionate about “Justice.” So passionate, in fact, that he likes to really emphasize the word by treating it as a proper noun. His passion doesn’t include just capitalizing Js, however: he’s walking his talk (and type)…
serve as the first president of PLU’s Mortar Board chapter, an organization that emphasizes the advancement of the status of women. I then chose to attend a law school that is named after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Meeting Justice O’Connor, who revolutionized the field of law for millions of women, was an empowering experience, to say the very least. Thomas Kim '15 with former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and former Arizona State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor. (Photo
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 23, 2016)- Imagine using bananas and a circuit board to create a piano. Absurd? Thanks to the maker movement and some creative minds, it isn’t. Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Education & Kinesiology is bringing that creative spirit to campus April 12…
my students walk away excited about how this can help their students be engaged and excited in school,” he said. “It takes learning away from being able to pass standardized tests to being able to use skills in a practical way.” School-based makerspaces also level the playing field for use of technology by students, he said, making expensive equipment more accessible. Some Tacoma schools are already partnering with FabLab, a local makerspace in downtown Tacoma, to expose local K-12 students to
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
, she struggled to find a landing spot. She quickly learned that her next choice, chemistry, wasn’t in the cards either. Then, with the help of Hames’ class, she discovered the depth and breadth of global studies. Public health quickly rose to the top of her interests within the field. She plans to continue exploring that topic on a global scale through study away. She’s considering enrolling in the semester Gateway program in Oaxaca, Mexico. “This definitely catapulted my interest into doing
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Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, PoetryA Celebration with the Editors: Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, Derek Sheffield Thursday, October 5, 7PM, Xavier 201 This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance. Elizabeth Bradfield is the author of five books, and her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Atlantic Monthly. She grew up in Tacoma and attended the University of Washington; she lives on Cape Cod
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Washington, Seattle, 1958 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Interatomic Interactions Atomic and Molecular Collisions Selected Publications Published Journal Articles K.T. Tang's Review Articles K.T. Tang's Curriculum Vitae Books Asymptotic Methods in Quantum Mechanics: Application to Atoms, Molecules and Nuclei (Springer 2000) : View Book Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Scientists 1 Complex Analysis, Determinants and Matrices (Springer 2006) : View Book Mathematical Methods for Engineers and
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
patient files have been lost or destroyed, while German privacy laws have ensured that the bulk of these records remained inaccessible to researchers. Utilizing patient files from the Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, formerly a notorious “euthanasia” facility near Augsburg, this presentation will offer a much-needed perspective to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves.Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of
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Online Learning at Pacific Lutheran University. Online and blended programs for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students extend the university’s mission beyond campus borders,
) EDUC 970M Fully Wired (693) EDUC 970N Words Matter (698) EDUC 970P Instructional Strategies (704) EDUC 970S Sticks and Stones (712) EDUC 970U Differentiated Learning (717) EDUC 970X Effective Classrm Mgmt (737) EDUC 970Y Gender Matters (738) EDUC 970Z Struggling Student (753) EDUC 971A Bldg Comprehension (760) EDUC 971B Reading Grades 4-12 (766) EDUC 971C Across the Spectrum (776) EDUC 971D Tapping the Talent (783) EDUC 971E Achieving Success ELL (842) EDUC 971F Virtual Field Tripping (846) EDUC
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
at the middle school two blocks from her family’s home in Kenai, Alaska, Daly began to feel lightheaded. She was dizzy. She couldn’t catch her breath. She called her mom for help. When her mom arrived at the field, she found her daughter unconscious and called for an ambulance. The hours and days that followed changed Daly’s life forever. After that ambulance ride – during which her heart rate soared to life-threatening levels – she was transported via helicopter to a hospital in Anchorage. The
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 11, 2016)- A project in a marketing class has turned into a passionate effort to register student voters during a major election year. A group of business students at Pacific Lutheran University say they are concerned about lagging voter turnout that has historically…
from voters. They need supermajority support of 60 percent for approval. Dani Gapsch, a junior business major from Vancouver, Washington, said PLU often hosts field trips from nearby Franklin Pierce schools, and it is likely that many of them will come to the university down the road. She said that’s why students at PLU should cast their vote in support of local kids. “The Franklin Pierce School District has such a presence on PLU’s campus,” she said. “The students of today are the possible PLU
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