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November 1, 2010 From PLU to a one-room school house, instructor sees value in great instruction By Chris Albert As a teacher for 35 years, Margaret Dakan ’38 saw the difference an education could make in a person’s life. Her belief in the kind of education Pacific Lutheran University provides is why she has supported the university through scholarship programs like Q Club, Project Access and an endowed scholarship that benefits education students: the Margaret Melver Dakan Endowed Scholarship
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March 29, 2012 Photo by Ed Lowe, courtesy of Highline Medical Center Dr. Jennifer Aviles ’97 An opportunity to care about people different from ourselves By Chris Albert In an emergency department in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Jennifer (Tolzmann ’97) Aviles, was caring for a heroin addict when a sense that she describes as a calling for compassion washed over her. “I was caring for him and God changed my heart for this man,” she said. “He took away my fears.” This was a man that in most circumstances
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Revised May 2022 The opportunity for staff to occasionally teach a class at PLU allows them to pursue their own professional development, maintain their intellectual interests, and maintain contact with our students in a rigorous academic setting. Carried to excess, however, teaching can interfere with the person’s regular work, could cause doubt as to whether the staff position is fully necessary, and could be construed as taking courses away from a regular faculty member. It is also the case
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DUAL-DEGREE ENGINEER STUDENT MICHELE ANDERSON WINS FELLOWSHIP The PLU Dual-Degree Engineering Program The Dual-Degree Engineering Program at Pacific Lutheran University provides students with the opportunity to combine a liberal arts education with rigorous study in engineering. Students who complete the program earn two degrees — one from PLU and the other from an ABET-accredited engineering school. The total length of study is usually five years: three years at PLU and two years at the
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The PLU Counseling Center recognizes that the 2021-22 academic year is a challenging and transitional time. We continue to offer a variety of services for students during the global coronavirus response and are following health guidelines set by the university, the Center for Disease Control, and the Washington State Governor. Our staff is prepared to support students in a variety of ways, in-person and virtually. If you are in crisis and need to talk to a professional immediately, our crisis
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University Closure / Late Start PolicyCHWS follows the university’s lead on late openings and/or closures.* Please be aware that communication from our office may be limited during these situations (and likely suspended if the university is closed). Availability of office staff, counselors, and clinicians are also likely to be adversely affected and schedules modified. If classes are cancelled and the university is closed, your scheduled appointment will also be cancelled and our offices
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Getting Started with Duo Multi-Factor AuthenticationFor an overview of multi-factor authentication, see Multi-Factor Authentication with Duo.Prepare to Enable Multi-Factor AuthenticationYou’ll need to have your mobile phone available and access to the internet via a web browser. For a video overview of setting up Duo multi-factor authentication see PLU Multi-Factor Authentication. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for your ePass Account You can begin the process of enabling your account for
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Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a few chimed in from different corners of the room. Wade, alongside longtime teacher Darrell Chase, calmly commanded the classroom as though he had done it for years. Yet, the 38-year-old is in his second year of teaching, and he credits his immediate success to the intense preparation at Pacific Lutheran University through the Alternative Routes to Certification (ARC) program. The intensive, primarily field-based program within the School of Education
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March 12, 2012 Maria Altmann worked for decades to reclaim five family owned portraits painted by Gustav Klimt for her family, including this portrait of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The painting had been shown in an Austrian art museum for years. Nazis had stolen the painting after Altmann and the Bloch Bauers had fled Austria during WWll. Stolen treasures, stolen lives – the story of the plunder of art in Europe during WWII By Barbara Clements The ambulance bumped along a nameless track
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Chinese Studies Program Learning OutcomesPLU students taking courses in Chinese Studies at PLU will: Demonstrate Chinese language ability through Novice High level according to ACTFL standards, and Demonstrate understanding to Chinese religious traditions (Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism), and Demonstrate understanding of China anthropologically in the context of other East Asian societies, and Learn about other elements of Chinese culture such as literature, art, and music pending course
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