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@plu.edu. Instructional Recordings When faculty begin to teach online for the first time, they often struggle with moving lecture content online. Some faculty are accustomed to lecturing for several hours each week and it can be hard to imagine delivering your content in other ways. When creating instructional videos, I encourage faculty to consider creating a series of short, high-impact videos. How do you select the best content for instructional recordings? One strategy is to begin by identifying

Peace Builder Award. After viewing that BBC program, the spotlight came perhaps sooner that Cheek expected. He won a gold and silver medal for speed skating events in the 500- and 1,000- meters, to add to his bronze medal he won during the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002. This was his time to make an impact for this cause. “The power of leverage goes by very quickly,” he said last Thursday. So as Cheek stood before the microphones, with all the reporters expecting the usual speech of thanking

counselor writes to colleges constantly asking for swag—and keeps getting more and more. “We want to create the mindset that college is an option,” Principal Leifsen said. “We tell students that decisions they make at 12 or 15 will impact their choices at graduation. We talk college readiness all the time.” The alma mater banners, he said, open a dialogue between students and teachers: Why did a teacher pick that college? What colleges are out there? What do I need to do now?Then Ferrucci’s AVID classes

how it could affect paleontological resources,” Foss said. “We work on and review a lot of environmental impact statements and assessments, making sure they are adequate for paleontology. “We’re also really big in the planning and management process of public lands. If there is going to be a pipeline, right-of-way or an energy corridor that may affect a lot of paleontological resources, I get involved and explain how it will affect those resources or not affect them.” A natural maven, Foss’ role

volunteering in the Makerspace and helping other students interested in pursuing Innovation Studies. Being such an accessible space is part of Halvorson’s plan to grow the campus impact of the program going forward — by making the hands-on learning, questioning and creating something students from all disciplines can take part in, regardless of whether they’re pursuing the minor. “If you look at it from a psych perspective, creating and making things with your hands and having this tangible process of

portable — so we can hold race dialogues at a community center, at a church, at your nonprofit, or any organization,” says Cunningham. “We’re always going to need to talk. And as long as we can sustain a supportive space that people value, we can continue to move the needle of consciousness and awareness.” Read Previous Charged Up Read Next Collective Impact: George Zeno talks Parkland, equity and community partnerships COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you

organizations include the Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Business Impact Northwest, Korean Women’s Association, Mi Centro, PLU School of Business, The Black Collective, and Washington APEX Accelerator.As director, Kreis supports approximately 120 entrepreneurial clients. She travels all over Pierce County, from the Key Peninsula through Parkland and Tacoma, and out to Eatonville at the base of Mount Rainier. Kreis offers her knowledge and expertise through one-on-one consultations. Sometimes, she refers them

deliver IT services to the organization. These places have different needs, but how you run it – how you run a service desk, how you secure your desktop computers, how you provide applications so people can get their jobs done every day – it’s pretty common across all of them. In your director position, are you still getting down into the weeds of IT projects and puzzle-solving? Oh yes, absolutely. That’s my favorite part of the job. It’s important that I understand the day-to-day challenges of making

implications that one road really can have,” Schrecengost explained. “I experienced the growth of one idea into a whole other thing.” Schrencengost added the experience gave her a new passion for research. It is another example of PLU’s continuing commitment to the creation of opportunities in which students and faculty can work closely together on research and creative projects. While at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., she was in awe of the huge building and the documents she was able to access

through titles of the most popular movies on Netflix. As a computer graphics wiz for feature films and television, he has worked on 2012, The Kite Runner, Jeepers Creepers and The Triangle, a SyFy Channel miniseries for which he won an Emmy in 2006. More than 55 movies and projects are listed on his resume, some 18 years after he took his PLU fine arts degree to Hollywood. While a new LOTR film The Hobbit, is in preproduction mode in New Zealand, Perry said this month that he has no plans to pull up