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, graduate study in public health is looking like an ideal way to harness her diverse skill set and passion for tackling tough questions.Study Away at PLUVisit the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education Read Previous Venice Jakowchuk ’23 travels through time, a dancer’s journey toward archaeology Read Next Two PLU football players are bone marrow matches for people in need COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or

pandemic. The Annual Wang Center Photo Contest is an opportunity for #LutesAway students to reflect upon their study away experience and provides a way for students to share the world’s images, from their perspective, with the PLU community. If you’re ready to begin planning for your own study away experience and want to join the 40-50% of PLU students who study away at least once during their undergraduate education, please contact the Wang Center for Global Education. Wang Center | www.plu.edu/wang

together to explore the theme of Re-forming, as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation and honor the core tenets of Lutheran higher education – critical questioning, freedom for expression, foundation in the liberal arts, learning and research within community, intrinsic value of educating the whole person, discerning one’s vocation in the world, and service to the advancement of life, health, and wholeness. Read Previous PLU places in English and Spanish Worlds at Mark O. Hatfield

young adults in higher education settings, consult the excellent, large-scale projects available from Project Information Literacy. All of this got us thinking about our first year students. Anecdotally, we see them struggle with the expectations of college level research. We also believe that many of their high school experiences have not prepared them for academics at PLU. In an effort to gather baseline information on the new FY cohort, we collected data at New Student Registration from 154 new

class activities, including good for discussions and quizzes) Web Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom (Faculty Focus article providing simple suggestions for promoting academic integrity) Document: WCET Best Practices for Academic Integrity (Handout from WCET sharing best practices for promoting academic integrity, organized by different institutional categories) Article: Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Education (Collection of nine short essays on the topic of

McIntyre ’74, also graduated with a degree in education from PLU. After teaching in various places around the country, McIntyre now teaches theater arts in the Seattle Public School District to middle school and elementary age children. “I like to say I walked across the stage twice,” she laughed. “My mother was pregnant with me when she graduated.” McIntyre auditioned on a whim. “I figured, why not?,” she laughed. And she was glad she did. “It was such an awesome experience, working with so many

-4141", swfPath: "/wp-content/themes/plu/library/js/jplayer/jquery.jplayer.swf", supplied: "mp3", useStateClassSkin: true, autoBlur: false, smoothPlayBar: true, keyEnabled: true, remainingDuration: true, volume: 1 }); }); This story originally appeared on the Marketing and Communications web page.  Read Previous Ron Gerhardstein joins PLU music education faculty after extensive career Read Next Choir of the West wins on a global stage LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna

connection between a PLU student and a student residing in the Parkland area, emphasizing positive relationships’ powerful and restorative nature. For PLU students, it will be an opportunity to understand the surrounding community, as many are not from the area. For Franklin-Pierce students, it will be an opportunity to see beyond their worldview and understand that there are possibilities for them, such as higher education.  With support from Quigg funding, the program organizers can support the initial

Gombe Stream National Park, where renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began her work studying chimpanzee social and family life in 1960. While in the country, Webb’s independent research project looked at the conservation program run by the Jane Goodall Institute in Kigoma. It focuses on community development and education as the backbone of environmental conservation. “For someone who is interested in chimpanzee conservation, it’s a place you have to go,” Webb explained. Webb visited the national

of my life giving it away,” fits well with her new dream. She’s currently working on distribution deals for African hot sauce and wine. Eventually, she plans to import the African products to America, sell them as gourmet and reinvest the majority of the profits into different areas of Africa, such as education. “I’ve learned the concept of enough,” she said. “You take what you need and with the rest of it, you bless others.” Cunningham is hosting “Why Africa Matters” on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at the