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month and beginning to look for jobs, I think its extremely important to understand how to value your education and experience,” Moran said. “Many students are chiefly concerned with finding a job and don’t realize that they do have some agency to negotiate their salary.” Catherine Swearingen, Executive Director of PLU’s Career Connections, said everyone can benefit from this workshop, so while the focus is on women, it is open to all students. “The AAUW workshop is a powerful learning tool that
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Back the Night and other related events,” said Jacynda Woodman-Ross ’17, a Peer Education and Advocacy Intern for the Women’s Center and coordinator for the Sexuality Awareness & Personal Empowerment Team (SAPET), which hosts Take Back the Night. “It is a great way to start a dialogue about the importance of ending sexual assault, but it also makes a statement that we—as the PLU community—aren’t going to tolerate sexual assault on our campus.” PLU has held Take Back the Night for more than a decade
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professors on research projects and in two undergraduate courses. In addition to providing financial support toward White’s education, the members of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence advisory board will make themselves available as professional mentors and White will also have the opportunity to mentor students pursuing degrees and careers in finance. “Throughout my undergrad and graduate years I haven’t really had anyone mentoring me, and that would have been really nice,” says
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(IHON); the School of Communication + Theatre; the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education; the Diversity Center and ASPLU. Freeston and the film will be introduced by PLU Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jordan Levy and Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson. It will also mark the return of the popular “Language and Literatures Film Festival Series.” Organized by Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Giovanna Urdangarain, the series brings 5-6 films to campus
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announced in October 2020 and awarded in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 2020. Dr. Mott’s nomination was put forward by PLU and further recommended by the co-presidents and trustees of The College of Idaho, Dr. Mott’s undergraduate alma mater. Dr. Mott was the recipient of the Greater Tacoma Peace Price in 2011 and was honored for his leadership of CPN with a Peace Builder Award from the PLU Wang Center for Global Education. Read Previous Disarming Polarization: PLU symposium to address national, global
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are thinking (as they are moved to do so). As Therese A. Huston and Michele DiPietro discovered in their research about addressing tragedies within higher education, inaction in the face of tragedy is the least effective response. For tips on how to address this and other tragedies in learning and living spaces at PLU, the Teaching in Times of Crisis guide developed by the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University is excellent and succinct. To all of our community members, we also urge you to
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Virtual convening of The People’s Gathering to facilitate timely conversations about race Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 6, 2021 April 6, 2021 By PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will co-host the spring virtual convening of The People's Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness (TPG) conference on April 22, 2021 centered on the topic Anti-Racism, Advancement Advocacy: What is it AND how do we engage
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education Read Next Karen Marquez ‘22 aspires to help her community through her studies COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU
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questions makes us uncomfortable, but that is part of the experience of a higher education. We must venture out of our comfort zones and be open to considering different courses of actions. If you do not ask the tough questions, then it will be easier to remain complacent and follow established patterns of behavior.With my students, I hope they always know that I want them to push the envelope when conducting research. I want them to use all of their creativity and passion they have for their topic when
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advocate for issues she is passionate about.“Elana Meyers Taylor is an iconic athlete and a passionate champion of important causes, including access and resources for female athletes, concussion research and public education,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “We’re thrilled she will be joining us to celebrate PLU’s class of 2023.” Meyers Taylor is a four-time World Champion, eight-time World Championships medalist, three-time Winter Olympian and medalist (2010, 2014, 2018) and 2015 World Cup champion
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