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”: asking for validation from others invalidates the entire process. “Busy culture,” or the basing of someone’s worth or productivity off of how busy they are. Hambrick asked for counter-narratives to this kind of culture, which she said indicates to her a lack of self-care. Lee talked about how in the teaching world, busy culture is reflected in how accessible a teacher is to students — who’s the first one in the door, who’s the last to leave, who keeps their door open at all times or skips lunch — and

Choice. Words Mean Things” is new teaching and learning resource produced by PLU and part of the university’s “My Language, My Choice” educational series.Recent PLU alum Darryin Cunningham agrees. “Not only is it pivotal for us to understand the meaning of these words, but it’s also important to acknowledge how much power words and language have,” Cunningham says. “This campaign is an important reminder that we must take responsibility for the things we say, and to think about how and if they are

enjoys. “That experience helped me grow as a person and in my chemistry career,” she said.   In the classroom, her aptitude was quickly noticed, leading to her becoming an organic lab teaching assistant in the fall of 2020 and 2021, and an invitation to be a student guest of the American Chemical Society at the Linus Pauling Award Symposium Banquet. “Yaquelin impresses you with her work ethic, diligence, and academic abilities,” Craig Fryhle, chemistry professor, said. “She is a very personable

in the public space. The conversation will examine what it means to double down on becoming an anti-racist leader.” Featured presenters for the morning session are PLU Professor of History Dr. Beth Kraig and Dr. Tessa Sutton, the assistant superintendent of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the South Bend School Corporation in Indiana.Kraig’s discussion, “Taking Stolen Goods Seriously,” will focus on how teaching history, in particular about racism in the United States, has become complicated

leading us down this hall,” Youtz commented. Robbins, who’s been at PLU for 45 years, is stepping down as Department of Music chair, a position he’s held for the last 33 years. Dave came to PLU in the summer of ’69. He had cast a wide net in his job search but hadn’t found a fit. Then he got a call from Maurice Skones, the then current chair of the Department of Music, with an invitation to interview for a teaching position. He put him off and asked him to call back if the position wasn’t filled in a

may want to consider using video feedback to engage student interest. The blog post Could Video Feedback Replace the Red Pen? from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus explores this very topic.   If you need assistance rethinking your strategy to assess student learning, please contact teaching@plu.edu. Sometimes simply talking through an idea with faculty and staff peers can help to clarify and confirm the best path forward.   *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Engaging

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model for other areas. I’d love for this film to be circulated in varied communities to spread the word about what the Vietnamese community has accomplished here. We do plan to submit the film to festivals to further raise awareness about this remarkable endeavor.About CRPFThe Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF) is a nonprofit organization that advances civic harmony by way of the Chinese Reconciliation Park on Schuster Parkway along Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Washington. The Chinese

the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A scholar in jazz and popular music, he has written numerous published articles and books, including a chapter for The Cambridge History of American Music and the third edition of his history text American Popular Music, published by McGraw-Hill. He has free-lanced for over thirty years in the Memphis, Cincinnati, and Dallas/Fort Worth areas. He has performed with jazz artists such as Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm, Marc Johnson, Ed Soph, and

research areas. PLU made history in 2006, by becoming the first United States university to have students and faculty studying on all seven continents simultaneously – an achievement repeated in 2008. “This award confirms a focus and mission we have had for decades,” said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. “Our university is one that stresses how small a world we have become, and the necessity to see and engage the world in thoughtful scholarship and a passion for service and care.” Nearly two-thirds of