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The Advantages of Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Education with a Certification Posted by: chaconac / April 4, 2022 April 4, 2022 If you’re considering becoming a teacher, there is a lot to be said for getting your certification and your master’s degree at the very outset of your teaching career.Completing your master’s degree early on in your teaching career means you will spend more years earning a higher salary. Additionally, you have an opportunity for individual growth. With that being said

listener already reflected the idea of jazz as a universal language; a language in which everyone and every tradition is welcome,” Vianna says. “Jazz is not a particular type of music, but how you perform any type of music. It relies on the performer’s creativity. This broad vision is what keeps jazz reinventing itself for over 100 years now.” Even before beginning his undergraduate studies at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Vianna studied under famed Hungarian musician Ian Guest

Musher turned author: Alumna harnesses her PLU education to recount experiences on Iditarod Trail Posted by: Kari Plog / February 22, 2016 Image: Debbie Moderow is pictured with her sled dog team (courtesy photo). February 22, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 24, 2016)- Debbie Moderow’s future in Iditarod racing started in her family’s backyard with a retired sled dog named Salt. The 7-year-old Husky was the first member of a backyard sled dog team that

Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. In partnership with the PLU Diversity Center, the trip sent eight students to Georgia and South Carolina to study environmental justice in a civil rights context. The trip focused largely on the history of racism and slavery, the importance of primary resources in an economic context and modern devices in society that unjustly divide people into different socioeconomic and racial areas. “The whole experience was very meaningful,” Dobies said. “It put

has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required to complete a Professional Certification program to maintain their state credentials. Beginning in the 2016-17 academic year, Tacoma Public Schools will deliver this certification program on-site in its schools alongside PLU faculty. With the added

March 5, 2010 Olympic medalist encourages symposium crowd to make a difference By Barbara Clements Joey Cheek was sprawled out on a couch in 2005, wondering what he was going to do with a free afternoon after training all morning in an Austrian skating facility, when a BBC  program caught his eye. Wang Center Symposium keynote speaker Joey Cheek addresses the crowd about making a difference in the world. Women and children were running and screaming out of a village being set afire by rebels in

At on-campus food pantry, a nutritious meal is a swipe away Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 16, 2020 Image: PLU Pantry, an on-campus food pantry where students can pick up ingredients for a meal, toiletries and other necessities with the swipe of a student ID, addresses a growing food insecurity problem. (Photo/John Froschauer) March 16, 2020 By Kaitlin Armstrong '15Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (March. 16, 2020) — Food insecurity is on the rise on college campuses

were born or had an experience that caused our brains to start working slightly differently than others. What is the Student Neurodiversity Club? The Student Neurodiversity Club is basically a community for those on campus who are neurodivergent. Before, we didn’t really have another space other than the OAA [Office of Accessibility and Accommodation]. So we wanted to create a place to talk about our own struggles and experiences going through college, or just through life, with different

concert repertoire for the benefit of both the music students and the community. “I wanted to challenge our students and create a new listening opportunity for audiences. One of the added benefits is the diversification of PLU’s music library, since we are performing works that have never been played on our campus before.” Purchasing the rights to perform more diverse work will have ripple effects in the years to come, encouraging more students to become familiar with the work of talented female jazz

preliminary study, Soltis was asked to serve as a NASFAA Commissioner by NASFAA’s National Chair, Dan Mann. Soltis and the PPY Task Force members, including Associate Director of Financial Aid Lorie Staab, are looking at the program from all angles.  They are proactively identifying any implementation issues while working with NASFAA staff and the US Department of Education on ensuring a successful nationwide rollout for the 2017-2018 school year. “Right now, we’re trying hard to think of any concerns and