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Way of Pierce County and the Tacoma Community College Foundation. “There is a great sense of accomplishment in working as a team along with dedicated educators to provide positive learning experiences for children and youth in need of extra academic and social/emotional support,” explains Shultz. Prior to joining CIS in 2006, Shultz served in a variety of public education positions, including as teacher at Peninsula and Henderson Bay High Schools, the Peninsula School District liaison for the home

opportunity to encourage change in the future.” Assistant Professor of Biology Romey Haberle, chair of PLU’s Sustainability Committee, hopes the Fellowship will provide students such as Scott with an exceptional learning opportunity while allowing them to contribute to campus sustainability—and make some money. “Fellows are gaining research experience; getting paid; and developing the key soft skills of writing, oral communication, collaboration and working across disciplines and into the community

25th and 101st in the two respective categories. The Washington Monthly, a Washington, D.C.-based news magazine, began ranking colleges 11 years ago, as a direct response to the rankings published by U.S. News & World Report. “Every year, (U.S. News & World Report) would rate the nation’s institutions of higher learning on measures of wealth, fame and exclusivity, then publish the results as a list of ‘best’ colleges,” Kevin Carey wrote in the September/October 2016 issue of Washington Monthly

learning. More importantly, we were helping make more people aware and involved with ending the tragedy of human trafficking,” Anderson said. The two students and their faculty adviser, Joanne Lisosky, were funded by PLU’s new Diversity, Justice and Sustainability FUNd to purchase equipment and travel to the Philippines in January. Every PLU student pays $10 a semester to the fund, and a diverse team of students, faculty and staff fund projects that are “socially relevant and accessible.” The

Entrepreneur Justin Foster ’02 on making meaningful relationships with faculty Posted by: Lace M. Smith / August 13, 2019 Image: Justin Foster ’02, and School of Business Dean Chung-Shing Lee photographed in the Morken Center for Learning & Technology at PLU, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 13, 2019 By Vince SchleitwilerGuest WriterLutes often find ways to show gratitude to the community that supported their education, but Justin Foster ’02 got started early. An

, and in doing so learning more about themselves as scientists and thinking about science as a career.” A polymer chemist by trade, Waldow is currently studying and developing solid polymer electrolytes for use in lithium ion batteries. This work could lead to substantial improvements in performance and safety in these batteries, which are commonly found in smartphones. Additionally, his contributions to grant writing have helped lead to necessary scientific equipment for PLU’s Chemistry Department

vocation.“Not only is Nick a smart and invested student, he also has a compelling and compassionate personality which draws others to him,” says Hay. “When you’re with Nick, don’t expect small talk. He will ask you big and provocative questions that make you think, learn more about yourself, and want to keep the conversation going.”  Etzell says his involvement in Wild Hope has taught him to embrace the joy of learning as a college student. “Prior to joining Wild Hope, I didn’t know if I wanted to

after their PLU MBA in business, nonprofit and governmental leadership.” PLU’s AACSB-accredited MBA program is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility. It is led by a dynamic team of faculty members who combine industry experience and educational expertise in the classroom and incorporate real-world examples and service learning experiences.The program offers optional emphasis areas in healthcare management, technology and

runs its course. Eventually, she’d like to serve as a diversity officer or work in diversity marketing for a large corporation like Amazon. For now, she’s learning, growing and preparing for whatever’s next. It’s all going according to plan. EDITOR’S UPDATE: After this article was published April Rose accepted a full-time manager role at Amazon! Her official title is now Applicant Services Manager and she is now managing the applicant services recruiters (contractors) that get hired to work with

sense of pride from graduating from PLU.”   PLU’s biology team primed Chontofalsky for success, particularly Professor Emeritus of Biology Angelia Alexander and the late Tom Carlson, also a professor emeritus of biology. “Students learned cool things from people who knew what they were talking about,” recalls Chontofalsky. “You could trust what they were teaching wasn’t just what they learned out of a book but from experience.” Chontofalsky still craves learning new things through hands-on