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J-Term 2020/Psychology & Political Science- Study Away in Prague Posted by: Marcom Web Team / January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020 J-Term 2020: Travel with us to Prague via our blog. PLU offers a variety of study away program options to make this important component of a PLU education accessible to as many students as possible. Narrow your search by exploring your options by academic discipline, location, duration and more. Visit the Wang Center for more info.Travel Blog Read Previous PLU Psychology

eradicating racism in the U.S. Armed Forces.  My father had helped found the Army Community Service, which included many resources for combating racism and helping the Armed Forces become the first major American institution to desegregate.And my father, with my mother’s important help, founded the Defense Race Relations Institute to train professionals to deal with racism and bias.  As a child, I remember protesters waving the Confederate flag and spitting invective at my parents and their coworkers. The

skill, I have a long way to go and many more things to learn, but I am enjoying it immensely. Why did you want to teach at PLU? First, the job description perfectly fit my skill set. Second—as corny as this sounds—I read about PLU’s commitment to Lutheran Higher Education and I was blown away. I had no idea that the values of teaching and learning I held dear were so foundational to Lutheran Education. Further, the theatre spaces were under renovation and it seemed exciting to be on the ground floor

opportunities, adventures and challenges, I have grown more than I can possibly recognize. I was supported and encouraged in all that I aspired to do. I honestly feel that PLU’s values of inquiry, leadership, service and care have become engrained in my spirit and I know that this experience, this education in life, will greatly shape my future. My next chapter: I am moving to Washington D.C. in August to live with my sister. I plan to spend one to three years there, seeking work experience and new

helped make it better. “He always liked to help people,” Georgia Horton said of her son. “He was a very, very good person.” At the root of his advocacy was a passion for education. Specifically, access to education for marginalized communities in Tacoma. After graduating from PLU, Panago joined AmeriCorps. He served at Tacoma’s Giaudrone and Jason Lee middle schools, his mother said, both of which educate students from a diverse socioeconomic spectrum. “He became really involved with the children

skill, I have a long way to go and many more things to learn, but I am enjoying it immensely. Why did you want to teach at PLU? First, the job description perfectly fit my skill set. Second—as corny as this sounds—I read about PLU’s commitment to Lutheran Higher Education and I was blown away. I had no idea that the values of teaching and learning I held dear were so foundational to Lutheran Education. Further, the theatre spaces were under renovation and it seemed exciting to be on the ground floor

simple thesis is the university is strong and stable,” Anderson said. “We are planning toward the decade from great strength.” As institutions of higher education have struggled under economic restraints, PLU has fared well by nearly every measure, he said. For example: – Stable enrollment, through a savvy marketing and recruiting plan, has garnered an incoming class of over 710 students. Add in transfers, and enrollment this year comes to just under 3,600 students. ACT and SAT scores increased and

May 28, 2014 Jennifer and James “Jym” Kinney talk about their paths to PLU, and beyond, just before graduation on May 24, 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Navy vet realizes his dream of becoming a math teacher By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing & Communications For Jym Kinney ’13, ’14, it’s all about persistence and a dream that just wouldn’t go away. The culmination of the dream played out on May 24 as he walked across the stage to receive his master’s degree in Education. He was accompanied

opportunity to learn more about PCAT and discuss the center with PCAT board members. The center also plans to offer a range of adult education and professional certification courses in demand in Pierce County’s smaller cities and suburban communities that are in need of an additional influx of professionally trained workers. “The population growth outside of Tacoma opens up business opportunities that will require skilled workers,” said Mark Martinez, a PCAT board member and executive secretary of the

in general,” Jackson says now of the talk. “I want to be that positive influence for someone, and make a difference in a middle school kid’s life.”   Jackson is in his third year at Pacific Lutheran University. He’s majoring in education and hoping to become a middle school math teacher after obtaining his master’s degree. He’s following a family vocation of sorts. Jackson’s mom was a third grade teacher and currently works as an administrator in Burlington, Wash. In total, six family members are