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end of a year, graduate students earn their master’s degree and a Washington state teaching certificate. “I feel like all the professors really understood what it was like in the classroom,” said Cook, who teaches at Baker Middle School in Tacoma. “Education changes, students change, demographics change. But they stay current on best practices and research for the youth we are currently educating.” That’s by design, says Mary Jo Larsen, assistant dean of the university’s education department. “We

world. “The fear and sadness cannot be adequately expressed,” Boers wrote. “We are so sorry for the lives lost, thankful to be safe, and hopeful that tonight might be transformational in some way, that I, we, might do something to change things.” Globally, Pacific Lutheran University alumni such as Boers are coming face to face with the international conflicts that are defining the modern era. Some by accident, others by choice. Service amid war Dom Calata ’08, a military brat who followed in his

HIGHLIGHTSCURRICULUM & SCHEDULEPRACTICUMCOURSESOur Mission StatementThe mission of the Master’s in Social Work Program at Pacific Lutheran University is to prepare skilled, ethical, professional service-oriented leaders and change agents who work toward just, equitable, and empowerment-based service provision, policies, and systems on local and global levels. The program emphasizes critical consciousness, critical thinking, scientific inquiry, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive theories and

prohibit racial and gender preferences by state and local governments). The campus climate changed during my time at PLU because my peers and I chose to change it. Lou Vargas ’12: When speaking of PLU climate and culture, my memories bring me back to my first-year experience. It was certainly difficult for an immigrant of color like myself to acclimate with my peers who were mostly white. And not just any white — privileged white. The kind of white that didn’t recognize privilege. Their humor was

and reconceptualized: international litigation is a tool in the pocket of the international community capable of advancing meaningful social change but not in the manner of “victory” typically associated with law. Fatou DiengThere are many people I would like to extend my thanks, gratitude, and appreciation for the help and support they have provided throughout the semester whilst I have been working on this.Colonialism and Environmental Degradation: Analyzing the Environmental Legacy of French

Construction Student-Faculty Projects Joanne Lisosky, Paul Dodson, Julianne Rose and Katie Baumann, Media Lab: Fear and Islamophobia 2011-2012Student Projects Mycal Ford, Chinese Citizenship and Inter-Ethnic Relations Brett Rousseau, Colony Collapse Disorder and the Honey Bee Student-Faculty Projects Paul Manfredi and Leif Nordquist, Chai-na: Documenting the End of the Blackbridge Art Village Claire Todd and Matthew Heglund, Glacial History and Climate Change in Northern Bolivia Robert Wells, Katie Scaff

students each year. Georgia said she’s working with the Tacoma-based program, Ready to Rise, to identify scholarship recipients. The program is spearheaded by Degrees of Change, an organization that works to extend the reach of the Act Six initiative, which fully funded Panago’s education at PLU. Awardees must embody Panago’s values, including a deep passion for social justice. Tim Herron, Degrees of Change president, says Panago lived the Act Six mission, particularly after his time at PLU. He “poured

journey, of sorts, from suburban Oregon to changemaking on the global scale—with a few stops along the way—fueled by hope and faith. Follow the road from PLU to planetary change. Andrew Whitney '12 Andrew Whitney directs program to pair Tacoma students with local internshipsTen years ago Andrew Whitney ’12 was preparing for graduation, completing internships, and looking forward to starting a career in the world of business and finance. Now, it’s his job to help place local high school and college

done before and after an activity to measure any change. Social Dimension: Information about this dimension can be collected in multiple ways: Information can be collected: from students themselves, from others, e.g., from other students on a team project. Learning portfolios can address both aspects of human dimension learning IntegrationThis refers to learning in which students understand the connections or interactions between two or more ideas, learning experiences, or realms of life. For