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  • knowledge in practical ways. The breadth of study allows students to integrate their knowledge from various sub-disciplines and understand different methodological approaches. At the same time, the curriculum provides room for students to pursue their special interests in depth. Therefore, biology graduates are prepared for a wide range of opportunities after graduation. The upper-division courses are grouped by major conceptual ideas as such ideas are applied at the different levels of biological

  • Bus Rapid Transit model. I consider currently applied public transportation systems, and how they relate to the natural and built environment and interact with the public they serve. Applying geoscience and political science disciplines, I develop a spatial analysis of the route, and demographics that the route would serve, and how this provides insights into how transportation systems can be improved to better serve the population, and benefit the environment as a byproduct of increased public

  • . Required for social work majors. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. (4) SOCW 245 : Human Behavior and the Social Environment - ES Students examine developmental theory through the lens of an ecological systems perspective and a biopsychosocial-spiritual framework, emphasizing power, privilege, and cultural differences (particularly race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation) as applied to individuals, families, groups, institutions, organizations, and communities locally and globally. Volunteer experience is

  • . Competing in the Humanitarian Marketplace: UNHCR’s Organizational Culture and Decision-making Processes. Geneva: UNHCR, 2010. Natural SciencesNatural Sciences TutorialsAshley Clendenen, '18, Applied Physics and Mathematics:My tutor and I worked together to create a course on Modern Physics, a required physics course for majors here at PLU (PHYS 223). Each week, the work focused on specific readings from a textbook and long problem sets to complete before the tutorial. During the tutorial, the tutor

  • Forum; and the moderator for the Ruth Anderson Public Debate Series. He teaches class such as Applied Research, Argumentation & Advocacy, Introduction to Communication, and Gender & Communication. Dr. Eckstein’s research explores argumentation and debate. His work has appeared in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Western Journal of Communication, Communication Studies, Contemporary Argumentation & Debate,The Journal of Argumentation in Context

  • math and geometry as well as coaching the girls’ soccer team. One of her passions includes math, “I have personally been good at math and it has always come easy to me.It is a subject that many people struggle with and do not like. I have always enjoyed teaching it to others and I want to be the one to teach them to understand and appreciate it.” Lyman studied for her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education at PLU while competing on the soccer team. She continued her graduate study and soccer

  • the Franklin Pierce School District, determine Washington’s next State Superintendent of Public Instruction and have major ramifications on the future of the Department of Education. A panel of experts will discuss what is at stake for America’s education system. Confirmed panelists include Interim Dean of the School of Education and Kinesiology Terry Bergeson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Ksenija Simic-Muller, and Franklin Pierce School District Superintendent Dr. Frank Hewins.  Sponsored

  • IHON, Global Studies, and/or Language courses. Faculty from these courses regularly collaborate with Hong professional and student staff to provide linked co-curricular offerings connected with Hong Global Community.STEM HouseSTEM House is for students interested in learning about the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics). This community is great for intended STEM-related majors and also for those not majoring in STEM who would like to continue their learning on

  • Assignment at College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts in Trinidad & Tobago. What are you looking forward to? My primary mission will be teaching journalism and developing curriculum for journalism certification… and maybe (figures crossed) starting up a student magazine. COSTAATT hosts the first and only journalism school in Trinidad & Tobago. I’m looking forward to learning much more than I teach. I’ve been given my scholarly charge by the President of COSTAATT, Dr. Gillian Paul. She asked me to

  • two years – logging over 400 hours – before deciding to branch off in a new direction and enlisting the help of fellow science geeks Mark Lee ’13, an applied physics major, and triple-threat Mimi Granlund ’13, an arts, physics and math major. The threesome needed to build their own system, which consisted of a cylinder capped with a sandpaper disc to act as a “tongue.” The cylinder would plunge into water and then be lifted out through a pulley system. This would be photographed by a high-speed