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transitioned to social worker and family support specialist for Communities in Schools, which links community resources and public schools. That job launched her lifelong love affair with the world of education. She attended the University of Washington Tacoma to earn a teaching certificate, then earned a master’s in education from Antioch University in Seattle. She started teaching elementary school in Tacoma, then became a principal in 2008 and, in 2013, the Tacoma Public Schools early learning and Title
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the CS-STEM scholarship, they will pay for part of my master’s program.What made you want to teach at the middle school level? I really enjoyed the classes I took when I was in junior high, and so the inspiration of having great teachers made me want to be one, so that’s the goal. What moment at that age made you passionate about teaching? Just the little things — the community I experienced there was great, and it was my first step toward freedom being able to pick my own classes. The teachers I
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the secret to her success. Hint, there is no “I” in team. You have a big job — tell us a bit about what you do. I love it and feel like I get to be a part of exciting work that makes a difference. I see three main parts to my work with the hospital. The first is my role in conducting the community health needs assessment and health-improvement plan with our community partners. All nonprofit hospitals are required to do this every three years under the Affordable Care Act. This is critical work, as
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January 22, 2013 Mycal Ford ’12 has spent the year teaching in Taiwan on a Student Fulbright Fellowship. Mycal Ford ’12: A journey of discovery leads this Lute to China and Taiwan By Barbara Clements University Communications Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at arm’s length in front of him and knew he had a decision to make. Was he going to hold true to his promise to himself – “Say yes to everything?” He had come to Chengdu, China, one of six PLU Gateway programs, with
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recitals, listened to Burton play Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV876. And then the master teaching kicked in. (Feltsman is known for his frankness.) We caught up with Burton, recipient of the PLU Music and Bertha Gilbertson Endowed Piano Scholarships, during gap year in her hometown of Camas, Wash. What did you do right after graduation? I spent most of my summer doing Chinese translation work and researching graduate piano programs in China online. In the end, I had tennis elbow from all
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to print books, the library has online films and journal articles and links to other content. Below is the virtual exhibit with links to resources. Website Critical Refugee Studies Collective. (n.d.) Critical Research, Teaching, and Public Initiatives on Refugees. https://criticalrefugeestudies.com/ Refugees have long been the objects of inquiry for fields such as sociology, history, and political science. Refugees are also often featured in the media serving as objects of suffering or agents
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completed, Dr. Cook will lead the team of contributing authors to prepare a final manuscript. This will be the fourth NICE project ever completed and was adopted as a special submission due to the need for a prompt response to the pandemic. With this project, PLU students and faculty will join their peers across the world to better understand the human response to this pandemic. Read Previous PLU Psychology student/faculty collaboration Read Next Enrico Jones Award in Psychotherapy & Clinical Psychology
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, doing one one’s work well is even more important. Whether caring for our campus and buildings, teaching or counseling our students, or tending a university donor, or managing the endowment – excellence matters, and the results show more clearly in the these testing times. And, in a dramatic way, we learned that material wealth is elusive, it too is uncertain and, in the really larger scheme, of life, not as important as we often think! Yes, the unexpected and unsettling days of 2008-2009 were, I
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as we pray for the world. What does “centering community” mean to you? I think it’s both a gift and a challenge. The gift is, you’re not alone. There’s a community of people to support you and care about you. It’s not all up to you. Then I think the challenge is that it’s not just about you. It’s about the larger community. We’re interconnected, and we’re called to care for one another. There’s a religious connotation about a centering or a grounding, which is about an orientation. So centering
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or biology. Junior or Senior preferred. Sincere interest in learning and developing professionally in the field of applied science. Team player with a positive attitude. Ability to work both in groups and independently with accuracy on time-sensitive projects. Responsibilities: Work with Lab Technicians in preparing samples for sensory evaluations. Assist with gas chromatography sample preparation and analysis. Assist with maintaining accurate laboratory records and lab cleanliness. Assist in
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