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avoided students sitting idle in a classroom.So, she called up Premo, who has worked 16 years for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, the organization PLU contracts to run Campus Safety. He and Gregson created the course with help from the guest lecturers, such as Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor. It included field trips to the precinct and the Pierce County Jail. Premo says the speakers were selected because of their knowledge of the topics within the course, which included policing philosophies

his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future.The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by poverty, violence and abuse. Cushman was one of several speakers who discussed resilience, in the seventh biennial event at Pacific Lutheran University that aimed to stimulate serious thinking on the global challenge. Cushman told attendees that his negative experiences as a child prevented him from envisioning a future in which higher education was valuable or even possible

it’s something we are directly involved in and know a lot about, at least from a student perspective,” said Evan Heringer ’16, chief videographer of the film. “We were all pretty interested in what we found and came to the conclusion that pursuing this topic might help those who are attending or thinking about pursuing some form of higher education, have a positive experience.”The resulting documentary, These Four Years, will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Seattle, Washington

dilemmas can be solved without broad, multifaceted expertise. Addressing climate change requires business savvy. Understanding modern racial unrest takes an understanding of American and world history. International diplomacy is often informed by religious traditions. Some of the most successful business managers are experts in psychology. Yet, despite these realities, far too many American universities are neglecting to provide an integrated education—an education that fuses the liberal arts

communication and global studies at PLU. She also double minored in environmental studies and English writing. Her day-to-day job includes leading tours and and answering many questions, among other duties. “It’s pretty awesome to see a 7-year-old kid sharing a cool fact about Yosemite that he remembers from when you told him,” Plog said. She said her job is a way of life — hiking, walking, enjoying the great outdoors, interacting with diverse visitors, living where she works and focusing on education and

graduates can obtain a license for Independent Clinical Social Workers after two years and 3,000 hours of post-MSW supervised work experience and passing the American Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) exam. PLU’s MSW program meets the nine competencies articulated by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). With an MSW from PLU, you gain the professional credibility and expertise needed to pursue a wide range of rewarding opportunities and contribute to positive change in the lives of those

prepare first-year students to successfully navigate their transition from high school to college. The program provides incoming first-year students the opportunity to earn six credits at no cost while focusing on skills paramount to thriving in college: reading, writing, critical thinking, dialogue and discussion.Thanks to Summer Academy, Reinmuth – a music education major from Vancouver, Washington – said that he felt calm and comfortable by the time he returned to campus more than a month later for

PLU and Friends of 88.5 finalize sale of KPLU Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (August. 31, 2016)- The sale of KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University to Friends of 88.5 FM was finalized on Tuesday, August 30.Friends of 88.5 FM, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization formed to preserve the local National Public Radio affiliate, officially took ownership of KPLU at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In a sale approved

Careers In Chemistry! Posted by: alemanem / April 28, 2021 April 28, 2021 Would you like to hear real-life stories from real-life chemical scientists? The Royal Society of Chemistry Education recently released an entire page of job profile videos.  “A Future In Chemistry” includes interviews of secondary educators, museum & medicinal chemists, forensic toxicologists, chief technology officers and more! Find out what jobs in chemistry can involve and the qualifications that will get you there on

Kinesiology is to provide quality academic professional preparation for undergraduate students in areas related to the study of human movement, especially as it supports the pursuit of lifelong physical activity and well being (i.e. health & fitness education, health & fitness education with certification, exercise science, pre-physical therapy and health & fitness promotion). We strive to prepare future leaders who will positively impact the health behaviors of individuals and of society through the