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feeling of home.” Rubio knows what it’s like to face challenges as a student. She attended four different schools during her high school years. “Students who have struggles at home may think college is not for them,” she said. “I can relate to them. I want to give back to the community.” PLU promises students who complete Teach 253 priority status for admission to its teacher preparation programs. And Tacoma Public School guarantees them a job interview after college graduation. Bowen has been invited

events happened it was hard to sit and watch from the sidelines. Being in the thick of it is stressful, but it also provides an incredible sense of purpose. This week, I did a heart-wrenching interview with the daughter of a retired nurse who died of COVID-19. She had to say her final goodbyes on FaceTime, through a nurse’s personal cellphone. She couldn’t even sort through her mother’s belongings in preparation for her burial, because they were still considered contaminated. But this woman was so

popularize math for those who don’t think of themselves as “math people.”  “I want to bring more people into mathematics, generate interest, and make the interest last,” she says. Department of Mathematics Mathematics at PLU Whether your goal is to learn mathematics for an application – modeling problems in science, engineering, economics or finance; in preparation for a career in elementary or secondary education; or for further study in a graduate program, PLU will challenge, inspire and inform you

passionate about speaking for those who have no voice? The overarching goal of the program is preparation for generalist social work practice with individuals, families, households, groups, communities, and organizations. If you are excited about tackling some of today’s major social challenges and enjoy working with people, then social work may be just the career for you! Read Previous Stephanie Aparicio Zambrano ’23 discusses her PLU experience, psychology major & internship with the Dean of Students

students are writing, are you sensing a  spirit of anxiety or dread, or is there anything else in the writing that you’re reading from them that strikes you as feeling different than the overall tenor might be in a more “normal” year? Study English, Understand the WorldThe study of English offers excellent preparation for any future requiring integrative thinking, skills in writing, discernment in reading, and an appreciation of the human experience and aesthetic values. Business, law, government

from the day. Our dinners were luxurious! We had an incredibly well-stocked freezer, a 1-meter-deep pit dug in the snow outside of the cook tent. Main dinner courses included salmon and halibut fillets, and shrimp. For side dishes, we had a long list of frozen vegetables to choose from, as well as choices of rice, pasta, couscous, tortillas, pita bread, and even quinoa! Aside from the bustle of meal preparation, the cook tent was never quiet, and most commonly filled with laughter. Conversation

to handle pressure. There are so many ways that my experiences as a basketball player translate to my work: such as how to operate in an environment where every possession (or every interaction) matters, where mistakes have consequences, and preparation and execution reap rewards. While on the basketball team at PLU, I was selected as team captain my senior year. This was a good opportunity to experience leadership, as it meant setting an example for the team with my words and my actions, being

higher quality students if it is a little harder to be admitted.True.  During our enrollment challenge of the last couple of years, we have maintained two important indicators of quality: GPA/SAT and Net Tuition Revenue Per Student.  We didn’t sacrifice quality to bring in the numbers we wanted; we stuck to our commitment to quality and preparation. *Note: All comments are moderated If we add new graduate programs does this mean that we are taking away other graduate programs?So far, the feeling

, learning, travel, leadership and service. What’s next? Earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from PLU does not enable me to begin working as a nurse right away. The first part of my Summer will be spent studying for the NCLEX (the State Boards for nursing). Once I pass this exam I will have a registered nurse (RN) license and can begin working as an RN. I will be beginning a perinatal (high-risk antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum nursing) registered nurse (RN) residency program this

preparation before studying abroad, together with reflection and analysis afterward, are characteristic of the way PLU approaches international education. And we also highly value the rich diversity of nationalities and cultures we attract to PLU from across our own country and from others—and we embrace and celebrate the cultures and ethnicities in our own Puget Sound region. I’ve heard eloquent testimonials from students about how much they have learned about the world from their international