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. Along with showings at the history museum and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, the film was broadcast on Tacoma public television station KBTC and the city’s cable network Click!. The pair presented their findings at the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States in Toronto and the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium in Vancouver, B.C. The honors keep coming, as Schrecengost won a regional first place award from the National Broadcasting Society. “I never thought I

Facebook. KPLU Christmas Jam  Dec. 10 | 12 p.m. |Karen Hille Phillips Performing Arts Center 88.5 KPLU’s 19th Annual KPLU Christmas Jam features tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz. Anton will perform Christmas selections with the University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, who will play piano with Anton’s quartet, which also includes bassist Clipper Anderson and drummer Mark Ivester. Free to the Public | The event will be live streamed at www.kplu.org. 25th Annual Winterfest

gap through better public policies and educational support systems at every stage in the pipeline. “It’s inequitable practices in education that lead to a lack of achievement for groups of people,” she said. “If we can’t fulfill our potential because we just don’t have a way to do it, then we aren’t getting to the realization of human dignity.” Chavez said she sought out and received support throughout her own educational journey, despite external challenges: a cultural background in which she

something. She snapped a few pictures in the Mortvedt library — where she initially intended to study for class — and posted them to social media. Then, Anderson encouraged her friends to take pictures with paper signs, finishing the phrase “Will ____ Be Next?” And the campaign was born. “We just did it,” Anderson said. “We took a couple pictures and it was not very well planned, because we didn’t think it would go very big.” Anderson and others use social media and public rallies to spread the

be a more utilized place, especially for people of color. Tell us about your current graduate studies. I will graduate with my master’s in public administration from The Evergreen State College in June. It has been quite the journey. I am excited for my capstone, for which my team will be writing self-empowerment curriculum in both Spanish and English. What do you see as the most challenging part of your job? Vicarious trauma is real; while supporting people through crisis is a passion and skill

costs, so teachers had to pay for very little—mainly registration and testing.  An astounding 52 teachers enrolled in the endorsement program, which took place in the spring and summer of 2020. Instructors attended class Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 12 PM—what would typically be in-school hours—and then taught children in the afternoons.  Employee Amanda Pettijohn, 33, enrolled in the ELL endorsement. She’s taught in public schools for 7 years, lives in Yakima, and was in her first year as

dismissing another opportunity because I wanted one certain thing. Hopefully working in public service of some kind or helping out in that way because a law degree is a very powerful thing, and it can help or harm depending on what you use it for. Read Previous Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture to explore bioethics and “Enhancement” Read Next On the Court and in the Classroom: A Brother and Sister Find Success at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

school. Since fall 2020, Nelson has served as director of career and technical education (CTE) at Chief Leschi Schools, operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. The school serves Native American students in preschool through high school.Nelson majored in economics at Carleton College in Minnesota but realized in 1985 —her senior year — that teaching was her calling. She started teaching in private schools, first in Minneapolis, then in Seattle. She moved into public education and taught in

November 20, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford July 8, 2024 Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate February 28, 2023 Professor Maria Chavez selected for 2021-23 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau July 2, 2021

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