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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
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strategies for success in your course. Rather than point to generic study skill information with students, explain a few tips for how to be successful in your course. How should students prepare for assessments? What should students do if they are struggling or have a question? Utilize a syllabus quiz. Consider creating a short online quiz or scavenger hunt to assess students’ understanding of syllabus content. Be sure to select questions addressing the most critical policies and procedures for student
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fostering a deeper connection with nature and learning to become stewards of the Earth. One of the community’s core values is promoting the seven Leave No Trace Principles. These principles ensure we leave the natural environment as pristine and beautiful as we found it, minimizing our impact on delicate ecosystems. You might be thinking, “But I’m not an experienced outdoorsman or an expert hiker.” Well, fear not! The Outdoor Experience community is open to everyone, regardless of skill level, ability
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Getting to Know the Alumni – Nichole Clifford Posted by: wagnerjc / October 4, 2017 October 4, 2017 Nicki Clifford, class of 2017 MSMR grad, gives advice to current MSMR students and emphasizes the importance of working with organizations that you believe in. Why PLU’s MSMR Program? The MSMR Program at PLU has catalyzed my growth as an academic and a professional. The program encouraged the development of a strategic mindset that has been beneficial when countering managerial problems with a
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current human migrations of people fleeing from dangerous and desperate situations taking great risks to escape, which can end in death as found in the watery graves and on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea or in the southern desert borders of the United States. These works are sculptural installations made of cement and salt. The next work on Migration hits close to home. “This past year I have also spent a lot of time thinking about death with the unexpected passing of my mother who was 64 at the
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giant universities lacks the critical-thinking skills and interpersonal savvy offered at PLU—a more-integrative experience exhibited, in part, by the speed-dating exercise. It seems to have paid off. “Both the Chinese and the PLU students told me afterward they thought it was really fun,” Meyer said, and the visitors’ director of teacher recruitment and program coordinator said they enjoyed the PLU activity more than the lecture they heard at a much larger university. Read Previous Lute Plays Piano
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. Lewis says she hopes the event will alert first-years and sophomores to future possibilities for student-faculty work across disciplines. Lewis says emphasizing students’ working relationship with faculty members helps students become entrenched in their studies. Through student-faculty research, students incorporate their own experiences with academia in a way that Lewis says improves critical thinking, writing and understanding of students’ subjects of interest. “I hope it helps you think about
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North King County and Snohomish County area, offering classes and training in the same community that we anticipate many program graduates will go on to serve.” Guided by the School of Nursing’s principles to deliver safe, effective, family-centered, and community-based care, the program will combine comprehensive online instruction with immersive simulation experiences to help students hone their clinical and critical thinking skills. Students will also apply their expertise during clinical
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PLU’s individualized major pathway, she is the university’s first graduate with a major in innovation studies. Innovation Studies at PLUCourses in the Innovation Studies minor teach fundamental skills like design thinking, collaboration, and building an entrepreneurial mindset. You then form teams and develop your own solutions to contemporary problems and strategic opportunities. An Innovative Major Ambachew’s family moved to the United States from Ethiopia. She first heard about PLU from her older
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sciences divisions, and the School of Business. “The heart of the university is its intellectual life, which is invisible,” said Patricia O’Connell Killen, provost and dean of graduate studies. “The research reception is one of the best ways we have of displaying the really exciting thinking and problem-solving and framing of new knowledge that our students engage in with faculty.” Geosciences professor Jill Whitman added that tangible representations of the research work, such as posters and papers
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