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  • NCAT-supported centers are designed to be life changing. “(Our goals) go beyond equipping students with specific skills, to empowering each participant to effect the change they want to see in their own lives,” Schouten said. Nguyen, who has 20 years of experience in Pierce County workforce development, agrees. “We can make our community better by providing access to arts and education,” she said. “It’s the key to rising out of poverty and having a better life — and that’s why this project is so

  • ask around and help me find the answer.” Miller laughs when she thinks back to her mother’s declaration that they would never return to Wild Waves. The park is now a place where she is creative, a leader, and has become a communications and marketing professional. Some things, however, never do change.  “I unfortunately have not gone down any of the water slides since my first trip to Wild Waves,” Miller admits. “I have been on the Timberhawk Roller Coaster, and that definitely made up for my

  • sometimes change. When graduation comes I may be inclined to work for a year or two before going back to school. Thanks to this internship, I’m flirting with the idea of working as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife member during that time. Read Previous Nursing major sees value in studying and investing in health services Read Next Speedcubing builds problem-solving skills and social connections in schools COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

  • gym after practice, I see my sister, and it’s like home is here.” “I definitely recommend going to school with your sibling,” Sydney says. “It creates an added cushion of support. Moving to college is a big life change, and having your sibling around throughout that makes the process a whole lot easier.”  Read Previous Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate Read Next Rick Steves to Present “Travel as a Wildly Hopeful Act” at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

  • project? My capstone project was very much inspired by my passion for plant science, food security and agriculture. I completed my capstone project last spring, where I wrote a literature review focusing on genetic engineering mechanisms to combat environmental stressors — such as flooding and drought — in important agricultural crops … food security is being threatened by the severe weather patterns as a result of climate change. One potential solution to the severe crop losses, loss of food security

  • PLU’s Earth & Diversity Week. Steen Family Symposium Steen Family Symposium on Environmental Issues April 17-19 | Free and open to the public Established in 2022 through a gift from David ‘57 and Lorilie Steen ’58, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for the purpose of contributing to educate for “lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care — for other people, for their communities and for the

  • of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. National Association of Colleges and Employers. (2011, September). The Class of 2011 Student Survey Report. Retrieved from http://www.naceweb.org. Complete survey information and data tables are available to AACN member schools and stakeholders by contacting Research Assistant, Yan Li at 202-463-6930, ext. 236 yli@aacn.nche.edu Copyright © 2013 American Association of Colleges of Nursing All rights reserved

  • week (e.g. a compressed work week, such as working four 10 hour days; a hybrid work schedule where the majority of work is performed on campus and some hours at a remote location (less than 20% of hours per week, on average)). This option must be approved by the employee’s supervisor. Regular, ongoing flexible work arrangements must also be approved by the appropriate Vice President. Human Resources does not need to be notified of the change to the schedule if there is no reduction in the total

  • (approximately 1600 BCE) to the Middle Ages (around 500 CE).  The reasons for this are historical.  In the early centuries CE, global climate change drove many new peoples into the Eastern and then Western Roman empires.  This influx eventually brought enough instability that the Western Empire – Europe – shattered into many small, unstable kingdoms.  They never forgot the grandeur of the Roman Empire, even as they lost the skill to build grandiose monuments, to write hair-raising literature, and to enforce

  • Learning Outcomes*Effective January 2019* Upon completion of their degree, Religion majors will be able to: Explain “Religion” as a category of analysis in academic contexts, identifying when and how religious beliefs, interpretations, and practices shape human life, culture, and history, as well as how they change over time. Analyze religious traditions and expressions within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Describe an array of academic tools or methods in the study of