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Student Wellbeing Toolkit Adapted from the University of Oregon’s Office of the Provost: Teaching Support and Innovation Wellbeing—as a topic, as a need, and as a call to action—has increasingly been part of the conversation in higher education. The far-reaching impacts of COVID19 have only made the role of wellbeing in learning more obvious. Instructors have increasingly become primary contacts for students experiencing crisis, burnout, or challenges that interfere with their academic success
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Pierce County achieve their dreams of a college education. On this June Saturday, the scholars – recent high school and college graduates – are joined by their families, volunteers who serve as mentors for Palmer students and other supporters of the organization. It’s part of an annual celebration for students who graduate with the help of Palmer scholarships, mentors and other supports. Jonathan Jackson '12Executive Director of Palmer Scholars In June, Jackson helped bring the Palmer graduation
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: Their jobs Immigration Attorney, Hernandez & Associates, PC Climate Strategist, Manifest Climate, Toronto Housing Development Specialist, State of Colorado Americorps Reading Lab Mentor, Wa He Lut Indian School Associate Financial Analyst, S&P Global International Program Coordinator, Bellevue College Teacher, Hoquiam School District Outreach and Referral Specialist, Yamhill Community Care Volunteer Coordinator, Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul Graduates from the last last 5 years: Their
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presenting Benge with a glitter-encrusted purple cord at graduation. “Because Lizbett began pursuing her degree at PLU around the same time that I began teaching there, we very much developed as a student and teacher alongside each other,” Smith said. This “interconnected growth” is a facet of mentorship that Smith believes often goes overlooked, as expertise in any field is always “contextual and incomplete.” Smith added that while she “may have had expertise in women’s and gender studies as a
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encourage her to pursue higher education. She didn’t know the questions to ask regarding that pursuit. “It informs the research I do,” she said. And in the fall, Chávez’s past struggles and successes informed her talk at the annual Pave the Way Conference, where she served as one of three featured speakers. She presented to hundreds of educators, policymakers, and nonprofit and industry partners about the opportunity gap in Washington state. The annual conference focuses on increasing educational
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By:Logan January 2, 2019 0 Bring Your Whole Self https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/01/group-banner-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Logan Logan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df88b9152697d03169d961f6b1582ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 2, 2019 February 26, 2019 Bring Your Whole Self LUTHERAN HIGHER EDUCATION There’s a vibe you get from Pacific Lutheran University. Those who have experienced it describe it as a “know-it-when-you-feel-it,” contagious energy that lingers
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over 25 years. She was responsible for the Community Relations Programme for Derry City Council for ten years before moving to work in the voluntary and community sector. Maureen is the progenitor and Chief Executive Officer of The Junction, a Community Relations and Peace Building Initiative, set up to address the barriers to peace and peace building in the context of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Junction focuses on community education and training and has a local, national and
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The Generous Spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, Norm pursued graduate studies, culminating with the Ph.D. in history from Penn State. He joined the history department at Gettysburg College in 1964 and taught there for 36 years. He was remembered by a colleague as a teacher, scholar
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Think faster, work harder, feel more deeply Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 21, 2010 Image: PLU Associate Professor of Music, Violin, Svend Ronning,in his office. November 21, 2010 By Barbara Clements Looking back, Svend Rønning ’89 can’t remember when music wasn’t part of his life. His mother was a piano teacher; his grandfather played the violin. In fact, he still occasionally uses a bow that his grandfather bought from a Sears and Roebuck catalogue in the 1920s. “Actually, it still
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14, Behrens wanted to do anything but follow in his father’s footsteps as a marine biologist. Then he took a marine biology class in high school, and the passion was reborn. He was an assistant for his teacher his senior year in high school and she made him rough out the final exam questions, based on what he could see on the beach. It taught the future professor the importance of getting his students out of the classroom and onto the natural environment. And, certainly, into the water. “I love
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