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PLU start the process of helping you discover your Wild Hope right at the start. You have already been engaged in a lively and stimulating Orientation Program for the past several days. You have already begun asking yourselves what we call the Big Enough Questions: “What skills do I have?” “How can I best matter to other people?” “What legacy do I want to leave behind?” Our professional staff and faculty members have been prodding you to take full advantage of the smorgasbord of opportunities we

animal. One of the most beautiful animals in the world, the jaguar is the third largest of all the cats, behind only the tiger and the lion. Endangered throughout its range in Latin America, the jaguar remains the least studied of all the major felids. Using radio collars, biologists can study—and work to save—this elusive animal, using the signals from the transmitter to gather data on range, habitat needs, and behavior. Professor of English Emeritus Charles Bergman with an Imperial Parrot As we

Training The financial benefits of receiving a Master of Arts in Education – Teaching Certificate are clear. One study showed that 88 percent of the U.S.’s largest school districts offer an automatic salary increase to educators with master’s degrees. You can make on average $13,720 more a year than teachers with just a bachelor’s in the field. The job growth for educators is also evergreen, as there will always be young minds to mold and lives to impact. Start tangibly impacting the next generation

a bother, but then relents.  The nurse, after listening a few minutes, tells Modeste to get to the hospital NOW (an order heard clearly through the receiver) for a checkup. Modeste, who had bypass surgery three years ago, complies and they both leave for the hospital in Tacoma. For the last two years, once a week by phone and twice a semester in person, 160 PLU nurses in training have been checking up on patients in the Pierce and King county area who suffer from congestive heart failure. This

a safe and inviting place to kick back, relax and learn skills that will not only help them excel at school, but also in life. The Parkland Literacy Center (PLC), 1112 124th St. South, opened last March in a house next to Keithley Middle School. There, PLU faculty and students serve the community through literacy-training and academic-support programs. Students visit with a variety of goals — some are working on improving skills, and others are in programs like Advanced Placement (AP) and

assistance to them as they navigate questions related to immigration status and implications. PLU is investing in additional training to ensure we have capacity to provide responsive mental health and health resources to our students who may be dealing with anxiety and uncertainty. PLU will not cooperate with any federal effort to create a registry of individuals based on any protected characteristics such as religion, national origin, race or sexual orientation. PLU does not tolerate acts of

thought I could be a valuable and contributing member. Over the next several years, I served on the advisory board, got involved in Green Dot, conducted bystander skills training for new students and other things, but these things are all just the byproduct of what the Center has done for me and the impact it has had. The Center is really about the people that are a part of it, and it is those people who made an impact. How? They SAW me when nobody else did. They HEARD me when others didn’t want to or

was signed into law in 2020, sponsored by Rep. Melanie Morgan (D-Parkland). Nationally, the CROWN act is now state law in 20 states, and city law in many others, but a federal CROWN act is needed, Lucas says. “If the United States can undo these wrongs after many centuries of oppression, other countries will follow suit,” she writes. Lucas’ capstone also notes that hair discrimination is a global issue. “Hair for women in general is of value,” Lucas says. “It shows our love for ourselves.” It’s

declared. •  The King speaks English—with a perfect American accent! •  Prince Harald entered the Norwegian Cavalry Officers’ Training School and finished his military education at the Military Academy in 1959. Upon completion of his compulsory military service, the Crown Prince went to Oxford for further study. He attended Balliol College from 1960 to 1962, studying social science, history and economics. • King Haakon VII died in 1957, and Prince Harald became Crown Prince. In 1960, Crown Prince

competition as a model for learning and by focusing on purposes as well as on goals. Students in PLU’s StarTalk language program that trains native Korean and Chinese speakers to teach their language to K-12 students. Solutions The solutions lie in the kind of training we give our future teachers, the climate we create for those already in the profession, the materials we develop, the direction our research takes, and the dynamics of the classroom itself. We must provide training in gender sensitivity for