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initiative developed by Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change in partnership with Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). “The Seed Teachers program is a perfect fit for our district. It creates continuity for students to pursue a degree so that they can come back and have an impact on students in their home community. This journey will empower graduates with scholarships, mentorship, and hands-on work experience within our schools, shaping them into future leaders in education,” said Franklin Pierce

science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science. The DOE NNSA LRGF connects professors and students working in fields relevant to the DOE lab system with laboratory scientists, fostering collaborative research relationships. The program will strengthen these university-laboratory links through an unusual and exciting provision: fellows will work and study in residence at one or more of four approved DOE NNSA facilities for a minimum of two 12-week periods. Longer stays are highly

at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, and how writing for young adults and teaching young adults about writing go together. I used to teach high school Spanish, so I have an actual teaching license. It’s the one practical skill I have, in fact. I do enjoy talking about books and writing more than Spanish, however. The Loft is a very singular place; I’m so lucky it’s in the state I live in! My students are all readers, and they all want to learn how to be better writers. I have a much easier

addition to PLU, TEDxTacoma 2016 is sponsored by South Sound Magazine, Northwest Public Radio, Heritage Bank, Tapco Credit Union, Click! Cable TV and the Tacoma Weekly. TEDxTacoma 2016: Healthy Future is on Friday, April 22 from 7-9 p.m. in PLU’s Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale now. Read Previous PLU professor, local archaeologist team up with students to study prehistoric artifacts from Mount Rainier Read Next PLU Summer Academy: First-year students spend five

assembled Tuesday at Pacific Lutheran University’s opening day Convocation ceremony. PLU is a place “for dreaming, for imagining what might be and each year our campus is energized by those who dare to dream and act boldly, and in many cases, achieve the totally unexpected,” Anderson told the assembly of over 800 students, staff and faculty this week. “We have a remarkable group of dreamers here.” More to the point – Anderson highlighted two groups that took everyone by surprise this year as they gained

COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024 PLU French

Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 25, 2020 February 25, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing & Communications Guest Writer TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve ever wondered whether leaders are born or made, the answer is both. At least it is when you’re referring to Pacific Lutheran University graduate Amy Spieker ’09. Growing up in a Navy family, Spieker moved her fair share of times, and in doing so was

and more than $2 million in grant funding over the course of his career — a major accomplishment for a university of PLU’s size. “On behalf of Pacific Lutheran University we’d like to formally congratulate our colleague, Dean Waldow, on this accomplishment,” Provost Joanna Gregson said. “He has a record and reputation of teaching excellence and scholarly achievement — and he is known not only for welcoming students into the research enterprise, but also for nurturing and cultivating the next

Providence Health & Services Virtual Career Trek Posted by: nicolacs / March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021 Thursday, April 8 at 11:00am to 12:00pm Providence is a comprehensive health care organization with 120,000 caregivers (all employees) who serve in 51 hospitals, 1,085 clinics and a comprehensive range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. This is for students interested in clinical AND non-clinical careers in the healthcare

Graduate Center PhD Program in Biochemistry CUNY Posted by: alemanem / October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 The PhD Program in Biochemistry at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York is currently recruiting students to join their program in Fall 2022.  Please consider the following program highlights: PhD students take classes at the Graduate Center building diagonally across the Empire State Building in their first year and then join a research lab at one of the 8 senior campuses