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lands. He echoes Espinosa’s sentiments about the value programs like PLU OR offer, and the importance of their preservation. “It provides a tremendous opportunity to teach leadership skills,” Wade said. “Those skills are transferable to whatever somebody wants to do next, whether it’s related to the outdoors or not.

Studies Native American & Indigenous Studies Peace Corps Prep Religion Sociology Studying Hispanic Studies means improving your language skills within a kind and supportive community where it's okay to make mistakes because everyone is learning together. It means challenging yourself with difficult texts and topics that you may not even have thought about in an English-language class. Critical thinking is a crucial part of classes and analyzing the potential impacts of phrasing, or inclusion or

that PLU plants with the hopes of growing students, staff and a community of people who will extend love, graciousness and leadership beyond university walls. There are many traditions that go into the foundation of Lutheran higher education, and PLU lists seven elements that are fundamental in its teachings. Those include: helping students develop critical-thinking skills; freedom for expression and protection of learning; learning the value of the whole creation; a liberating foundation in the

provides such a rich experience, both for the students and the organization.” The program sees a variety of students and student interests morph into diverse post-graduate careers. Some graduates are energized by the analytics process and become investigators who dig into that information. Others embrace focus groups, looking for what companies or organizations need to know. Some seek consulting gigs, becoming translators for the suite of skills. Then, there are graduates like Doan, Mulder said, who

Center. The annual event showcases university-wide, interdisciplinary research and creative activities of PLU students. It provides them opportunities to further explore their area of study or future career path, as well as gain valuable hands-on experience and organizational skills in a collaborative work setting. Learn more Richard and Helen Weathermon Endowment presents the Joyful Noise Guest Artist in Residence concert with the PLU Jazz Ensemble May 11 This year’s guest artist will be saxophonist

a common theme: hospitality. It’s the seed that PLU plants with the hopes of growing students, staff and a community of people who will extend love, graciousness and leadership beyond university walls. There are many traditions that go into the foundation of Lutheran higher education, and PLU lists seven elements that are fundamental in its teachings. Those include: helping students develop critical-thinking skills; freedom for expression and protection of learning; learning the value of the

, injecting the city’s creative class with the know-how and confidence to thrive. The foundation of Spaceworks’ mission, Monthy says, is helping local creatives grow their skills, resources and capacity. “Not everybody knows the 14-point plan to becoming a successful small business owner,” Monthy said. “A lot of times people just have two: the drive and the talent in making something. Spaceworks helps artists learn how to be a bit more business minded, how to write budgets, to plan strategically.” Monthy

students coming back from the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago struggled to acclimate back into campus culture. “Everything felt trivial,” he said, adding that students wanted to pursue ways to apply the racial consciousness and diversity-minded skills they learned abroad here at home. So, faculty members JoDee Keller, Elizabeth Brusco and Barbara Temple-Thurston started an immersive experience for students in the Salishan community, a diverse mixed-income neighborhood in Tacoma. TIES is a

language and cultural study at the university level is the acquisition of the cognitive skills necessary to express one’s own thoughts and ideas effectively in the second language without dependence upon others. Central to this goal is the principle of Academic Integrity, which states that “students are inherently responsible to do their own work, thereby insuring the integrity of their academic records.” The challenge, and at times the struggle, of learning to formulate coherent thoughts in a second

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