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a glimpse into the lives of professionals who practice what PLU preaches. “The key is to bring in successful people and reinforce what we do,” Dickerson said. And it works. He said the players learn valuable skills and build meaningful relationships through those networking opportunities. Dickerson proudly touts the near-perfect graduation rate and post-graduate success of his former players. Despite their success after moving on from college, Dickerson says many of them stay in touch. He

directly for the checklists. heather.graves@plu.edu Theoretical or Academic Definitions Scholars have analyzed the concept of preceptor and preceptorship, too. Although some people use the term mentor as synonym, there are distinguishing characteristics of a preceptor. For one, the relationship between preceptor and student is more time limited. The focus is also more intensely aimed at acquiring the knowledge, skills, and judgement required by an individual course’s goals and objectives (Billay

three decades, a majority of his 40-year career in education. He’s been at the district’s helm for 11 years. Beyond his commitment to the partnership with PLU and his full-time administrative work, he serves on the boards of the Junior Achievement of Washington, Latino/a Education Achievement Project, Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis Foundation, Pierce Center for Arts & Technology and the Pierce County Skills Center. He also is a longtime member of PLU’s Administrative Professional Education Advisory Board

. It’s hard to believe this self-described introvert arrived at PLU from Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School two years earlier, determined to break out of her shell. “I didn’t want to miss out in college,” she explained. “I wanted something to pull me out of my comfort zone, and help me grow more skills.” Presenting at this year’s Dr. Rae Linda Brown Undergraduate Research Symposium was just the challenge Waite was looking for. Named in honor of its late founder and PLU provost, the event brought over

approximately four participants. The drilling teams will trade off duties – one will be working, while the other is building relationships with the village members and playing games with the children. The hygiene team will be working with a hygiene coordinator and leading discussions and educational sessions to help build awareness, skills and behavior change in the area of hygiene and sanitation. Given the topic areas covered and some cultural sensitivities, the nonprofit requires that the hygiene team is

253.535.7132 www.plu.edu/history/ hist@plu.edu Rebekah Mergenthal, Ph.D., Chair History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and evidence-based explanations of past events and phenomena. Through research and writing projects, internships, lively discussions, class presentations and other opportunities, students build their confidence as poised critical

the other way around, shuffle is one cruel individual. Heating up beside my rust bucket, the other arrived, and it was time to play with a piece of plastic. That day I learned to throw with and against the wind (to an extent) and how to throw across a table. All important skills that help me navigate today and tomorrow but something else clicked. It was the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia’s spacious lead lines, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart chasing each other, Bob Weir’s jazz centered rhythms

fundraising is well underway to support the expansion of our School of Nursing. The renovation of the Garfield Book Company building will double the square footage for our school, building new skills labs, classroom space and high-tech simulation labs. Four million dollars as already been committed to this exciting project and with your help we anticipate this space opening for the 2020 school year. That shared vision in the year ahead will continue to focus on investing in Student Success. So how do you

course of study. Prerequisites: BIOL 226 and consent of department chair. (1 to 4) BIOL 499 : Capstone: Senior Seminar - SR Capstone is a topical course in which students will work in small groups with a faculty mentor to explore the primary literature in a topic within that faculty member's area of expertise. Students will develop their skills interpreting, summarizing, and critically analyzing the primary literature. They will produce written and oral products as a result of the semester's work