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Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.
allow him to travel more and collaborate with people from all over the world. But a lack of scholarly direction in the beginning led to academic struggles throughout his first two semesters. Jake Taylor '09Standing in the library at PLU with the American and Colombian flags on his shoulders. “It got to the point that I was on academic probation for a semester,” he said. “I had to refocus, and did so by thinking about my family in Colombia.” When he felt unmotivated, Taylor-Mosquera would remind
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Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts Professional Standards: art and design (pdf) view download
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: Military Science MUSI: Music MW: Medical Withdrawal NA: Never Attended NAIS: Native American & Indigenous Studies Nelnet: Nelnet Campus Commerce NFLP: Nurse Faculty Loan Program NMSQT-PSAT: National Merit Semi-finalist Qualifying Test-pre-Scholastic Assessment Test NSCI: Natural Sciences, College of NURS: Nursing NW: Engaging the Natural World GenEd Element PHIL: Philosophy PHYS: Physics PLUMS: PLU Matching Scholarship POLS: Political Science P&PA: Publishing and Printing Arts PSYC: Psychology PET
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classroom experience in US schools. This program offers a supportive cohort model, includes a full-year internship experience, extensive financial aid and a high job-placement rate. The most distinctive feature is the total time students spend teaching in K-12 schools. With the help of cooperating teachers and university supervisors, students complete year-long internships in one school. During their internships, students take on increasing teaching responsibilities from September through January, and
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Nation share their stories of life under the watchful eye of surveillance and the U.S. Border Patrol. Students began principal photography in Arizona during January 2020 and collected additional footage and interviews in February before the COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the country into lockdown. The film was edited remotely by students during the summer and fall of 2020—a technological achievement the filmmakers are proud of. The film project was directed and produced by students Brennan LaBrie
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be updated with the energy usage of individual halls every week. Day to day use will be posted on the windows of the Old Main Market. During the competition, the Sustainability Department is also hosting two special events. On October 11, it will host a presentation from the CEO of Bonneville Power Administration, which distributes power to the co-op that PLU buys its energy from. On Sept. 25 the department hosted Hour of No Power in which students turned off their power and hung out by the fire
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serve others as a physician. The essay that I wrote allowed me to explore that side of me. I wrote about the difference between healing a person and curing a disease because when I read examples of Jesus healing in the Bible, it resonated with many of the ideas in health care about holistically caring for patients so that even if they have a terminal illness, they can find comfort and meaning in their lives. Do you have any advice for current PLU students interested in attending medical school after
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their writing as he continues to hone his own. Professor Barot began teaching in the English Department at PLU in 2005, and assumed the role of MFA Director in 2014. He described the role as complicated, requiring the execution of an assortment of administrative tasks including budget, admission, recruiting students and faculty, and organizing the ten-day summer residency. With around 40 students enrolled in the program, the residency involves both students and faculty staying on campus for a week
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
contributing to a profession that she believes is “on the rise,” but doesn’t always receive the proper respect that it should. People often misunderstand the responsibilities and scope of practice for athletic trainers, Daly said, but they have the training and education to put their medical skills to good use. “Not to emotionalize it, but we are kind of like the over-protective parents that know everything that’s going on with the athlete and want to help fix almost everything,” she said. “We are the
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times,” Abbas said. Maybe people just feel comfortable with him, but perhaps it’s something more. People tend to talk in-depth about their lives with him, the 54-year-old said. For most of his life he didn’t think much of these occurrences, but then a moment in his life changed his mind and led him to his passion. “It’s my calling to be a therapist,” Abbas said. This spring, he will graduate with a degree in marriage and family therapy from PLU. With it, he will return to his home in Saudi Arabia
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