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volunteer mentor because he knows that high school “is a critical time in a person’s life, when you have got to make a lot of big decisions.” “When I struggled in high school, he helped me,” Nagi-Mosa said of his mentor. “When I was about to stop thinking about college, he pushed me.” Jackson said Palmer Scholars wants mentors who want to make an impact on the life of a young person by building a culture of trust, one-on-one, that will support a scholar throughout their college career. “One of the

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creating more opportunities for people to walk, bike and take public transit, Austin’s work focuses on policy development, lobbying and statewide coalition building. “Transportation is an issue that a lot of people care about, but it’s not very many people’s number-one issue.” Austin explains. “As transit advocates, our power is based in our relationships with our closest friends. We have to build pro-transit coalitions at the state and local level to have success.” Austin’s professional career in

taught there for eight years, helping to grow a program of around 200 string students to a program which now serves more than 1,000 students. During that time, she also coached for the Tacoma Youth Symphony and conducted the Rainbow City Orchestra in Seattle. Jerilynn now lives in Spokane where she teaches orchestra and music theory at 4-8 gifted school, as well as general music in a Spanish language immersion program housed in the same building. Jerilynn was hired as the new Sinfonietta conductor

: admission to the School of Education and Kinesiology; completion of MUSI 340 for music education majors, and co-enrollment in KINS 490 for both health and fitness education majors. (3) EDUC 402 : Internship I Teacher candidates will be required to complete a minimum of 90 hours of fieldwork in a local school. (0) EDUC 403 : Building Professional Learning Communities Seminar groups to provide a critical inquiry bridge between university-based coursework and P-8 fieldwork through the unit's core values of

interfaith community building. He remains rooted in his Islamic tradition and cultivates a “spaciousness” by being open to the beauty and wisdom of other faiths. By authentically and appreciatively understanding other paths, Rahman feels that he becomes a better Muslim. This spaciousness is not about conversion but about completion. He has served as a visiting lecturer at PLU teaching Islamic Traditions. Personal WebsiteDr. Dakotah C. Lane, M.D.Who: Dr. Dakotah Lane, Lummi Indian Health Center of

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, and methods that are central to the study of gender, sexuality, race, and their relationship to other identity categories. Central concepts include knowledge production, the social construction of identity, theories of intersectionality, reflecting on power and privilege, and experimenting with different aspects of praxis and activism. Open to all students; required for GSRS majors and minors. (4) GSRS 287 : Special Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies To provide undergraduate students

Evelyn died Dec. 1, 2017, at the age of 98. The former Puyallup School District teacher — and the elder daughter of Carl and Ida (Lindstedt) Johnson — was born May 4, 1919, in American Falls, Idaho, where she graduated from high school in 1937. She attended Pacific Lutheran College and later worked at Boeing. In 1944 she married Sheridan Svendsen. Evelyn loved her family. It was evident by the relationship she had with each member. Preceded in death by her husband in 1987 and her sister Sylvia Lander