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  • people together to solve problems.” Franklin focused on health care and social justice during her tenure in the Legislature. One of her chief accomplishments was starting the Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities. The group “develops recommendations to eliminate health disparities by race, ethnicity and gender,” according to the council’s website. For Franklin, the council was a time to bring people together and talk about the issues of health equity and access, “so that everyone can

  • get on with it and bring people together to solve problems.” Franklin focused on health care and social justice during her tenure in the Legislature. One of her chief accomplishments was starting the Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities. The group “develops recommendations to eliminate health disparities by race, ethnicity and gender,” according to the council’s website. For Franklin, the council was a time to bring people together and talk about the issues of health equity and

  • holder of the degree from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is prepared to practice as a Registered Nurse and/or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Washington. For further health information regarding licensing for the State of Washington, potential students are encouraged to look at the Washington Department of Health documents. Nurses must be educated to assimilate clinical, classroom, and laboratory knowledge, acquire skills, critically think and develop judgement through

  • Science in Nursing and the Doctor of Nursing Practice signify that the holder of the degree from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is prepared to practice as a Registered Nurse and/or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Washington. For further health information regarding licensing for the state of Washington, potential students are encouraged to look at the Washington Department of Health documents. Nurses must be educated to assimilate clinical, classroom, and laboratory knowledge

  • integration into the “social and intellectual fabric of an institution”; • commitment to the institution; and • commitment to the goal of earning a college degree (Hausmann, Schofield and Woods 2007). Belonging is a central part of these processes. Students’ sense of belonging can be encouraged in curricular and co-curricular realms of university experiences. Curricularly, course content, classroom experiences and interactions with faculty can enhance or undermine student belonging. Co-curricularly

  • confronted every obstacle that came up and has gone above and beyond to ensure that students are able to achieve their goals and excel academically. Mauricio Coitiño does research in Communication and Media, Public Policy and Human Rights. He is also a former representative of Uruguay for Amnesty International and an activist of Ovejas Negras, a Uruguayan collective that advocates for the defense of sexual diversity and rights of the LGBTQI community. Part of the educational work this social organization

  • theories, research, and policies related to the study of K-12 educational leadership: ethics and social justice, inquiry, policy, and leadership development. The program also includes two job-embedded applied projects focused on program evaluation and instructional leadership and equity impacts in P-12 schools and districts.The Ed.D program at PLU adopts a cohort model with a blended, low-residency program design. Courses will be delivered online and will require on-campus attendance once a month on

  • Our Many Years of Advising Experience Greatly Benefit Our StudentsThe Health Sciences Advising Team has been helping students  for the last four decades. Since 1978, more than 70% of PLU students who have applied to medical school have been accepted. For nearly a decade, the five-year running average of acceptances/applicants for all PLU applicants to U.S. medical schools has been 20-50% above the national average. Medical schools to which PLU students have been accepted since 1990 include

  • Our Many Years of Advising Experience Greatly Benefit Our StudentsThe Health Sciences Advising Team has been helping students  for the last four decades. Since 1978, more than 70% of PLU students who have applied to medical school have been accepted. For nearly a decade, the five-year running average of acceptances/applicants for all PLU applicants to U.S. medical schools has been 20-50% above the national average. Medical schools to which PLU students have been accepted since 1990 include

  • Events and WorkshopsEach academic year, the Health Sciences Club, a student-led organization, works in conjunction with the Health Sciences Advising Team to offer a variety of workshops and events for students planning on going into a health professional school.  Here’s a list of some of the events scheduled for the 2015-16 Academic Year: Introduction Meeting Volunteer Workshop (with organizations from PLU [Club Keithley Middle School, H4H, Community Garden] as well as Franciscan and Multi Care