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great trainings, particularly for women, that are a great way to learn, build a support group and meet great people. It takes a village. I couldn’t have done it without an incredible campaign team, a supportive partner, my parents and sister, and many, many friends, new and old, who propped me up along the way. It was really, really important for me to have a support group of other women running to bounce ideas and frustration off of. “Everyone deserves access to an education, a good job, and a

, technology, education, and publishing are areas where graduates frequently make their careers.Well, I think that there’s definitely a degree of anxiety and darkness in the writing that I’m seeing from the students. But I actually think that from one standpoint that’s a good thing because they’re able to find an avenue for expressing themselves in these writing classes that maybe they don’t have in their regular lives or in their other classes. So yes, some of it is dark, but I do think that expressing

her things and leave that day. Chell says she barely had enough time to say goodbye to her host family and close friends before leaving.  “There was no closure,” she says. “Something I’ll wrestle with is just the highlighted privilege of I’m there to be a public health education volunteer and the moment a pandemic comes, I leave. That felt really awful.”Serving during the pandemic Chell made it back home to South Dakota safely. But she found it difficult to hunker down as many were doing to ride

. Ambassadors are individuals that for whatever reason cannot be released back into the wild. At that point, their options are euthanasia or becoming an ambassador and spending the rest of their lives in captivity where they are used for educational purposes. Ambassadors are an essential part of wildlife education because they allow the general public to develop a relationship with an individual. Numerous studies have shown that relationship greatly increases the likelihood that individuals will do

academic journey filled with inquiry, challenges and the pursuit of vocation — grounded in the values of Lutheran higher education. But the learning won’t end when graduates walk across the stage the night of May 25. Roughly 700 students will gather to celebrate their achievements, and more importantly the next step in their lives of service and leadership, as they embark on new careers, graduate school and volunteer opportunities. Outgoing Lutes will carry the university’s mission with them into their

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Studies. This year, Einan added Chinese to her coursework. “I think it is really important to study languages because they are how people communicate,” says Einan. She sees a strong connection between her language studies and her love of literature. “I would really like to be able to read books from different cultures in their original languages.” After graduation, Einan will begin work on her Master of Education degree at PLU. She hopes to become either a high school history or English teacher. She

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projects like that [Immigration Simulation] because certain things require nuance. When you’re approaching different communities with asks, it goes back to remembering who they are as people.” Shayna continues the 20-year legacy of the Diversity Center. To her, the legacy means “PLU was or is at the forefront of diversity and inclusive education. I’m very fortunate that I had a place, a school that cared about that.” Shayna encourages current and future Lutes to “Soak up the time you have there, in and

the document as new ideas arise.  For more syllabus advice, the Provost’s website includes document with PLU policy information for course syllabi. I also encourage you attend the workshop Take Your Course from Good to Great with a Quality Check where we continue to explore elements of high quality courses.  The Chronicle of Higher Education also has a wonderful two-part article on creating a “learning syllabus” for your course. Have a wonderful semester! Originally posted 9/4/2014 in PLU’s