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5 Graduate Degrees to Address the Negative Impacts of COVID-19 Posted by: thiriba / March 2, 2021 March 2, 2021 COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic — where were you when you first heard the words that would impact your life experience?In times of pandemic and adversity, we collectively faced an insurmountable challenge. People all over the world experienced uncertainty regarding the future, quarantine fatigue and a sense of isolation. While going back to school for a master’s degree amidst a global

are currently some of the fastest-growing occupations in the United States, with the need for nurse practitioners in particular growing at 52 percent, far above the average for all occupations.  The ongoing nursing shortage and the projected retirement of over 1 million experienced nurses by 2030 means that nurses who gain higher levels of education and experience now will be well-poised to lead the next generation of nurses in all settings: research, education, and practice.Tip: Interested in

science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024

minister at the church my family helped found in Seattle. I soon learned that wasn’t really a viable career path for a young woman in the 70’s, so I began down a social work path. Spring term, I took ceramics, Poetry and the Mystical Experience, and Lutheran Studies, and had an epiphany about my calling and became an art major. I ended up transferring to the UW to study with Patti Warashina and Howard Kottler, because I was more into handbuilding than throwing. While I was at the UW, I worked in fiber

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first two years of college I was extremely sick,” Larios recalls. “I had three surgeries in 10 months and countless emergency room visits. Six months before I left for Namibia I was finally healthy. It was going to be the redeeming experience I needed, so having it canceled was really disappointing.” While Larios was only in Namibia from January to March of 2020, she found a marimba band at a local private school through an advertisement in the local newspaper and went on to teach and perform with

) creates more pressure and takes more of my time, but it fits really well with my major,” he said. “When I’m helping people, I get to see a lot of problems that they run into, and helping solve them gives me a better understanding of the subject. For me it’s a good experience, as well as being a job.” Crosetto’s main tools on the tennis court are a solid forehand and a fast serve. His most important tools while tutoring are patience and a good sense of humor. “If people are getting frustrated with

besetting these people, our understanding and respect was more important than clothes, shoes or money. It is perhaps an understandable reflex that, when we in industrialized nations picture the “global citizen,” we imagine Americans or Europeans abroad, building water pumps, or donating money for schools in Afghanistan. While this kind of work can indeed be important, our experience in rural Mexico brought home the importance of moving past this reflexive understanding of global citizenship to one that

populations. And PLU will be a better place for it. Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in

semester. And financial aid dollars still apply. It was in Oaxaca, Mexico, one of the four PLU Gateway Programs, that Engh and Pfaff had such engaging study away experiences. For Engh, who was a sophomore at the time, it was his first study away experience. For Pfaff, who was a junior at the time, it was after she returned from J-Term. “Honduras wasn’t enough,” she said. “I had to have more.” The semester-long Oaxaca program has three-parts, specifically designed to ensure each student has the support