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Pat Graney, Wade Madsen, Karin Stevens, Aiko Kinoshita, Marlo Martin, Jody Kuehner, and Cyrus Khambatta, among others. I taught ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, and creative movement in private dance studios. At one of these studios, I directed a contemporary dance company for students and an annual production of The Nutcracker. I also worked at the Seattle Children’s Home with children dealing with intense behavioral issues and in a small private school where I received training in teaching

Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED) to talk about community-based energy solutions. PLU will also have a display created and manned by members of the Sustainability Committee that depicts the efforts on campus. “At the expo, we’ll have the opportunity to talk with the general public about the ways that PLU is taking a leadership role in the sustainability movement on college campuses,” said Rose McKenney, associate geosciences/environmental studies professor and chair of

available in the model class – all with the goal of creating a 21st century classroom of collaboration between students and faculty. It not only provides space for student learning, but also an opportunity for faculty members to learn what they may be able to integrate in their own courses. The class is part of a pilot program endeavor funded and programmed by a partnership between the Provost’s Office, the Instructional Development and Leadership Department of the School of Education and Movement

” or the “Euthanasia Project” to rid themselves of the unwanted people. “In high school, kids learn a lot about the large camps during WWII,” Griech-Polelle said. “But they never learn about these smaller programs and tests about perfecting mass killings.” For her lecture, Griech-Polelle will draw upon her own research and discuss Hitler’s “People’s Community,” a broad social movement that in part led to the unhealthy, hurt and disabled being classified as useless and their lives terminated. Both

Pat Graney, Wade Madsen, Karin Stevens, Aiko Kinoshita, Marlo Martin, Jody Kuehner, and Cyrus Khambatta, among others. I taught ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, and creative movement in private dance studios. At one of these studios, I directed a contemporary dance company for students and an annual production of The Nutcracker. I also worked at the Seattle Children’s Home with children dealing with intense behavioral issues and in a small private school where I received training in teaching

earliest days of the Jesus movement to the contemporary era. As these courses make clear, sources of illness, approaches to healing, and ways of making sense of death have changed in the history of Christianity. Biblical narratives of Jesus healing the sick, the lives of medieval saints known for their miracle cures, religious orders that founded hospitals and missions for the poor, Pentecostal faith workers, twenty-first century support groups for recovery from addiction; all understand wellness and

, connect the concepts that you’re learning across your business and general courses.” “All companies can have their own set of desired skills and they can train their employees. Here, we’re not just doing that,” Nargesi continues. “We’re not training people to go be successful workers. We are trying to raise a generation of business people that care, who see the big picture and who are able to be problem solvers at an integrated level. Not just workers who repeat quantitative techniques.” That

prep, I work weekly to prepare media, reagents, and other items. Also, many of the classes I take have labs that increase my skills and techniques, which can be fostered and improved in the future.” – Makenzie What are your professors like? “I love the professors. Many of them feel like a friend I can go to and chat about my day and what I have planned next for my future. They almost always have their office doors open and are always willing to flex their schedule to meet for office hours. I also

says. “Once I had a couple of weeks to figure out where everything was and to practice basic techniques, I felt much more comfortable working independently.” The work centers on polymers — large molecules made up of smaller molecules linked together like a chain — which make up everything from nylon and polyester clothing to Teflon pans. In the future, it may improve lithium-ion batteries. Jackie Lindstrom ’22, a chemistry major and fellow student researcher, said that after the year of remote

, Macedonia conducting research in grassroots reconciliation in Macedonia. It’s in connection with his political science capstone project. “I hope to research what makes their reconciliation practices successful and trying to understand how their techniques and findings can impact the rest of the world,” Ryan said. “I am most excited to work with world leaders in peace building, and gaining a better understanding of how intractable conflicts can be resolved,” he said. Faculty Along with three PLU students