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illustrations in the book and your artistic process? I had specific ideas that I wanted to get across in the images, and I enjoyed the challenge of making the illustrations myself. My family and friends encouraged me to try it. Some of the illustrations are my renditions of celestial objects, like Orion’s Sword nebula, the Oort cloud surrounding our solar system and Andromeda galaxy. The starscape on the book’s cover mimics the night sky in the northern hemisphere on a summer night. If you look closely, you
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,’” Miller said. “But I know Mark, I know this project and I know this experience.” Students, such as Alex Domine ’16 and his team, focused on crafting the Skagit Valley experience. Domine studied how farmers markets, such as Pike Place or others, are more of an experience than a trip to a grocery store. “We were selling the experience of being part of a common good and made it convenient,” Domine said. Dr. Mary Noel ’18, a family physician at Madigan Army Medical Center, worked on branding the region
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. Then, I have a family with seven kids and one tablet. They’re doing their best, we check in often, and we try not to overload them. It’s about finding that balance and connection. Study Education at PLUThe Bachelor of Arts in Education Program is designed for students earning an undergraduate degree who wish to teach Elementary or Middle school (K-8th).We remind families, “Hey if math from a textbook isn’t working today, ask the kids to help you cook dinner, or bake banana bread. There’s your
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through the Fife school district. It has an important meaning to my family and me. I love Fife — it’s a great community. I am actually student teaching with my past fourth-grade teacher, so I have enjoyed seeing the other side of it. Fife just feels like home and that I have always been here,” Knapp said.Major in EducationLearn more about the Education programAfter completing his practicum earlier this school year, Knapp will spend six weeks in a fifth grade general education classroom and nine weeks
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interesting capstone and what’s next after graduation.Why did you choose PLU? PLU felt like a good distance from home — not next door, but not too far from family. I really liked the atmosphere and culture on campus and the opportunities it gave me to be involved in more than just my academics. What led you to your majors? I knew coming into PLU that I wanted to major in environmental studies and probably double major with another program. Spring of my freshman year, I took a first-year experience course
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and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion.“I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather used to have apple orchards in Eastern Washington,” she said, explaining why her PLU biology classes resonated with her. “From that point forward, I began to pursue plant biology, as I had both personal and academic passion in the subject.” On her way to her degree, Davis completed a capstone project
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photographer Ken Dunmire PLU Crew adopted the Husky Clipper as their own. For the next five years, Lute oarsmen learned in her, practiced in her, and raced in her. She became a much-loved member of the family. In March 1967, in what proved to be her last race before being retired, rowing in the Husky Clipper, PLU faced their cross-town rivals UPS and the men’s varsity crew from Seattle University in a 2,000 meter sprint on American Lake. PLU Crew rowing Husky Clipper in her last race (Photo by PLU
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Spotlight Series Obituaries Robert (Bob) Howard ’63 Robert died July 8 at the Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital in Everett, surrounded by his loving family. He was 71 years old. Born in Franklin, he is the son of the late Thomas and Marjorie M. (Grover) Howard. On June 22, 1967, Bob was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Specialist Four Howard distinguished himself by heroism in connection with military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam while assigned
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and government and associate professor of political science, identifies as Latina. She’s a native Spanish speaker who didn’t learn English before beginning school. She was raised in an immigrant household in the Southwest and experienced many of the obstacles fellow Latinos face every day in the U.S. Like many who come from a similar background, Chávez was the first in her family to graduate from college, despite the barriers she faced. She came from a home and a school system that didn’t
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Welcome Tamara Williams, executive director of the Wang Center for Global Education, discusses PLU’s holistic approach to global education and its role in an increasingly interconnected world amid conflict and uncertainty. Read More Oaxaca An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program. She opens up about her identity struggle and the valuable lessons learned abroad
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