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to explore their potential, and connect classroom learning with real-life application, complex dialogue, and meaning-making. Providing leadership opportunities where students explore potential, are given the tools to try, sometimes fail and learn it’s okay to fall, then to get back up again. And sometimes succeed, and learn new passions and ways they are capable and competent, and can build a bridge to the future they imagine, or newly imagine. And by connecting students to each other, affinity
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. JOB HUNT BUFFERING Ronquillo grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska in a close Filipino family. He grew up playing music and initially thought he would pursue it as a career. It was his love of music that brought him to Pacific Lutheran University. “I saw that PLU had an awesome music program, so I was like ‘Yeah, I think I’m going to PLU,’ ” he said. “But then I decided to change my major to computer science because I just realized that I like making games and websites. For some reason, sitting down at
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scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, they were able to assist in making scientific breakthroughs for healthier lives in every community. For Murdoch, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center Internship provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain lab experience. Read more about their experience below! Murdoch working with the Acute Myeloid Leukemia cells in a biohazard hood. Fred Hutch Cancer Center Summer Internship ScholarshipAre you interested in gaining hands-on
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door, and experience what life after college may be like. If you really like your internship, it provides affirmations that the field you’re interested in is probably a good fit for you. Plus, if you don’t like the internship, then that provides a great insight to what you don’t want to do. Simon scans the field before making a pass during a PLU Men's Ultimate Frisbee game in March 2023. Let’s go back in time a few years. How did you pick PLU? There were a couple of factors. I was looking at
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open mind and represents PLU well in everything he does. From training new staff to dressing up as Lancelute, Seth always steps up when needed. As Seth responds to incidents around campus, he can clearly and calmly talk students, staff and faculty through challenging situations. He creates an environment of genuine care by making you feel seen, heard and cared for no matter your situation. Seth is frequently seen at campus events, providing a presence of safety and truly embodies what it means to
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are routine checks to verify prior employment or a student’s educational status and prior conduct. Inquiries about students should be directed to the office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (x7462) Inquiries about staff or faculty should be directed to Human Resources Department (x7185) Do not try to verify the status of the individual yourself. These offices routinely address these requests. After making the referral, a courtesy call to the respective department advising of the incoming
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of changing that — making the experience less alienating for students of color who are following in my footsteps,” he added. Who was Merle Palmer?While in the U.S. Navy during World War II, R. Merle Palmer, a white man from Tacoma, served with sailors of color and was troubled by how they were treated. He observed that, no matter how well they executed their jobs, they received little recognition, their skills were ignored and they were seldom promoted in rank. The injustice troubled him. After
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, where local elementary-aged children are invited for a free, daylong clinic where they learn about athletics and making healthy lifestyle choices. “It’s things like [this] that really make the athletes stop and think about what their impact is on the community, the PLU community, the community at large,” Thomas said. “It’s been a good experience for them to analyze and experience that type of situation, and they walk away thinking ‘Okay, I can make a difference.’” SAAC President Amy Wooten ’15, a
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advocacy began in legislative politics. He spent the first four years of his career managing political campaigns throughout Western Washington and serving as a legislative assistant in Olympia. While working at the Legislature in 2007, Austin began establishing himself as a local leader in Tacoma transit advocacy, participating in local activism and making the most of an opportunity with The News Tribune of Tacoma. “I had a blog for the Tribune called ‘The Bus Stops Here,’” Austin explains. “I would
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in the fight against COVID-19. Read more March 23, 2020 Great news from PLU's DNP program PLU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program is ranked among the top 100 best nursing schools by the U.S. News & World Report. Read the report March 1, 2020 SEEKING AMBASSADORS FOR THE NEW CENTER Nursing Ambassadors play a vital role in making sure others know about the new Clinical Learning and SimulationCenter and ensuring the project’s success. They help spread the word through email and social media and
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