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they are at right now,” Gardner said. “And then we put all those pieces together for them.” In many cases, care managers coach students through the higher education process, including picking the right classes, working through challenging courses or helping them reimagine their major or career. “What do you do when your dream job is nursing, you can’t pass biology 205 or you don’t want to pass biology 205?” said Kris Plaehn, senior advisor and director for retention. “There are all sorts of other

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student choreographers include Avelon Ragoonanan, Elizabeth Maloney, Kelsey Roberts, Helen Garman and Miranda Winter. The guest choreographer is Carla Barragan. She has choreographed a modern work based on a tale from the First Nations Peoples of the Pacific Northwest, entitled Raven and The Man That Sits on the Tides. Barragan received her MA in dance education from Teachers College Columbia University in New York and her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase in New York. In 1990, Barragan launched her

://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/graduate-school/programs/non-degree-programs/index.html The Chemistry Department, at the University of North Texas, invites applications for our Summer 2016 NSF-REU Program.  The ten-week program will begin on June 6, and participants will be given a $5,000 stipend, plus housing.  Funds are available to help defray travel costs to and from the REU site, which is located at the northern outskirts of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. If you are interested, please submit your application

, whose English was the best in the family. I came to India excited for the prospect of adventure, cultural immersion and professional growth, whereas her avenues for a complete education had already been scuttled during her adolescence without her input. Her life’s path had most likely already been decided by her male elders. I think of this, and then I think of the day I met with the executive director of an international foundation early on during my time in India to discuss their development

Explore! because she felt that it could be an opportunity to help broaden her social skills, which she acknowledged would be an asset in her profession. Last-minute participant Amy Larson said that she was contemplating the most critical aspects of her future career and how to find a balance between the importance of a college education and real-world experiences like professional networking. Larson hopes to graduate with a degree in business and work with non-profit organizations. Explore! Student

Wang Center for Global Education, also showed a series of videos about Tutu, South Africa and the creation of apartheid. The roots of the separation of races landed with the Dutch immigrants who came to the southern tip of Africa in the 17th century. The actual doctrine was established by the National Party in 1948. The apartheid was a legal system that curtailed the rights of the majority ‘non-whites’ in South Africa under the rule of the white minority. Tutu was born in 1931, and at first wanted

– way for students to encounter college expectations, even before school starts. “The Common Reading Program offers incoming students a sneak-peek of what to expect – and what is expected of them – when it comes to their college education,” Baillon said. “Community, critical thinking and literacy are the core goals of the First-Year Experience Program, and the Common Reading Program provides a shared experience that allows students to tap into all three,” said Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, assistant

and international honors. Waste Not is the latest in a series of MediaLab films that have tackled big, highly topical issues such as religion, water, oil and immigration. All of those productions have been supported by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education and other on- and off-campus organizations such as the School of Arts and Communication, The News Tribune, KWA and others community partners. In addition to gaining valuable experiences in filmmaking, the Waste Not team also learned a great

available for out-of-area students. Program participation includes: Eight-week lab placement in one of our neuroscience labs Weekly Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds lectures Weekly Neurological Surgery Resident Education Hour discussions Weekly neuroscience faculty lectures, specifically developed for the students Neurological surgery OR observations Neurological surgery clinical observations Student capstone presentation Over 20 students from our earlier classes have now been accepted into medical