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that let students operationalize what we’re learning, or ways to help them connect policy history to real life today. When I think about teaching, I try to provide an environment where there are didactic, heuristic, and philetic learning opportunities… This approach comes from teaching the social foundations of education, but also applies to teaching the craft of social work, a blend of knowledge, values, and skills. “Because of Kathy, students learned the important connection between social

student hours and how students can find you, i.e. only online, both, in-person, by appointment or drop-in, etc.] Example #2 You all enter this classroom with different skills, strengths, and experiences. I open my office to you as an extension of the classroom, including scheduled virtual meetings and individualized tutoring. There is no shame or embarrassment in asking for help, although it is common to feel anxious when approaching one’s teacher. To enter my office and ask for help is an act of

my language skills,” she said. That self exploration informs how Davidson educates her bilingual students, who take the “Spanish for Heritage Speakers” courses she launched at PLU. All of them grew up speaking Spanish at home. “Each family has a different dynamic,” Davidson said. “In some homes, they speak all in Spanish, but in most, you might speak Spanish to grandma, code-switch between English and Spanish with your parents, and speak Spanglish and English with your siblings.” During a recent

possible contamination not addressed within a manufacturer’s DNA extraction protocol when studying murine whole blood tissue DNA with qRT-PCR. This research was conducted onsite at the Stevens Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Research Lab, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle WA under a grant from the US. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health. 3:00 pm - BreakSession 2, Chair: Neal Yakelis 3:20 pm - Progress Towards the Synthesis of Chiral

learning and research integration. In many cases, client consulting projects serve as the “lens” from which students apply their learning and build real-world skills through their coursework. In other cases the research is focused on community change, as in 2014 when Dr. Mulder help co-lead a student research project which was awarded a $10,000 research grant by the Independent Colleges of Washington and Puget Sound Energy. As an active researcher, Dr. Mulder has published in leading marketing journals

came time for him to step into an acting presidential role — one neither of them dreamed would become permanent — it was, once more, an opportunity to serve. “When I was (a student) at PLU, there was a really strong emphasis on service and trying to figure out what you could do to assist other people, figuring out how you could use your individual skills to help someone else,” Melinda said. She wanted that for Allan, who was searching for meaningful work that he wasn’t finding in corporate banking