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Lange found more autonomy and the ability to drive change. Read our full Anni Lange ’00 feature. Michael Burris ’09, Regional President Michael Burris ’09 worked at the intersection of business and healthcare since before even graduating from PLU with a business major and economics minor. While in his third year at PLU, he began an internship with MultiCare Health Systems, working as the CFO’s “right-hand man.” He was offered a job before graduation. Now, as regional president, Burris delivers Sound

recognizes those qualities that they want to foster, anybody in education would want to foster that too.” As the eager elementary students left Olson Auditorium late morning, with trifold project boards and parents in tow, the somewhat nervous middle schoolers set up their projects, unsure of what to expect from their efforts. Students devised projects about everything from bridges to cookies, though one student pushed the boundaries with a project on middle school sexuality, titled “How Comfortable are

Understanding Loan Forgiveness, Grants and Scholarships for Future Teachers Posted by: chaconac / August 26, 2022 August 26, 2022 You’ve chosen to be a teacher because you want to make real, tangible change in the lives of the next generation.Your passion for inspiring and educating others is contagious, but we realize that your financial needs could be seen as a challenge as you consider going back to school for a graduate education degree. Graduate school is an investment, but the

mental health and seek out help when you need it.” Care packages included fidget toys, lip balms, face masks, snacks and handouts on mental health resources. PLU Counseling, Health & Wellness ServicesPLU offers integrated medical, mental health and wellness care to enable optimal student overall wellbeing.Striving for transformative care Mental health care has long been a topic of importance at PLU, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. PLU was one of the first universities to adopt telehealth and

.   Market research is appropriate for each change in the integration of operations that will be customer-facing or will impact the services customers experience.  Consider that Starbucks has conducted market research on dairy substitutes in its hand-crafted coffee beverages.  Note also that Starbucks is highly attentive to monitoring social media networks for consumer brand affinity and customer complaint.  Starbucks also actively solicits customer suggestions on its website.   Market research can take

students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. To read more about how the Fulbright program encourages its participants to find innovative solutions to global issues such as climate change and pandemics, visit The Chronicle of Higher education Oct. 29 story “Fulbright Puts Money Where Problems Are.” This year the three PLU students who received the prestigious U.S

students to become local health care leaders and improving health outcomes in Pierce County, particularly for traditionally underserved and vulnerable populations in Parkland-Spanaway and the surrounding unincorporated area. “Together, we will develop innovative programs and resources that will positively impact the health and well-being of this community,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “That impact will be achieved through providing quality health services and through the education and training of

questions and global stories to tell and are currently missing an important outlet to do so,” added Adams, an English major. “Students should be able to experiment with all avenues of interest in college, and this is a major area that is just waiting to be developed at PLU.” They said such a program also could have extensive community impact for PLU, such as establishment of film festivals, film competitions that could involve local public schools and other universities, and student-produced creative

who only hold a bachelor’s degree. Further, armed with a graduate degree, you’ll be better positioned for more senior roles in your industry — in turn, resulting in higher salaries and increased job security.You’re already “in practice” for being in schoolAs an undergraduate student, you are used to balancing classes, coursework, projects, your personal life, and maybe even a job. If you choose to go to graduate school right after undergrad, you can take advantage of the fact that you’re “in

flashes of inventiveness (when the impossible becomes doable) and more incremental change, such that subtle improvements in a product or process that makes things better. In either case, innovation raises the bar for how we live, think, and connect, and it has become an expectation and goal within business, government, university life, sports teams, entertainment, the performing arts, and most walks of life. All this sounds pretty good, but how do people or teams innovate? And what are the