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. You can learn a lot from her,” Abrams said. For Taylor, the archaeology field workshop reignites her love of anthropological research. Seeing students excited about historical learning boosts her own enthusiasm for teaching. “It always makes me excited to come back to teaching in the fall,” Taylor said. “(It makes me) ready to see things from a new perspective, to teach new things, and learn about the past in a different way.” Read Previous Newest MediaLab documentary film, set to premiere Nov. 12

students in STEM, but it will also allow us to better integrate PLU resources and build new structures to support these students’ success.” The grant, funded by the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, will be awarded over a five-year period. It will provide scholarships and enhanced support for students who meet the criteria for federal Pell grants, with a particular focus on transfer and commuter students.   Sixty percent of the funds will provide

arises. This model works well for courses that require complicated, multi-step procedures. In the blended model, homework and practice are typically completed online or at-home. Emphasis is placed on providing students with more control over the learning products they generate. Online interaction with peers and the instructor bridges the time between class meetings and keeps students engaged in the course. Class Schedule In the flipped model, the traditional class schedule is preserved. Students

November 11, 2009 Poetry helps explain a complex world Rick Barot wasn’t looking for how to address worldly issues when he began writing poetry. “I think, like a lot of poets, I started in poetry having very self-serving reasons,” the PLU professor said. In college, it was therapeutic and very much an emotional release. But as he learned the craft and honed his own skills, the complexity of it and how poetry can be used in addressing ethical, even moral values became clear. “These days, I think

, or Entrepreneur? We asked Mariken if she was ready to describe herself as an up-and-coming designer or if another label was a better fit. “To be honest, terms like designer and entrepreneur still feel a bit too big for me,” Mariken replied. “What pushed me to start ELSK the Studio was simply a desire to be creative and to do something on my own that didn’t feel like office work or a traditional job.” This sentiment about doing something unconventional is typical among students in the Innovation

received more than 4,600 entries. SPJ will recognize the Mooring Mast and all first-place national winners at the Student Union event at Excellence in Journalism 2013 (EIJ13) in Southern California, Aug. 24 to 26. School divisions are based on student enrollment, which includes both graduate and undergraduate enrollment: Large schools have more than 10,000 students, medium have 9,999 to 5,001 students, and small have fewer than 5,000 students. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free

area of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), already has been ranked as one of the top 100 graduate nursing programs in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. “The DNP program is the first doctoral program at Pacific Lutheran University,” said Teri Woo, PLU Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs. “The DNP degree will prepare nurses to be leaders in the current complex healthcare environment. We offer DNP tracks for nurses who want to become FNPs and for those who

Washington State, here’s what you need to know about the field.Tip: Passionate about the sphere of education? Download PLU’s resource: How to Become A Teacher – A Guide to Teaching in Washington State.Understanding the shortage of teachers in Washington state (and beyond):The field of teaching promises you great opportunities for employment and professional growth. There is a national shortage of qualified teachers across disciplines, and the shortage is especially acute in STEM fields. That said

that we have sown in the material world are interwoven in the scripting languages of the web. And like all languages, they are at the mercy of their users. In her book, Not for Profit:  Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, Martha Nussbaum explains the mission of the Humanities as one focused on fostering the ability to: Alumni, students, and faculty at the Humanities Dinner in 2019 “Imagine well a variety of complex issues affecting the story of a human life as it unfolds: to think about childhood

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