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partner with Palmer Scholars,” PLU President Allan Belton said. “We share the organization’s vision for breaking down barriers for students and equipping them to become change-makers in the community.”  Palmer Scholars’ mission to assist local students of color to pursue a higher education aligns with PLU’s own goal to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care. Initially launched in 1983, Palmer Scholars has served more than 600 young adults throughout Pierce

Tacoma Rescue Mission Executive Director and PLU alumnus Duke Paulson on adapting through the pandemic Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 13, 2020 July 13, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterDuke Paulson ‘93 graduated from PLU in 1993 with a major in biology and a minor in psychology. While at PLU, he was on the swim and rowing teams, played soccer for a bit, and was heavily involved in Young Life. Today, he's executive director of Tacoma Rescue Mission where COVID-19 has

November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an

physicians, what this all can look like and what the medical field is all about. Is connecting with working doctors and others in the field a big part of what the club does? Yes it is. Recently we’ve had a lot of alums come in who are currently in medical school, or physicians sharing about their experience of applying to medical school, how they prepared during their undergrad years, and just talking about the process and easing people’s anxieties about medical school. Everyone in the club is excited

many first-generation Vietnamese American young people experience. Lê’s award-winning work is a necessary addition to inclusive literature where young people are heroes of their own adventures.” Founded in 2011, the Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture encourages thoughtful exploration of education’s capacities and the ways education can and should be accessible to all. The series honors Jolita Benson, who dedicated her life to educating children after graduating from PLU’s School of Education

matters of our time.” 35:00 Barot and Pancake reflect on the cultural climate of the publishing industry and publishing paradigms that affect minority writers as well as writers from nontraditional places. 42:00 Discussion about PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop. Specifically, the backgrounds, goals and writing styles of the students who seek out the program. 46:20 Barot and Pancake share the writing projects they are working on.   [READ MORE: Rainier Writing Workshop Begins Aug. 2—Along With Free Public

Paid Engineering Internship with Tacoma Power Posted by: nicolacs / April 11, 2023 April 11, 2023 As an Engineering Intern you will assist in providing and maintaining the departmental computing and functional systems capability for the Resource Operations & Trading group, which is a mission critical 24/7 operation. The Resource Operations & Trading group optimizes Tacoma Power’s Resource portfolio through efficient, reliable dispatch of generation resources to maximize wholesale energy sales

choice is being a teacher. I like the little kids and could help them learn stuff.” St. Mark’s planned to reapply for the grant to continue the tutoring program and expand it in the future to work more directly with the Bantu parents, Summerour said. For the Bantu children to succeed in school, the parents need to be more actively involved and understand what is expected of their children. The PLU students have had a huge impact on the Bantu children. At the end of one tutoring session, a few of the

Paid Summer Internship with King County Posted by: nicolacs / January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017 The King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) seeks several full-time summer interns. Assignments will be to one of the following areas providing experience in the practical application of coursework in a large-scale urban infrastructure system. In most cases, the work schedule will be Monday – Friday, 8-hour days. The salary for this internship position is $16.07 – $20.37/ hour. Community

part of the reason I really enjoyed working with second graders during my student teaching. How was your student teaching experience? I recently completed my student teaching at Lakeview Hope Academy in the Clover Park School District. It was very special. Clover Park is a very diverse district. I worked with second graders. I had a lot to learn as I changed from an observer to a full-time student teacher. I love reading and writing, and it was so fun to connect with the students through those