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hold only a bachelor’s degree. Download free ebook Challenge the status quo with a master’s degree in educationEmpathy, communication and respect are life skills that are paramount in the lives of young people — especially now, when so many students are still required to learn from home.  The field of teaching offers you a chance to work toward positive social change, but there is a growing need for teachers who are willing to navigate the cultural and social complexity of diverse and challenging

philosophy and animals. McKenna and Lindsey Webb (2008 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy) received a Kelmer-Roe Faculty/Student Research Fellowship in 2006. This fellowship, made possible by the generosity of Donald Nothstein, Naomi Roe Nothstein and David Roe, allowed McKenna and Webb to gain new and interesting perspectives as they pursued their project: “The Current Status and Future Condition for Our Next of Kin.” Read Previous Playing in the mud Read Next Speakers challenge the mind

feeling of home.” Rubio knows what it’s like to face challenges as a student. She attended four different schools during her high school years. “Students who have struggles at home may think college is not for them,” she said. “I can relate to them. I want to give back to the community.” PLU promises students who complete Teach 253 priority status for admission to its teacher preparation programs. And Tacoma Public School guarantees them a job interview after college graduation. Bowen has been invited

examine the personal and big-picture capacity to withstand and overcome the stress and devastation related to trauma. “There is building interest in understanding the conditions that make it possible for individuals, communities, organizations, institutions and organisms to overcome adversity,” said Tamara Williams, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Executive Director of the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. “While varied, the events and programs that will be featured as part of

year. Parnell picked PLU due to the reputation of its business school, and worked his way through the university as a research assistant. Parnell said Sandy, also a business major, switched courses to take a political science class to get to know him better. “She says she fell from a summa cum laude to a magna status because of the grade she got in that course,” he laughed. There were so many Alaskan students at PLU, that Parnell remembers them carpooling to the airport and booking discounted

by Faculty Assembly. *Note: All comments are moderated How does student-faculty ratio impact our philosophy of enrollment?The idea of the philosophy of enrollment is to establish the size of institution that we want. The task then is to ensure that we have the people and facilities needed to support the student body. Our habit over decades has been to follow a boom-and-bust cycle, which puts tremendous stress on the institution to manage. I think we’ll be much better off if we can have a steady

, our interview schedule was full once again. Starting off, we met with the USACE in New Orleans to discuss how low water levels had been impacting the city’s fresh water supply. Incidentally, as their colleagues upstream dealt with low water problems, downstream the shrinking fresh water was causing stress as well. With receding freshwater, saltwater from the Gulf was creeping up the river channel, getting dangerously close to the pipes that draw drinking water for the city and surrounding areas

share how Progress came to be, what it’s done and where the organization is going. Background: Andrew and I founded Progress the Spring of our Sophomore year (2008). We based the group on the idea that children should not be held responsible for their parent’s economic status, and therefore should be granted medical care regardless of their family’s means to pay for it. Something that was important in this process was realizing that this was a heavy issue and that college students weren’t the most

Festival at Marylhurst University.What were some of your biggest challenges and successes in your position at Marylhurst?While Marylhurst had a tradition of a strong music program, it was struggling when I arrived with low enrollment and low standards. The university had just established a music therapy program, and so we needed to get our musical standards up to a professionally high level. Much of this work was done with part-time faculty, getting them to think beyond the status quo and to envision a