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of Change Degrees of Change works to prepare diverse, homegrown leaders to succeed in college and use their degrees to build more vibrant and equitable communities. Headquartered in Downtown Tacoma, Degrees of Change programs include Axt Six, Ready to Rise, Seed Internships, Tacoma Completes, and Guid Ed Insight College Enrollment Data. “I wanted local students to have the opportunity to work at home, if they wanted it,” continued Whitney. “If you go to UWT or PLU or wherever, and you want to go

further investigation. Students often expect a “right answer” in undergraduate labs, but discover there may not be one. “It’s confusing and freeing for them to hear that even I don’t have the right answer and don’t have a key,” Laurie-Berry says. As a result, students gain ownership and responsibility for contributing data toward real-world global plant biology.   Inspired by the class, some students have gone on to specialize in agricultural sciences and biotechnology. “It’s so exciting to see

understanding and perceived value they see in mental skills training. I used the collected data to inform a psychological skills training workshop for coaches from two youth climbing teams. Delivering this workshop was an eye-opening experience, and I am excited to expand upon this work and continue working with climbing coaches and athletes.Career after graduationShortly after graduating from the MSK program, I accepted a position as the lead account manager for the National Outdoor Leadership School’s

research in the field. There are long hours collecting data – in this case, of the crossbills and the lodgepole pine cones on which they feed. And then there are times when everybody is sitting around the campground, unwinding, talking about whatever comes to mind. After all, there is little pretense when everybody knows exactly the last time everybody else took a shower. “I enjoy the relationships you can’t get otherwise,” said Smith. “When I was doing my fieldwork [as a doctoral candidate], I was

to apply for an internship, but he also made some calls letting people in the organization know that Dolan would be a good fit. “After applying and going through multiple stages of interviews, I was fortunate enough to receive an offer,” Dolan said.  The role of interns at AG typically involves doing data analysis. However, Dolan had a different experience.  “While I’m restrained from disclosing any specifics about the projects I’ve worked on, what I can tell you is that I’ve primarily been doing

Archives at PLU White’s analysis of historians and philosophers of the nineteenth century argues that their attempts to attain historical truth have been influenced by strategies of “emplotment” (structures of narrative), ideology (political beliefs), patterns of formal argument (founded upon various epistemological commitments), and styles of “tropic configuration” (different ways of giving order to our experience of the world at a preconceptual level). This intricate and difficult volume has

sort of been in my backyard since I was a kid, but I’d never really seen it before. I know for a fact that a disconnect exists, but it could really easily be broken if folks that live in Parkland are getting educated here at PLU and bringing those resources back into the community. And I think more folks are doing that now.” Parkland is a sprawling unincorporated area south of Tacoma that blends urban with rural, home to roughly 36,000 people, according to U.S. Census data. What it lacks in

student population stays on campus. “Embassy has been a key factor in bringing thoughtful, articulate, engaged international students to the PLU campus,” Stumo said. Washington is changing, too The face of PLU is changing in another way, as well. PLU will be seeing a significant rise in student populations that are not Caucasian. According to the Washington state’s race and ethnicity data, the number of Hispanic students graduating from high school in 2020 will increase by more than 60 percent when

years, less than nine percent of credit hours were taught by part-time faculty teaching individual courses without benefits, or taught as private hourly music instruction.  According to data gathered by the Chronicle of Higher Education, universities in the Puget Sound area pay approximately $2,300-$5,000 per course.  PLU’s per course pay ranges between $4,200-$5,600 per course.  The only faculty members paid hourly are those who provide private music instruction. They are paid $51.00 per hour.  For

three times this spring, with at least one more event to come. “When we think about service and care, this event fits really closely with the mission of not only PLU but also the school of nursing,” said Dana Zaichkin, a nursing professor who also volunteered for the event.  “I really enjoyed being a part of this.” Currently on sabbatical from PLU, Zaichkin is working with colleagues at the University of Washington to create a uniform means of tracking, reporting, and benchmarking data for local and