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PLU, and considered quitting. But neither his wife, nor his PLU advisors, would let him consider that option. So he started classes again, as a transfer student, and in May 2013, completed his bachelor’s degree in Math Education, with a minor in Theater. On May 24, 2014, he officially completed his master’s with certifications in math and science teaching. He already has a job offer from the Clover Park School District. “I didn’t want him to give up,” Jennifer Kinney said. “I got his homework to
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Science Center. (Photo provided by Rachael Nelson) “I see the potential of new markets in Africa,” he says. “I can’t wait to try out some of the concepts I’m using now.” Rachael Nelson ’15 found her summer internship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by trolling the flyers in PLU’s Rieke Science Center. Her paid internship was developed specifically for PLU students by two PLU alumni. She too credits PLU’s Career Connections with helping her practice for the Fred Hutch interviews, and
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PLU environmental studies students chart the challenges facing the nearby Clover Creek Watershed Posted by: Zach Powers / January 7, 2020 Image: PLU students in the Fall 2019 Environmental Studies 350 course take a quick photo break during a water sample collection excursion. (Photos courtesy of Claire Todd.) January 7, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationsAt Pacific Lutheran University, natural science research can lead students all the way to Antarctica and back again. For
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Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah—how did you secure that internship? I wanted to be in my home state (Utah) for the summer, so I searched for opportunities to work out there–I found this internship online! I looked specifically for paid summer internships involving environmental science and conservation. What was the application process like for this internship? Besides a thorough brushing-up on my knowledge of ecology and land management, the baseline application process involved an interview with people
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three hours a night. Despite frequent team runs to Bigfoot Java, Duffy, a third-year computer science major, got sleep paralysis twice in 24 hours. Yet the stress and the fun go hand in hand. Madeline, a second-year physics major, particularly loved waiting for the problems to open and for the timer to go off. “And then it’s just violent brainstorming,” she added. “Every single room has eight whiteboards, and everyone is just spewing ideas. It is the most chaotic and one of the most creative times
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these compounds comprise a budu, with the oldest male of that collection known as the budukasma. Although these compounds are grouped in a neighborhood, they are not clustered together, but are instead separated by fields of crops. The families of the village political chief are more closely spaced around his location. Mossi marry outside their budu, with the exception being the blacksmiths (saaba) who are an occupational class. Masks are known as wango (wan-go), which share that name with the mask
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example, with helping him learn “how to think not only at the sort of philosophical or political righteous level, but also how to roll up your sleeves and do the hard work of making institutions actually the best versions of themselves.” Colleen Hacker and Nikki Plaid both conveyed their awe over Beth’s decision to live as an openly queer faculty member. For Colleen, Beth’s choice was “so brave.” For Nikki, her decision took on an even deeper significance as Nikki grew up and understood the
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writer and photographer witnessed some PLU graduates in action and documented a slice of their lives of leadership, care and inquiry. Thu Nguyen '05 Political officer at U.S. Department of State I serve as a foreign service officer, what you’d call a diplomat in the old days. I’ve served three overseas tours in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Myanmar with tours in Washington, D.C., in between. I’m now working on the Vietnam desk, which means I cover U.S.-Vietnamese relations. In the past nine years, I’ve done
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Examiner cited Powers’ passions for communication, outreach and creative programming, along with his “all-in” engagement with local politics and government, arts and culture, athletics and education. Plus, he coaches youth basketball teams and builds community connections through steering-committee roles with political campaigns—you know; in his spare time. “At the core of what I do, both professionally and in service to my community, is communicating information about opportunities, services and
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it works and how we can use it to fold a heptagon. 3:30pm – Mathematical Assessments of Gerrymandering: Making Your Vote Matter Clayton Wise The manipulation of voting district borders is a fact of the American political system that can and has been used, intentionally or not, to repress and bolster certain voting demographics. Despite this known and studied fact, methods for identifying unequal district maps have only recently been developed and used in practice. In this paper, we seek to
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