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that is huge,” she said. “Sometimes as things change in the world, organizations change. The student focus is still alive and well and strong. I would come back again.” Well, she already has — sort of. “I can’t get any more degrees,” she quipped. “This is the closest I can get.”

normally see in the community very often,” Larsen said. Adequate medical care for inmates is a constitutional right. But for Larsen, it’s more than that. “I get a direct, daily sense that I make a difference,” he said. “What I do now is right in front of me, it’s almost immediate all the time.” And that feeling was precisely what Larsen was after when he made a midlife career change more than a decade ago. Larsen, who studied evolution and avian ecology at The Evergreen State College, worked as a

end of a year, graduate students earn their master’s degree and a Washington state teaching certificate. “I feel like all the professors really understood what it was like in the classroom,” said Cook, who teaches at Baker Middle School in Tacoma. “Education changes, students change, demographics change. But they stay current on best practices and research for the youth we are currently educating.” That’s by design, says Mary Jo Larsen, assistant dean of the university’s education department. “We

achieve the same learning objectives as traditional courses, but include instructional activities tailored to be most effective in the online environment.  Online courses may include online modules, recorded lectures, assigned reading, online discussion group and independent activities, web conferences, and technology-enabled projects. What are the benefits of selecting a blended course?In a blended course, students have increased control over the time, place, pace, and path to achieving learning

created by the Dogon are made to help the spirits of the ancestors climb up onto the roof of the house where the ancestor’s altar is generally located. The Dogon are among the most well known and most studied people groups in Africa, and are especially popular with tourists seeking an “authentic” African experience untouched by time or modernity. In truth, the Dogon have been adapting and evolving through time just like any culture, and the tourist trade itself has had a large impact. The Dogon have

many ways to support your class gift, including gifts of cash, gifts of stock, a gift from your retirement account, or even creating a charitable trust, among others. Charitable gifts help you meet your current philanthropic goals and extend your generosity well into the future. But did you know that a planned gift can also protect your assets, provide for your family, and guarantee you income for life? You can even make a significant impact with a gift that costs nothing in your lifetime (through

learning and impact. We fully acknowledge that all instructors, regardless of their discipline, already incorporate elements of “information literacy” into their teaching, albeit in different ways and using different terminology. Our goal, then, is to provide some additional guidance that can help students bridge the gap between what they know and what they need to know for your course or program.Research StrategiesInformation NeedsLearning from SourcesActivity Ideas What We Have Learned about PLU