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they are at right now,” Gardner said. “And then we put all those pieces together for them.” In many cases, care managers coach students through the higher education process, including picking the right classes, working through challenging courses or helping them reimagine their major or career. “What do you do when your dream job is nursing, you can’t pass biology 205 or you don’t want to pass biology 205?” said Kris Plaehn, senior advisor and director for retention. “There are all sorts of other
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me about ways people perceive and interact with the environment and asked me to critically consider negative social externalities that arise from pollution and other concerns. I really enjoyed these classes but wanted the opportunity to take more math and science courses and ended up shifting the environmental studies degree to a minor and adding a chemistry major. The Hispanic Studies degree was really inspired by my high school Spanish teacher. I took AP Spanish 4 and 5 in high school and loved
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take ownership of, be accountable for, and feel good about.” Benge’s foster experience not only shaped her dissertation work, but her educational journey as a whole. At PLU, Benge was originally a communications major who signed up for one of Smith’s women’s and gender studies classes on a whim. By the end of her time at PLU, she would take another four courses, for a total of 20 credits, with Smith. In fact, the two often joke that Benge earned “a minor in Jen Smith,” with Smith going so far as
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musical medium you’re interested in? I’ve always loved film scores. My favorite composer of all time is John Williams. I really do like the idea of film scoring, and I’ve taught a couple of classes on the history of the subject. This project was unique in that I wrote the music before the film ever came to be. It was a reverse process, but just because I made it that way. Dr. Gina Gillie is a Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where she teaches horn, composition, aural skills, music
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research and explores the challenges of moral distress in correctional settings, particularly in comparison to traditional settings. Surla also offers policy recommendations and ways to combat moral distress in real time, including peer support and self-assessment tools. Surla is the first of her family to graduate from college. Her existing nursing background helped her navigate PLU’s classes. Over time, she had to develop an effective approach for school, including being organized and reaching out
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field in which you expect to study. (Schools/employers may have even more specific requirements.) In an academic setting, choose a professor from whom you earned a good grade in one or more classes, that you have impressed by your academic performance, creativity, work ethic, and sparkling personality. A seminar or upper-level class should give the instructor the opportunity to know you and to write a detailed, substantive letter addressing qualities such as professionalism, leadership potential
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! Updates September 1, 2020 Final Update: The Center is Open! On September 1, 2020, the construction of the School of Nursing Clinical Learning and Simulation Center was completed. Faculty trained in the space in late August, and students begin classes and labs on September 8. March 30, 2020 PLU Nursing Donates Medical Supplies PLU School of Nursing, in partnership with other PLU departments, donated more than $10,000 in essential medical supplies to the Pierce County Emergency Operations Center for use
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classification tool. The core purpose of FungEye is to create a self improving ecosystem to aid mushroom enthusiasts in identifying wild mushrooms while simultaneously building a database of classified mushroom images for use in the training of an AI model and further research. 10:30am – VoteTrack Brice Wilbanks (BA) VoteTrack is a vote tracking web app that allows visitors to see election results from multiple elections in an easy to read format. Election results are overlaid by precincts, showing the
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Conference for Holocaust EducationThe Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: The conference highlighted the newly-approved Holocaust/Genocide Minor at PLU, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme for this conference was “Survivors and Rescuers.” Scholars Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann and Dr. Christopher Browning presented their latest work in this year’s theme, “Survivors & Rescuers.” Survivors
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Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: The conference highlighted the newly-approved Holocaust/Genocide Minor at PLU, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme for this conference was “Survivors and Rescuers.” Scholars Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann and Dr. Christopher Browning presented their latest work in this year’s theme, “Survivors & Rescuers.” Survivors included the story of the Brill family
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