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PLU is the small, private university in Tacoma, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice.
health models. Licensure PreparationAs a PLU Master of Science in Social Work graduate, you’ll be prepared to become a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. In the State of Washington, successful candidates can obtain this license after 2 years and 3,000 hours of post-MSW supervised work experience and passing the American Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) exam. This program meets the nine competencies articulated by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Advocacy and Social
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Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 was 18 when he returned to Colombia. Although he considered it a homecoming, it took several more visits for him to truly feel at home.
himself of the generational poverty and lack of educational opportunities he’d witnessed during his sojourns back to Colombia. “I would say to myself ‘if they are in the kind of situation they are, and I get to be here, then I really need to get it together.’” Eventually, an introductory Hispanic literary studies course — taught by Carmiña Palerm, associate professor of Hispanic studies — eliminated his indecision, and Taylor-Mosquera was back on track. “It was all about Latin American history and had
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A liberal arts education grounded in critical thinking enables our students to be actively engaged on campus & in our greater community.
Student Association and Na Hoaloha O Hawaii (Hawaii Club) at PLU. Graduated from: Seattle University Major: Double majored in History and Humanities Graduate Degree: MS in Higher Education Administration and Enrollment Management, Bay Path University Brandon works with first-year students from: Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and all Americans Abroad, Verto Education students, and international students.Easy conversation starters: He once won a
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…
African-American, for example. “We cannot expect to recruit and retain students of color if the academic climate is not welcoming to them,” she said in her speech. “We cannot expect to be an institution of excellence if voices are absent from the community.” In an interview following her address, Brown said she’s been fortunate to work in very diverse institutions throughout her career. She stressed that PLU must not only hire faculty of color, first-generation college graduates and people of multiple
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Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding Theater opens the Spring semester with their student series performance, Blood Wedding. The show is presented by Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honor Society at PLU. In this poetic tragedy, an arranged country marriage between the children of two rich, landowning families is endangered by… February 22, 2019 Alpha Psi OmegaTheatre
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Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding Theater opens the Spring semester with their student series performance, Blood Wedding. The show is presented by Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honor Society at PLU. In this poetic tragedy, an arranged country marriage between the children of two rich, landowning families is endangered by… February 22, 2019 Alpha Psi OmegaTheatre
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The new PLU Fixed Tuition Guarantee ensures tuition for the 2022–23 incoming class of first-year and transfer students will remain the same throughout their undergraduate years, adding to the list
Fixed Tuition Guarantee The PLU Fixed Tuition Guarantee ensures that your cost of tuition will be locked in from your first day until your graduation day. At most colleges, tuition increases each year, but generally without increasing students’ scholarships or financial aid. That means students and their families are often forced to pay upwards of $10,000 to $12,000 more than they expected. This can push families into financial hardship or force students to leave their university with debt but
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provide a full explanation, but the bottom line is this: for returning faculty and staff, your September 30 payroll check will include a 2 percent salary increase. It is an important way to say that working well and working together, “one year of the economic meltdown is behind us,” “we made it,” and “so far, so good.” So today, as your president, and on behalf of the Board of Regents, our students and their families, as well as the thousands of people who love, care for, and invest in this place, I
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Knutson Lecture
, economic inequity, sickness and suffering continue to leave us grappling with the loss of civility, respect, unity, and hope. Many of us question whether it’s possible to cultivate a love big, revolutionary, and radical enough to overthrow hate and heal hurt. Award-winning author and public theologian Jacqueline A. Bussie not only believes it’s possible–she knows it’s the only path. In Love Without Limits and her lecture, Bussie imparts practical solutions for people of faith who yearn to love across
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Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science news for Pacific Lutheran University.
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org… December 5, 2018 Alice SteinglassBrad SmithCode.orgComputer Science Education WeekHour of CodeMelinda GatesMichael HalvorsonMicrosoftPaul G. Allen School of Computer Science
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