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, in that it’s 25-30 years old. Ten years ago, when ours started, there were maybe 20 all over the country; now it’s up to around 60. It’s a huge boom.” Low-residency programs differ from the potentially more-familiar full-residency programs (think University of Iowa or University of Washington) in several key ways, Barot said: In full-residency programs, students have to attend classes, much like an undergraduate situation. But participants in PLU’s innovative three-year, four-residency program—52
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to think metacognitively about their learning and advocate for their learning needs. I started to draw on my experiences as a one-room schoolhouse teacher where students were self-paced and received immediate one-on-one feedback from me. I decided to eliminate the deadlines in my classes, only give mastery-based grades (students’ contracted for the grade they wanted for each unit), and to motivate students’ progression through the curriculum with gamification. Was it while you were implementing
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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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sitting in his first few classes.“Professors were encouraging students to expand our worldviews, take all sorts of different prospectives into account, and challenge what we previously held to be true,” he says. “I was into it from the start.” Wright has successfully embarked on a career at the nexus of the two driving interests with which he arrived at PLU. After graduating magnum cum laude six years ago, he’s worked for an education foundation and an environmental advocacy organization, and now
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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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mentoring elementary students, creating a podcast, and getting involved in leadership. I was even more shocked to find that she was doing all this as a first-year student, within the first few weeks of school. I made a note to myself: ‘April is amazing.’ ” “The classes April took at PLU allowed her to build on her interpersonal skills and leadership abilities,” Fitzwater Gonzales continued. “April often took on a leadership role during in-class group work. She is not afraid to share her opinion, yet she
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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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Mathematical Economics, classes that were interesting and good preparation for graduate school.” “Perhaps now more than ever, I think the world needs as many young people as possible considering the issues and dilemmas of today through the lens of Economics, which considers the implications of scarcity and choice,” Travis says. “Our students leave with the tools to successfully contribute to society in many different venues.” Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 worked as PLU's media and content manager until
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