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November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an
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district like Franklin Pierce, a public school system with nearly 70% students from low-income families, we’re addressing educational and economic inequities faced by the next generation. Disrupting these inequities at their earliest stages means increasing economic opportunities that will impact life expectancies and community wellness. Our faculty are working with community members, K-12 teachers, students, and administrators to design high impact programs like the Parkland Literacy Center where PLU
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is an interdisciplinary program focused on creative solutions, using design thinking, collaboration, and entrepreneurial mindsets. Working in teams, students develop opportunities and solutions for contemporary problems. The program’s class options span the gamut from video game history to business to graphic design. A makerspace in Hinderlie Hall offers sewing machines, electronics, paints, and more for crafting inventions. In an innovation seminar, Ambachew learned about the cyclical creative
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Thompson has led the creation of an annual Black History Month exhibit for the past three years. This year, Thompson and PLU alumna Aniya Pickett ’21 paid tribute to Black innovators, scientists, and inventors who uplifted Black excellence and resilience and paved the way for greater representation and freedom. As a double major in studio arts and business with an emphasis in accounting, Thompson has been equally focused on making space: for artists, and for out-of-state students such as herself
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around two common goals: preparing students to become local health care leaders and improving health outcomes in Pierce County. Read Previous President Belton joins discussion about college-employer partnerships at economic development event Read Next Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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great deal for me in terms of making me a better leader and athlete,” Bollen said. “Everyone has the capacity to be a great leader, but inspiring others only comes as a result of individual effort. Simple things like a positive attitude, good work ethic, accountability, and confidence can prove to others and to me that success is always possible through initiative.” Bollen may or may not choose a career in the Marine Corps. His current focus is to earn a degree in history by May 2012, two months
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traditional age students will not change dramatically, but their composition will, as the new cohort becomes more diverse in learning experience and style, in their economic situation, in their ethnic heritage and in their educational expectations. I believe that both more non-traditional age students and more first generation students are headed our way. The implications for the schedule and the calendar, as well as the campus and the classroom, are many fold. Second, the wise and effective use of
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role of languages in liberating our past, enabling our present, and reshaping our future, had a profound effect upon how he insisted languages should be taught at a university. Luther valued languages for their present and future use in our practical business and in the pursuit of what we call, in the PLU mission statement, “service and care” in the world. But his ideas of vocation gave this language study a particularly Lutheran twist: language study was not about being enabled to transform the
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and local stature – from scholars and authors to business people and hands-on practitioners. Sobania said the sports and recreation theme fits along these same lines as past symposia – global themes that extend beyond a single country. Read Previous Raising awareness through song Read Next Making a difference COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students
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Radiochemistry and Isotopes Intern Posted by: nicolacs / April 21, 2017 April 21, 2017 Intellectual Ventures and TerraPower Innovation are seeking a Radiochemistry and Isotopes Intern. This paid internship position will participate in activities related to the chemistry of radioelements and their resulting compounds. The TerraPower laboratory has a range of characterization tools including; thermal gravimetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetry, powder X-ray diffraction, inductively
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