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-time nurse or K-12 educator.“Our nursing and education programs are deeply rooted in PLU’s history,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “For more than a hundred years, we have been training and preparing thoughtful and highly skilled nurses and educators to serve their communities. To show our thanks, we pledge to do everything in our power to make higher education possible for the dependents of teachers and nurses.”With this promise, PLU will cover at least half of the student’s tuition —$23,408 for

we need policy that leads to change. In campaigning, we tell people stories about how policies can affect everyday life, a skill I developed in theater. “Normalcy” [our climate-themed musical] used all three of my majors. Knapp: When I tell people those are my majors, they get confused if they’re not involved in the fields. “Why those two?” I wasn’t planning on integrating environmental studies into my college experience until the summer after high school graduation. Climate change was one of the

and electromechanical technicians, law enforcement and security technology professionals, cybersecurity professionals, data scientists as well as those interested in STEM-related policy issues such as climate change, emerging technologies, global health, and the supply chain among others at home and abroad! During our virtual career fair, you will have the opportunity to engage with Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals across a broad range of STEM fields.  Learn how your STEM background

Richard “Dick” Moe celebration of life service rescheduled to March 2 Posted by: Julie Winters / January 10, 2019 Image: Marcia and Dick Moe in their North Tacoma home, July 1, 2015. / Peter Haley / Staff photographer – Tacoma News Tribune January 10, 2019 Note: Acting out of concern for the safety of guests, the celebration of life service for Dick has been rescheduled due to a significant winter storm that is predicted to affect the South Sound. In consultation with the family, the new date

takeaways from this course will be? Our hope is that participants in the course will leave with a broader understanding of the multiple ways one can approach the pandemic and an increased confidence in asking good questions about the different ways it continues to upend our lives. PLU’s mission of service and care, finally, will call upon participants to consider the challenges posed by the pandemic and seek constructive strategies to understand them. Learn more and register for “COVID 19: A Global

Why Chatbots Are the Future of Market Research Posted by: wagnerjc / December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 Originally published by American Marketing Association on October 1, 2017 by Kate DuHadwayJust as the adoption of the internet and the spread of social media fundamentally changed the way we interact and communicate, the next wave of change is at our doorsteps. And it's poised to overhaul our current perceptions and use of artificial intelligence Last April, Facebook announced at its annual

, consumer behavior and decision making, branding, and transformative change—all lenses he plans to apply in his new role.  A researcher at heart, one of his first projects as dean will be spending time listening and researching. “I’ll be speaking with more than 100 people from businesses and nonprofits to understand some of the things they see as needs in business and in the world, as well as what they would like to see from a business school,” he says. “This insight will help us as we consider future

. And, maybe most of all, an impact that will last well beyond 25 years. Here are the stories: “The Women’s Center has made me a leader of my own life! It also has given me the courage to create my dreams and live them. It’s given me a voice and the passion to speak for those who cannot. It made me see the world differently, always asking myself, ‘How can I do more? How can I inspire more change?’ It’s made me that woman I am today … a business owner, empowering women to take ownership and control

PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition Cassio Vianna, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, has been awarded a grant to write a 4-movement suite entitled Invisible Garden, that blends jazz, chamber music and Brazilian music. Posted by: Liza Conboy / April 18, 2024 Image: Jazz Under the Stars featuring Vianna/Bergeron Brazilian Quintet with Cassio Vianna on piano at PLU, Thursday

,” Wilkens said. “Really, it seems the only way to live.” Wilkens told the crowd getting to know each other is such an important part in understanding one another.  Children don’t inherently dream of growing up as mass murders, as people who commit genocide. There is innocents their and with that hope, Wilkens said. “You just realize it isn’t them and us,” he said. “It’s just us.” “It’s about relationships,” Wilkens said. “It’s not like relationships is the silver bullet. It’s the only bullet.” Read