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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 29, 2016)- Garrett Wade bounced from desk to desk in a crowded classroom one recent Thursday morning, guiding his students through the online program they were learning at Sylvester Middle School in Burien. “Mr. Wade! Mr. Wade! I need your help,” a…
. The intensive, primarily field-based program within the School of Education and Kinesiology offers individuals a high-quality, accelerated route to certification in high-needs educational areas, specifically special education. Through the yearlong program, candidates gain hands-on classroom experience while simultaneously taking flexible classes that work around professional and family life. “PLU does a fantastic job fast-tracking good, qualified teachers,” Wade said, adding that school
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 20, 2015)- Thomas Kim ‘15 is passionate about “Justice.” So passionate, in fact, that he likes to really emphasize the word by treating it as a proper noun. His passion doesn’t include just capitalizing Js, however: he’s walking his talk (and type)…
school plan was to work full-time at a teriyaki restaurant… It wasn’t until my good friend Taryn Dee ’16 told me about PLU that I even applied. PLU decided to invest a full-tuition Regents Scholarship in me. In May of 2015, I graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in mathematical economics, Bachelors of Science in psychology and a minor in statistics. I now am a Juris Doctorate candidate at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Why did you decide to attend law school? Not being
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team travel. It helps empower student-athletes to lead lives of impact. We spoke with Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) officers Danny Samson ’22 and Bridget Duven ’22 about the impact athletics has on their development and for the PLU community as a whole.What things have you learned about being an athlete and a student? How do they benefit one another? Danny: Being a student-athlete has taught me numerous lessons. I have learned how to be a more responsible individual, work in a team with
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 1, 2016)- Bryanna Plog ’10 seems to have done it all in her years after Pacific Lutheran University – teaching English abroad in Colombia, writing books about travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park…
says is a more education-focused time of year while kids are in school. “I’m very lucky to have a winter job,” she said. “Not many rangers do.” Plog is also lucky to serve as a ranger during the National Park Service’s centennial, something she says has been especially amazing. “It’s awesome how much I help people,” Plog said of her job. “And I get to work in very interesting and beautiful places. “I love it here. Right now I’m sitting outside my house looking at the evening lights. With this job
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us how Dr. Travis helped you with this project?” Hackler: “I could not have done this work without Dr. Travis’ constant support, energy and instruction.” “Dr. Travis and I met for months before the summer began, sharing articles and books we found pertaining to our topic and meeting biweekly to discuss new findings. During the summer, she braved several of the six trips to Salem, Oregon with me to record information from over 400 death records of black and white residents from 1940, 1950, and
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…
University. After graduating from PLU in 2008, Cushman jumped into being a teacher and mentor for students with stories similar to his own.7th Biennial Wang Center SymposiumWatch other speakers from last month's event.As an English teacher and coach at his high school alma mater, Cushman strives to show love, compassion and care to students who might otherwise never receive them. He believes that adults are responsible for helping kids discover their own potential, and through his work tries to validate
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science major talks NASA internship, capstone project Read Next Musician turned math major is excited to teach in his community LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing
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Virtual Alumni Panel & Info Session with University of Oregon Posted by: nicolacs / November 17, 2020 November 17, 2020 You are invited to join PLU Chemistry Alumni and the Master’s Industrial Internship Program in the UO’s Knight Campus for a panel discussion about how to launch your career in industry and get a master’s degree at the same time! Virtual Alumni Panel & Info Session Friday, November 20th 3:30PM Pacific RSVP: (Requested, Not required) https://forms.gle/dXicSqABLMouCQpu7 Panelists
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MacArthur. The award recognizes the eight schools, selected from among the 273 senior ROTC units nationwide, as the top programs in the country. PLU ROTC also received the award for the 2009-2010 academic year. “It’s truly an honor to be amongst a university, a corps of cadets and a team of cadre pursing excellence with such passion,” said Lt. Col. Jason Shrader, and professor of military science at PLU. “It’s a testimony to the hard work and dedication to not only want to succeed as individuals but
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