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runs its course. Eventually, she’d like to serve as a diversity officer or work in diversity marketing for a large corporation like Amazon. For now, she’s learning, growing and preparing for whatever’s next. It’s all going according to plan. EDITOR’S UPDATE: After this article was published April Rose accepted a full-time manager role at Amazon! Her official title is now Applicant Services Manager and she is now managing the applicant services recruiters (contractors) that get hired to work with
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sense of pride from graduating from PLU.” PLU’s biology team primed Chontofalsky for success, particularly Professor Emeritus of Biology Angelia Alexander and the late Tom Carlson, also a professor emeritus of biology. “Students learned cool things from people who knew what they were talking about,” recalls Chontofalsky. “You could trust what they were teaching wasn’t just what they learned out of a book but from experience.” Chontofalsky still craves learning new things through hands-on
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way, and that she is part of it. “This program really prepares teachers to walk in on their first day prepared to be a part of those conversations,” she said. She joined Sammamish High School’s Racial Equity Inclusion Team and also participates with the Student Wellbeing Team. She said the program instilled a lot of self-awareness. For example, she realized several students have trouble learning because they are hungry. She keeps a box of healthy snacks, like granola bars, so hunger is not a
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Arthur’s Stone, a Neolithic chambered tomb.“It was an amazing experience, and it really solidified my love for archeology,” Jakowchuk said. “I knew I liked archeology in the classroom, learning about the theory, the reading and writing. Then getting this hands-on experience gave me that same joy. It was just super exciting.” Because Jakowchuk was a sophomore when COVID hit, her initial plans to study abroad were canceled. But the PLUS Year, a tuition-free fifth year, allowed her to return to the U.K
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attorneys to put them into the proper legal clinic and get them the support they need. “It’s really cool learning to work with different kinds of people, see what they’re going through, and guide them through the process.” Crenshaw says that, time and time again, he’s seen clients walk through the organization’s front door “broken and defeated,” but by the time they leave, “they realize there is help for them, and that weight gets lifted off their shoulders.” Crenshaw hopes to attend law school at
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Lutheran tradition, which challenges us to explore the vocation of healing — rather than the profession of it — and to think about healing the whole person in the context of their own community. — Suzanne Crawford O’Brien and Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen× Click the logo for a short video on health care programming in the Navajo Nation. Next: Learning with our Neighbors
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conference focuses on animating worship, learning and service with and through Scripture with Samuel Torvend, Ph.D. and university chair of Lutheran studies. More Information Jazz Under the Stars Every Thursday 7-9 p.m. July 7 through Aug. 11 PLU’s free outdoor jazz concerts kick off July 7 with a performance by the swinging Casey MacGill Orchestra at the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater. More Information Annual Berry Festivals June 8, July 13, Aug. 3 in Red Square from 11 a.m.-1 pm Each berry festival at
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is a great way to get teaching experience – something I might like to explore after graduation.” “I’m still exploring different careers and I also enjoy working with children,” added Escobar. She mentioned her interests to her faculty adviser, Shannon Seidel, assistant professor of biology. Seidel introduced Escobar to the Noyce program. This year’s program dispatched PLU students to five area elementary and middle schools through a service learning science education course. The cross
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Reconnect Learn about upcoming connection events, the Lute Link program and see a roundup of photographs from Homecoming and Family Weekend 2016. View Now Travel Journals Four alumni share their study away experiences in Antarctica, Namibia, Norway and Oaxaca. These first-person travel journals uplift the learning they did abroad as well as the effect global education had on their lives. View Now #LutesAway Explore current and past social media posts from students who study away. Through the #LutesAway
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. Walking to the supermarket means learning the life story of at least two people.” Reflection is a vital part of the study away experience and when Aubrey took a moment to look back at her time in Trinidad & Tobago, she realized that she had learned a lot about herself, “I am a woman. I am white. I am American. I studied away in a country of predominately African, East Indian and Chinese roots. I stood out amongst the crowd with my accent and my skin. I was the minority, and yet, I still held a
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