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  • to academic entitlement. Her research partner Amani El-Alayli asked students to review a syllabus and then asked if they would request an extension on assignments. The findings showed that students asked for extensions from female professors more often than their male counterparts. This is just the latest research for Ceynar, who has been interested in the use of formal titles by female faculty members and gender for a long time. Ceynar’s graduate school mentor — who was the only female professor

  • of them at PLU. Additionally, Jones was the first in his family to pursue higher education, something he has drawn from throughout his time at PLU. “I got accepted fast as heck,” he said. “I just remember being ecstatic about that.” Jones comes from a small family — “they’re kind of quirky people,” he said. His great-grandparents emigrated from Europe at the tail end of the Great Depression. “I came here flying solo in a lot of ways,” he said of PLU. Still, Jones acknowledges that he wasn’t

  • shall be begun within no less than thirty and no more than sixty days of that time. Dismissal Procedures Prerequisites for Dismissal ActionDismissal of a non-tenured faculty member before the end of the specified term or of a faculty member with continuous tenure for adequate cause will be preceded by the following courses of action: Discussions between the faculty member and appropriate administrative officers looking toward a mutual settlement. For causes relating to teaching and scholarly

  • . Complete the registration form and sign up for an appointment online. Links are provided at the bottom of the respective tab. Audition during your scheduled time. Ensemble Placement Results After the auditions, ensemble personnel lists will be posted on the bulletin boards in the back stage areas of Mary Baker Russell Music Center and communicated by ensemble conductors. Ensemble Registration Once the ensemble placement result lists have been posted, all students must verify correct ensemble

  • this is not necessarily how all translators work, but it’s sort of important to my process — is that I want to be able to sit down with the author and ask that person really detailed questions about their work,” Call explains. Those detailed questions are vital to ensuring that the true essence of a writer’s meaning isn’t lost in translation. As you might imagine, there’s always the possibility that an exact match for an indigenous word does not exist in Spanish, meaning that by the time it makes

  • took an interest in these neglected diseases. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Bill Gates, at the time the richest man in the world, his wife Melinda and his father Bill Gates Sr. were looking for something to do with all that extra money. The Gates family had looked into supporting various philanthropic efforts in education, libraries and, on the global scale, population issues. But ultimately it was the simple vaccine – or more accurately, the lack of childhood immunizations across much of the world

  • guys who were bigger, better and faster than I was. After one season of mostly bench time, I turned it over to them and they did very well. During that first year, our class was the last to experience PLU going to the national NAIA tournament at Kansas City, which happened in nine out of the ten years from 1955 through 1964. Those five guys then helped lead PLU to three solid years, including an Evergreen Conference championship in 1967, our senior year. A prior ResoLute article (by Tim Sherry, ’67

  • internship in a K-12 school. Students complete all program requirements within a one year time frame. The Alternative Routes to Certification (ARC) is for current paraeducators and conditional teachers or career changers endorsements in high needs areas with admission priority given to high need areas within the state (e.g., special education, mathematics, sciences, etc.). The program begins in June and includes a full-time, year-long mentored internship starting in September. Candidates complete 19-25

  • decisions about college. “You guys aren’t alone,” he said. “A lot of my fellow cadre members, who came to college were leaving home for the first time. Everyone you meet is most likely scared as well. You’re not going to be alone when you are going through this.” Read Previous Q&A with a PLU Palmer Scholar Read Next PLU Student Continues Internship Despite Pandemic LATEST POSTS YouTube Short: PLU Parkland Night Market & Taste of Garfield Street September 30, 2024 College Prep 101 Webinar: The College

  • time students measure the proportion of Earth’s water found in the air and soil, their bottles contains only a tiny, nearly undetectable drop. “It’s so little, right?” Aung says to a puzzled girl. The lesson Aung and Escobar are teaching is part of a pilot project launched this year by PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences and the School of Education and Kinesiology. Funded by a $71,000 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship grant from the National Science Foundation, the project seeks to encourage talented