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provides an opportunity to begin the learning process that will extend throughout your education as a dental student and your career as a dentist. It is also important that you consider what you’ve learned during your time shadowing. When you complete your application, you will need to be prepared to discuss your experiences with dentistry in detail as well as communicate that information during your dental school interviews. Thus we recommend that you keep a journal throughout your undergraduate
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care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth. The values that have shaped this university – and this region – are vitally present in PLU today. I hope you will reflect on these values in the months ahead and incorporate their principles into your learning—and your actions. I’d like to delve a bit deeper into what we mean by “care for other people and for their communities.” I expect that all of you have left a community of love and support. But you will come to realize
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—including critical thinking, writing, communication, mathematics, and technology—at more advanced levels of aptitude. Through civic engagement, knowledge and insight no longer exist in the life of the mind; they become coalesced in mindful and caring community involvement. By conjoining the academic knowledge and skills necessary to address community needs, students deepen and extend their learning. Additionally, individuals who are active volunteers have 27 percent higher odds of finding a job than
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2013. (Photo courtesy of Plog) Bryanna Plog '10Sitting with her most recent travel book: ``Make sure you have a map``. (Photo courtesy of Plog) That’s partly what she says her life as a park ranger is like, living in a national park and learning about it on a more intimate level. “Just like studying abroad, how you always learn about the place you are living in,” she said, “I get to do that an entire summer or winter where I visit and grow to know about the places really well.” Plog’s love for the
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out and turned it into a business. “I love learning new things about the environment,” he said. His work keeps life interesting — from going inside the magma chamber of an old volcano to documenting for several years how eagles fly. “There is so much about the world around me that I’ve learned and am continuing to learn,” Ebi said. The postage stamp was a new and different inquiry that Ebi initially thought wouldn’t actually come to fruition. Last July, he received an out-of-the-blue email from a
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friends,” said Angie Hambrick, PLU’s associate vice president of diversity, justice and sustainability. “The trip aligned perfectly with the values of the Diversity Center — perspective taking, critical reflection, community, and care — and allowed us to fully and authentically engage with the people and culture of T&T and with each other.” The group began the trip by ranging all across Trinidad — touring the capital city of Port of Spain; learning the history of the islands’ colonial past; exploring
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recommendations) include: Developing a cadre of ecumenical and interfaith partner chaplains who can assist in providing pastoral care for PLU’s diverse, multifaith community. Expanding, with these partners, the range of available opportunities to engage spirituality and worship. Developing partnerships with faculty and staff to provide learning opportunities around questions of identity, vocation, diversity, justice, sustainability and other topics relevant to PLU’s mission of educating students for lives of
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| Undocujoy Workshop Workshop Facilitator: Elena Calderon, Doctoral Student in Higher Education at the University of Arizona Location: Zoom Elena Calderon will be facilitating a workshop where undocumented community members will be able to explore their upbringing through the form of storytelling while learning how to heal and find joy from their undocumented experiences.
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promote engaging campus in intersectional environmental learning and practices. (University Sustainability Committee) Interfaith Engagement/Spiritual Wellbeing: Opportunities that promote the value of interfaith connections and celebrations and increases belonging for those with minoritized religious identities. (Campus Ministry) Identity Thriving Initiatives: Opportunities to promote belonging and thriving on campus for historically minoritized student identities including students of color, queer
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Rhapsody in Zoom: Recap of Fall Master Classes Online learning during the pandemic has presented multiple challenges to professors and students alike. But one of the shining diamonds to grow out of this pressured environment has been the creation of new opportunities for virtual master classes. Guest artists from around the state and… December 16, 2020 CompositionFacultyOpera
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