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, who first met Dr. Wiegman as a first-year PLU graduate student and would go on to become Tacoma Public Schools’ first black principal and a school board member.“Gene was instrumental in bringing the teacher core program to PLU,” remembers Stewart. “It was a program for folks with a bachelor’s degree who wanted to switch careers and earn a master’s in teaching. In particular, it was designed to prepare people of color and others to be outstanding teachers in the inner city and urban communities
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, who inspired Vianna to become a composer. He then recorded and performed throughout the Brazilian jazz scene and taught at music academies before continuing his education in the United States. He came to PLU in 2018 and has since been recognized for his ability to compose and arrange music for both collegiate and professional bands. Brian Galante, chair of PLU’s music department, says Vianna is a “model example” of how to bring creativity and innovation to both teaching and musical programming
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Publications – All students have a right to: authorship and dissemination of scholarly papers or projects at professional conferences or through publication – note — authorship should be discussed upon joining the faculty-led team and must adhere to standards established by peer-reviewed journals or professional organizations be hired into teaching assistants/research assistant positions when working on a grant-funded scholarly project access information on faculty expertise and ongoing scholarly projects
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California State University, Chico, and eventually earned her master’s degree there. She made the dean’s list each semester and was encouraged to apply to graduate school, landing her at Washington State University where she earned her Ph.D. She’s been teaching classes at PLU since 2006. The key to persistence for marginalized students, and subsequently their success, is building support systems similar to the ones she had, Chavez said. To get there, she says leaders should avoid polarizing, zero-sum
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for free, which is very rewarding in other ways, and that feels like a success. Financially, we are in a place where we can do that, and that’s also a kind of success. Music isn’t a career path chosen for the prospects of getting rich, but I live comfortably and that’s sort of a success as well. And then there’s teaching, I enjoy watching the “lightbulb turn on” in a student’s head when they understand a concept, I enjoy seeing them progress, seeing them succeed. That’s success. It’s all these
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; student representative on numerous committees, including Academic Affairs (Board of Regents), Campus Life, Counseling Center Director Search, Parking Appeals, Parking, Sustainability, Student Sustainability; three-year student-athlete Post-graduation plans: Teaching English to 3-6 year-olds in Chengdu, China, coaching youth soccer, and teaching yoga; applying for graduate studies in nutrition and naturopathic medicine, to prepare for a career as a health coach Oni Mayer’s career ambition, “to offer
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Thread”, which won the 2015 NBA Young Jazz Composer Contest.Steve TreselerSteve Treseler is an award-winning Seattle-based saxophonist, composer, and innovative leader in teaching improvised music. Steve performs and leads improvisation workshops throughout North America and Europe, performing at Birdland, Blue Note Hawaii, and live on NPR’s Jazz Night in America. Treseler’s musical voice crystallized during his studies at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he was exposed to an
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the bus window as jet lag takes hold. Through long blinks I see dusty dirt roads, brown hillsides dotted with tiny corrugated tin homes and wiry bushes, children in shorts and tank tops playing in the street, adults leaning in doorways. This is our first glimpse of the township in which we’ll spend the next two months teaching. “Keep your eyes open. Remember this. You may never be here again.” The words at which I used to roll my eyes when my dad said them on our travels in Europe now echoed in my
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Change Conference is the pre-eminent political, leadership and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ social justice movement. www.creatingchange.com Northwest Conference on Teaching Social Justice The ninth annual Northwest Conference on Teaching Social Justice takes place Oct. 29 at Madison High School in Portland, Ore. Kevin Kumashiro will give the keynote address entitled, “Troubling Social Justice Education: Five Reframings.” www.nwtsj.org The Justice Conference The Justice Conference has
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By:Natalie DeFord '16 May 14, 2016 0 Bryanna Plog ’10 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/bryanna-plog-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Natalie DeFord '16 Natalie DeFord '16 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/09/natalie-deford-avatar.jpg May 14, 2016 September 8, 2016 Bryanna Plog ’10 TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 1, 2016)- Bryanna Plog ’10 seems to have done it all in her years after Pacific Lutheran University – teaching English
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