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PLU alumna Becca Anderson ‘19, ‘22 is in her first year teaching biology to ninth graders at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. Her classroom consists of a diverse population of students — something her recent completion of the Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program at Pacific…
of the Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program at Pacific Lutheran University helped prepare her for.Funded by a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, PLU’s Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program provides funding for students earning their Master of Education (MAE) at PLU that plan to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects at the middle or high school level. Scholarship recipients — like Anderson — attend monthly meetings to learn about equity
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Throw a dart at a world map, and it’s likely to hit a location where Pacific Lutheran University students or faculty members have conducted research.
serve as final stepping stones for PLU students preparing for post-graduate endeavors. “They’re high-value, high-impact projects for students at the end of their PLU experience to help prepare them for things like graduate school and Fulbright, Peace Corps, Marshall and Rhodes scholarships,” Williams said. “This is the opportunity for our top students to take their global education to the highest level PLU has to offer.” Founders of the Wang Center for Global Education, Peter and Grace Wang The Wang
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Statistics provides a strong career path with excellent opportunities, and statisticians are in high demand.
Why Statistics?Statistics provides a strong career path with excellent opportunities, and statisticians are in high demand. Statistics is a branch of mathematics which involves collecting and analyzing data to estimate, model or predict real world phenomena. Statisticians help to design experiments; they then collect, analyze, and test the experimental data to summarize and present the results so that they can be understood in a meaningful manner. Statistically correct experimental design
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From PLU to a one-room school house, instructor sees value in great instruction By Chris Albert As a teacher for 35 years, Margaret Dakan ’38 saw the difference an education could make in a person’s life. Her belief in the kind of education Pacific Lutheran…
November 1, 2010 From PLU to a one-room school house, instructor sees value in great instruction By Chris Albert As a teacher for 35 years, Margaret Dakan ’38 saw the difference an education could make in a person’s life. Her belief in the kind of education Pacific Lutheran University provides is why she has supported the university through scholarship programs like Q Club, Project Access and an endowed scholarship that benefits education students: the Margaret Melver Dakan Endowed Scholarship
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PLU Hosts Annual JROTC Fitness Contest PLU Marketing & Communications Dozens of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from 12 high schools left blood, sweat—and possibly even a few tears—at PLU on March 7 after the annual JROTC Physical Fitness Competition. High-school cadets competed…
March 6, 2014 PLU Hosts Annual JROTC Fitness Contest PLU Marketing & Communications Dozens of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from 12 high schools left blood, sweat—and possibly even a few tears—at PLU on March 7 after the annual JROTC Physical Fitness Competition. High-school cadets competed in physical challenges all morning, rotating between events such as the Army Physical Fitness Test (two minutes of pushups and sit-ups, plus a 2-mile run), “Move Heavy Stuff” and a
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PLU’s General Education Program prepares graduates to ask significant questions, engage relevant knowledge, and wrestle with complex issues.
Understanding PLU's General Education ProgramPLU’s General Education Program prepares graduates to ask significant questions, engage relevant knowledge, and wrestle with complex issues. The program is rooted in the classical liberal arts and sciences as understood within the Lutheran educational tradition, and is grounded in an understanding of scientific perspectives, mathematics, languages, and the longstanding traditions of critical discourse about nature, humanity, and the world. The array
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Partnerships and Professional Development (PPD) is a department within the School of Education focusing on professional development and continuing education for in-service teachers and
Partnerships and Professional Development (PPD)Partnerships and Professional Development (PPD) is a department within the School of Education focusing on professional development and continuing education for in-service teachers and administrators. Our mission, goals and participant outcomes are listed below.Mission:Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care— for other people, for their communities and for the
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Three months before President Hu Jintao of China made his historic visit to Washington State and met with Governor Christine Gregoire in April, 2006, a group of 60 business, education, and community
2015. Here are some highlights from the business breakfast.Update 2013Beginning with the end in mind, success stories from our students and teachers: Dennis Tanner, student in the K-16 Chinese Flagship at U of Oregon, graduate of Peninsula High School. Did you know that since the Chinese Flagship program began at the University of Oregon in 2005, 245 students have enrolled in Chinese Flagship courses and 98 students have graduated the program? Currently, 41 students are enrolled in the program
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You may be able to receive your immunization records from your high school, primary care provider, or your medical portal. Most states have a digital vaccine registry.
Records You may be able to receive your immunization records from your high school, primary care provider, or your medical portal. Most states have a digital vaccine registry. You are welcome to call us (253-535-7337) or send an email to health@plu.edu for assistance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a resource for locating vaccine records. After undergoing these vaccines, please send us a record of your immunizations so that we can keep your file up to date. You may FAX a copy to
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70 semester hours In this teacher certification program, candidates pursue an endorsement in early childhood education/early childhood special education (P-3) and elementary education (K-8) while earning a B.A.E. degree. Endorsements are awarded upon successful completion of coursework, Internship II (student teaching) experience and a passing edTPA score. Entering candidates who have an Early Childhood Education AA-DTA degree or equivalent from an accredited institution could be awarded up to
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