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, applied for and received a $250,000 grant from the Pierce County Economic Development Department to fund the PLU School of Business work supporting underserved rural communities via the Pierce County Navigator Program. Pierce County Navigator Program The Pierce County Navigator Program is an outreach and referral program with one-on-one assistance and mentoring for entrepreneurs in the South Sound area. It operates as a “hub” and “spoke” model with seven different organizations as the spokes. These

applies her skills of spotting problems and finding solutions. She gives students feedback on how to improve their resumes and problem-solves how to play nicely with the tech-based screening systems businesses use to filter resumes. “I love doing this type of work,” she says. After graduation, Ambachew seeks job opportunities in marketing analysis, project management, and learning experience design, applying what she’s learned from the business and technology worlds. Technology still appeals, she says

a recent email, “My research has almost completely changed since the last time I checked in. My dissertation (as of right now) will examine the politics surrounding the development of Holocaust consciousness in the United States in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Last semester, I completed a paper about the first conference to focus women’s experiences during the Holocaust which took place in 1983. I learned just how controversial feminist analysis of the Holocaust seemed in the 80s, which was a key

lot of her policy work right now has to do with mental and behavioral health, and sponsoring a bill from high school students on banning the pink tax (a term used for gender-based price differences applied to identical products). She’s also working on mental health competency, or forensic competency, so finding ways to improve our criminal justice system for people who have mental health issues and are being convicted of a crime, and making sure they are getting treatment as well as standing trial

programs that would fit the kind of therapy he wanted to do. He discovered that MFT was what he was looking for. His intrigue garnered more traction. After seeking advice and looking at schools he felt PLU and its MFT program was the best fit for him. Abbas applied and he visited the school. Actually the first person he met was David Ward, a professor in the MFT program. The guidance he would get from Ward and MFT Professor Charles York would prove incredibly valuable. “I wouldn’t be here without them

athletic facilities rank in the Northwest Conference. Shane Gutierrez, a junior midfielder on the men’s soccer team, would know – he’s been playing in the Pacific Northwest Conference for years.“We went from having one of the worst soccer fields in the conference to one of the best soccer complexes in the conference,” the applied physics major said. Erica Boyle, a senior midfielder on the women’s soccer team, agrees. The Lakewood, Colo., native acknowledges that the Pacific Northwest weather can have

interest in advanced training in Economics, we steer them toward acquiring the mathematics they will need to be successful in a graduate economics program,” adds Peterson. “For those interested in law school, we encourage our students to work closely with the pre-law advisor and to take a wide variety of applied courses in economics, philosophy, history, and politics. The wide exposure to theory and application in our courses is excellent preparation for the kinds of analyses they will be expected to

. Rollevson, a PLU alumnus, encouraged her to attend the university. He also urged her to apply apply for citizenship. Huang said he thought it gave her better opportunities to pursue her educational and vocational goals in medicine. “I really applied because my dad wanted me to be a citizen,” Huang said. “Plus, I’m probably going to be living and working in the U.S.” Currently, China does not recognize dual citizenship. For Huang, completing the U.S. naturalization process meant facing the heavy

an instructional coach for the Toppenish SD, working with teachers to improve their instructional practices.   In class, she learned how to plan lessons to address differing language abilities based on student data and various strategies for students learning English.  “I wanted to be able to support my staff and students,” Pettijohn says. “The course provided many practical strategies that could be immediately applied to benefit ELL students.”  For example, Pettijohn worked with other coaches to

turns out, that was the goal of the exercise. She learned that when making decisions that impact a lot of people, it’s best to make your own decision and not just blindly follow a formula. It’s a lesson that’s served her well over the years. Nelson joined Chief Leschi as director of career and technical education (CTE) in 2020. The CTE program was new, and she worked hard to get it established and funded. “CTE focuses on hands-on applied learning,” Nelson says. “It gives kids a real connection to