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year from PLU with a degree in elementary education. Once Meyer returns from her fellowship she plans to pursue a job teaching ELL. “I know that this assignment will allow me to grow into a more effective instructor by helping me develop a greater sense of cultural awareness and sensitivity, which is an especially necessary trait for teachers of English,” she said. This won’t be her first time in southern Africa. She spent a J-Term in Namibia. “I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to

people at Russell are incredible, not just at my team but beyond that. The intern program is a fairly important program to them in that we have coordinated education sessions and what are called “Meet the Business” sections – which is one of my favorite things. It’s a big financial company and so you would think in a company of that size – things like the executive team, the administrative team – that these would be distant people. Still, Michelle Seitz, Russell’s CEO, works on the floor above us

interdependent with the well-being of those around them and also with their environment. How have you approached your recent efforts to help retention at PLU?I think of retention work as harm reduction. It’s thinking about how I can create, co-create, or positively influence policy changes and new efforts that will mitigate harm, particularly for kids of color. We’ve got to do less harm. Especially to Black, Latinx and other groups for whom PLU — and higher education across the country — was not designed

an integral part of a community. Encouraging student belonging means doing more than welcoming students as guests to an existing community; it means creating a culture that sees the needs of all students as equally important and creating educational conditions that support the success of all students. Belonging is important in higher education because it is directly related to student persistence. Researchers have found that the strongest predictors of persistence are students’: • level of

professions.  A 2016 Classics major who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering wrote this about his degree: My Classics degree, to me, exemplifies every virtue and value of a liberal arts education, and also everything unique and exceptional about PLU as an institution. . . .  By studying holistically the culture, life, and beliefs of another society, I could step outside, if only partially and momentarily, of my own cultural biases, customs, and predispositions; I think that is the epitome of what

PLU students take STEM into local elementary classrooms Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / October 29, 2019 Image: PLU students Jimmy Aung and Jamie Escobar (not pictured) led a science class at Four Heroes Elementary as they explore the education through a grant funded program. October 29, 2019 By Debbie CafazzoMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 28, 2019) — Drop by drop, the lesson comes into focus for this classroom full of fifth-graders.Jimmy Aung ’19, a PLU biology major, and his

. Inventory recording and tracking. Order and perform quality control of reagents and supplies. Provide leadership and guidance to Research Assistants or students as needed. Conduct training on procedures within area of expertise. REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or equivalent education and related experience. Excellent organizational and record keeping skills with attention to detail. Basic computer skills, including word-processing, database and

to internships, jobs and careers.MediaLab will present their newest documentary “These Four Years,” on April 28, for the 2016 SOAC Focus Series on storytelling.These Four Years See MediaLab's newest documentary this spring April 28 at 6:30pm, Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center • Free In this documentary, MediaLab explores questions of happiness and education: Is a four-year degree still the route to self-fulfillment and wellbeing? And, if college is not accessible to all, then what are

. The students enjoy seeing Zoe and wave to her as they line-up to separate their lunch recyclables. Zoe waves back with a smile. Weide doesn’t have to do this. But, he started the program. And he enjoys getting the students excited about “green” efforts, such as salmon restoration and water-quality testing near the school. “Education has to be relevant to their community,” Weide says. “Show them and not just teach out of a book.” 11:25 a.m. – Cascade Middle School courtyard Aaron Lee is looking for

. On the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy ’07, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Thiel ’75 and mountaineer Jason Edward ’84 ’89. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. It is the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education since 2003 – its reputation and reach continues to grow with each event. “We wanted to