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assess the old. Coursework includes analysis of crime, deviance, family and gender issues, race/ethnicity, social class, social problems and inequality. In addition, sociology provides training in a range of research techniques that can be applied to many areas of social life and policy. The Sociology curriculum at PLU is cumulative, such that the skills developed in lower-division courses set the groundwork for the skills to be developed in upper-division classes. We advise students to select their
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PLU to help people in need. “I always knew I wanted to help people,” said Marquez about why she chose to study social work. She originally intended to be a French major at PLU, as she had taken French courses in high school. She found social work was a better fit after being introduced to the career field in a few classes. “I love community work and community outreach, and I have learned a lot about myself too.” Marquez currently has an internship working with middle school students in Federal Way
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Seattle, on Duwamish land, and in Oaxaca, on Mixtec and Zapotec land. Mentor: Workshops and classes in nonfiction Statement: When I was ten years old, a friend’s father told me, “We are changed by every interaction we have in our lives. Every person you meet will change you in some way.” I listened to his words from the back seat of his huge sedan as we drove through the mountains, a nighttime Pacific forest visible through scratched windows. The magnitude of the idea settled over me as we moved past
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city, it’s impossible to truly prepare yourself for living in NY, but I believe the [International Honors] classes I took at PLU gave me a foundation for looking at the world from various perspectives, something that’s unbelievably important in a city with so many different people crammed into a tiny island!” What is one piece of advice you would give graduating SOAC students about the future? “To graduating SOAC students: You’ve begun your training to become an artist. Don’t be afraid to go and
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diversity. She hopes to use her degree and the skills she is learning at PLU to help people in need.“I always knew I wanted to help people,” said Marquez about why she chose to study social work. She originally intended to be a French major at PLU, as she had taken French courses in high school. She found social work was a better fit after being introduced to the career field in a few classes. “I love community work and community outreach, and I have learned a lot about myself too.” Marquez currently
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creative writing and publishing classes. Authors have Skyped in from Eastern Washington, Northern California, and South Florida. Also in Fall 2015, my Freelance Writing students spoke with Roy Peter Clark, author of our course textbook, Writing Tools (Little, Brown, 2008). Clark is Senior Scholar at Florida’s Poynter Center, a national journalism training institute, and has written or edited eighteen books. He chatted for an hour with PLU students about everything from how to write the perfect story
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city, it’s impossible to truly prepare yourself for living in NY, but I believe the [International Honors] classes I took at PLU gave me a foundation for looking at the world from various perspectives, something that’s unbelievably important in a city with so many different people crammed into a tiny island!” What is one piece of advice you would give graduating SOAC students about the future? “To graduating SOAC students: You’ve begun your training to become an artist. Don’t be afraid to go and
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Growing into her own: Sarah Davis ’23 discovers her passion for plant biology at PLU Sarah Davis began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion “I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather… April 26, 2023 Biology
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L.I.F.E. Policy on Registration and PaymentsAt this time, there is no pre-registration required for L.I.F.E. classes. All classes cost $10 (unless otherwise noted) and registrations will be taken on the day of the class. Payments can be made via cash or personal check. No refunds will be issued after payments are received. We encourage anyone interested in attending a class to join our Facebook page and indicated “Interested” or “Going” on specific classes, which helps us anticipate attendance
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