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institutions in the U.S. Navigating college can be difficult for any student, but it’s particularly challenging when you or your family might not understand the ins and outs of higher education. For those learning to navigate the language and culture of college, here are five things every current and incoming first-in-the-family student should know. And Gurjot Kang ’21 — a current first-generation student living in the “First in the Family” community in Stuen Hall — shares her perspective on all five. 1

. Private instruction; special fee in addition to tuition. Students register in MUSI 329A for 1 hour; MUSI 329B for 2 hours; MUSIC 329C for 3 or 4 hours (1 to 4) MUSI 340 : Managing the Classroom and Curriculum Classroom management, classroom technology, and assessment. Unit and lesson planning with introduction to the edTPA. 15 hour practicum required. Prerequisite: MUSI 240. (3) MUSI 341 : Music for Classroom Teachers Methods and procedures in teaching elementary school music as well as infusing the

subjects. Winning the grant was a team effort of PLU’s Division of Natural Sciences faculty, including Tina Saxowsky, principal investigator and associate professor of chemistry, along with Dean of Natural Sciences and biology Professor Ann Auman and faculty members Shannon Seidel, assistant professor of biology, and Amy Siegesmund, associate professor of biology. “We are very excited about the ability to implement the work outlined in our proposal,” Auman said. “Not only will this funding allow us to

About opera at PLUPLU Opera offers two productions per academic year – a complete main stage opera with orchestra and an opera scenes program with piano in alternating semesters. Members participate in all facets of production, including set and costume design, staging and performance. The full productions are planned in a three-year cycle that includes early music, standard repertoire, and 20th/21st century. Recent productions have included Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo

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the university. During this transition period, eligible employees electing this option would have a substantially reduced workload, and would receive compensation and benefits as described below. No employee is required to take a phased retirement; this plan is offered as an option to eligible employees as an additional benefit in recognition of extended service on behalf of the university. PLU encourages all personnel to make such personal planning as would best suit each person’s individual and

proportions,” as the local newspaper described it, around 5 a.m. and completed the 40-mile journey at Tacoma’s Point Defiance roughly 12 hours later. “I wouldn’t want to row out there now,” Holmes said, gesturing toward Alki Point on a warm summer day from the comfort of a private yacht where the former crew members gathered to commemorate the half-century anniversary and retrace their route. “I don’t remember the beautiful sights.” The lack of memories might have something to do with the ice-cold water

253.535.7561 www.plu.edu/biology/ biology@plu.edu Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D., Chair To learn biology is more than to learn facts: it is to learn how to ask and answer questions, how to develop strategies that might be employed to obtain answers, and how to recognize and evaluate the answers that emerge. The department is, therefore, dedicated to encouraging students to learn science in the only way that it can be effectively made a part of their thinking: to independently question it, probe it