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most respectable form, it promotes a “World of Understanding” that students can use to learn about cultures and cultural diversity in the United States and abroad, develop intercultural skills and become involved citizens, both locally and globally. However, during my semester in Oaxaca and as part of my Kelmer Roe Fellowship research project on emigration, I found myself wondering who was included in the definition of global citizen and how the migrants impacted by globalization defined themselves
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education, who serves as campus coordinator for Teach 253. As the nation’s public schools grow more racially diverse, it’s important that the teaching force follow. A growing body of educational research shows that students of color flourish when they learn from teachers who reflect their culture and experience. The most recent figures published by Washington state show that while 45 percent of the state’s public school students are children of color, the teaching force is nearly 90 percent white. And
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Jewish concept called tikkun olam, which refers to actions one takes to repair and improve the world, the final unit of the course is centered around the question “What Can We Do?” which asks students to think about interventions and repair work that take place in the post-genocide context. Students conduct research and create a poster and presentation about an organization of their choice that works to repair the atrocities of genocide. Past projects have highlighted people working to destroy
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research and explores the challenges of moral distress in correctional settings, particularly in comparison to traditional settings. Surla also offers policy recommendations and ways to combat moral distress in real time, including peer support and self-assessment tools. Surla is the first of her family to graduate from college. Her existing nursing background helped her navigate PLU’s classes. Over time, she had to develop an effective approach for school, including being organized and reaching out
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biologist for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. As he rose through the ranks, his tasks became more and more sequestered. “The idea of working for the sake of working has never been appealing to me,” Larsen said. “I came to a realization that there wasn’t a whole lot of making a difference, it was a whole lot of trying.” While he hesitates to say he hit the cliché midlife crisis, “I was at midlife and it was a crisis,” he said, chuckling. After a lot of research and exhausting career
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Tacoma Public Schools. She joined PLU in 2019. Reach her at dcafazzo@plu.edu. Thomas Kyle-Milward, Assistant Director of Media and Content Thomas has worked at both The Oregonian and Tacoma’s The News Tribune over the past five years, specializing in copy editing, design, research, proofing and the occasional spot of writing. A journalism graduate of the University of Oregon, he also ran The Daily Emerald copy desk and was recognized as a 2012 Dow Jones News Fund intern. Josh Wiersma, videographer
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they select you for the scholarship? By learning about your audience and what they want, you can better tailor your scholarship application to the prompt. This will immediately set you apart from the students who did not bother doing the preliminary research. Time Take off: Start working on your application early. Do not procrastinate and wait till the last minute. Timeline: Create one with milestones for completing different sections of the application. Take time: Do not rush. Essays take time and
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work in the two remarkable faculty-student research projects in the Department of Languages and Literatures, “Chai-na” and “Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reader of Gabrielle Suchon?”, which have been generously funded by Kelmer-Roe fellowships and the Wang Center for Global Education. And what about you? Has the learning of a language somehow surprised and changed your life? Perhaps learning a language changed the way you understood your own past, culture, or ideas. Perhaps it provided the means to bring
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specific title designated by the student. (1 to 4) EDUC 495 : Internship To permit undergraduate students to relate theory and practice in a work situation. The title will be listed on the student term-based record as Intern: followed by the specific title designated by the instructor in consultation with the student. (1 to 12) EDUC 497 : Special Project Individual study and research on education problems or additional laboratory experience in public school classrooms. Prerequisite: consent of the dean
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