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complete and utter pivot for everyone.” Summer brought time to breathe for all three teachers. Brizuela and Lord prepared for fall classrooms with virtual options, while Zwang entered a Montessori teacher-training program.  Sarah Lord's children doing school work on the kitchen table. School Year 2020-2021: New Approaches By the fall of 2020, Brizuela felt more comfortable teaching music in a virtual classroom and encouraging students in conversation and interactions. Although students often turned off

positive interactions between student and professor — it also makes office hours a space for student interaction and collaboration with their peers. “I kind of think of it as a free-for-all. They can show up whenever they want,” chemistry professor Justin Lytle said about his office hours availability. “They don’t have to ask me: ‘Can I stop by?’ And I like to do it as a group because there’s a really good chance that the person sitting here will need to know what the person over there is asking

establishes an effective and representative advocate body for residence hall related issues.What’s the first event RHA will be hosting this year? We have our big block party this Friday. It’s one of our hit events where people come to Red Square to dance, mingle, meet new students, and just have a good time. We’re super stoked for that, especially for folks who didn’t really have in-person interactions with other students last year. How does the ongoing pandemic affect the work of RHA? Last year we had to

provide a platform for, the essential communication that occurs in the physical classroom.  Although there’s not a perfect replacement for in-person conversation, online discussion tools can be used to promote student communication and collaboration. These tools also offer alternative methods of communication that aren’t possible during face-to-face interactions. Campuswire is an engaging and modern online discussion tool that replaces discussion boards with a single platform that combines course

six South Puget Sound school districts participate in the program through after-school activities, classroom activities and interactions with role models, Tisdale explained. Role models include PLU students who visit MESA classrooms regularly and interact with students in the program. Washington state’s MESA program includes four other offices across the state in Spokane, Yakima Valley/Tri-Cities, Vancouver and Seattle. A local university sponsors each program. The national organization, MESA USA

had been dead-set on PLU,” said Larson, who plans to major in Chinese Studies. Weist, a Nursing major, said she wanted to be a Lute to “impact the community I’m currently serving in.” All five already have made a big impact as part of the Royal Daffodil Court, made up of high-school seniors from around Pierce County who develop public speaking skills, self-confidence and poise through their interactions with the community. “I’ve gotten to spend time with countless people from all walks of life

regularly sees friends from her time at PLU but is also continually impressed by the informal alumni network around the South Sound. A brief interaction often leads to a PLU connection, and which Lutes she might know from different years. At Sound Physicians, Lange has worked with other PLU grads, including a current member of her team. “We talk regularly about how our small class sizes gave us direct access to professors in a way peers didn’t have,” Lange says. “The interactions give you confidence as