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34-38 semester hours depending on program M.A.E. with Teacher Certification The Master of Arts in Education with Teacher Certification Program helps prepare preservice teachers to establish a
communities; and by modeling the skills, habits, and ethical passions required for effective democratic citizenship. The primary aim of the program is to prepare teachers to assume a variety of roles in 21st Century schools. Faculty work with students to develop understandings and skills for their work as leaders, inquirers, and curriculum/instructional specialists. Program Overview Students can apply to one of two options within the graduate teacher certification program: 1) The one-year option begins in
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Sarah Saavedra ’22 is a social work major with a minor in psychology and a certificate in Peace Corps Prep. The Auburn resident is the first in her family to go to college. She credits her many scholarships for navigating college as a first-year student.…
school called College Success Foundation. They gave us a tour and set up a panel for almost every school in Washington to make sure we knew that college was a choice for us. I chose PLU because I got offered the most financial aid here, in addition to the small class sizes and many opportunities to study away. It was also the closest to my family. 4. As a first-generation student, what barriers did you see as you embarked on your college journey? Money was a major issue for me due to being very low
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Speakers tell PLU audiences to reach outside themselves Rich, diverse and often divergent voices came to PLU over the last year to challenge our outlook on life and our choices. Should one eat meat, or not? What of world hunger, the environment, corporate greed, genocide…
whereabouts, she disguised herself as a Red Cross nurse and led her son to a new safe house. Metzelaar recounted his story at the first Powell and Heller Family Conference in Support of Holocaust Education. The year wrapped up in April with a talk by Carl Wilkens, the only American to remain in Rwanda through the 1994 genocide that claimed one million lives. Wilkens discussed the choice he made to stay, even as other relief and aid workers fled. During the three months of violence, Wilkens helped save
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 18, 2015)- PLU Economics students past and present have selected their major with a seemingly endless list of vocational sectors in mind. However, most seem to share many of the same core qualities and passions: a penchant for research, a love of…
graduate school.” “Perhaps now more than ever, I think the world needs as many young people as possible considering the issues and dilemmas of today through the lens of Economics, which considers the implications of scarcity and choice,” Travis says. “Our students leave with the tools to successfully contribute to society in many different venues.” Read Previous From Opportunity to Opry Read Next PLU Alumna Named Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are
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In a 2017 issue of PLU’s ResoLute magazine, alumnus Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 shared about his experience as an adoptee, finding and reconnecting with his biological family in Colombia, and the tension he still navigates today as a citizen of two countries and a member of…
next goal is to use my public administration certificate to transition to the public sector next year. Teaching, while it has been a fantastic run, was never my intended career choice. While at PLU my main concentration was global studies, and the master’s degree I finished in the Netherlands was focused on public policy. I am ecstatic for the opportunity to switch careers and become a more useful and engaged citizen.ResoLute: ‘Two families, two countries’What advice do you have to someone else who
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Riley Dolan, ‘19, a double major in Hispanic Studies and Political Science, interned with the U.S embassy program during the summer of 2017.
choice of a country to work in: Guatemala. The cost would be high for travel and expenses, but not one to be deterred, he was able to obtain a PLU scholarship for unpaid internships. In addition to the internship, he wanted to conduct a research project while abroad. He reached out to the Hispanic studies department, and Professor Carmiña Palerm worked with Riley to identify a topic for his research: the memory sites that had been created in remembrance of the genocide. In an interview with Riley, I
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PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.
students,” Zylstra said. “Then when we looked at the criteria, it just made sense. These are things we want from PLU students.” Bonnie Nelson '08During her time in the Peace Corps in Baruun-Urt, Mongolia. (Photo courtesy of Nelson) Wiley was an obvious choice to lead the program. Not only is she a faculty member who can work directly with the professors on campus, but she is a Peace Corps alumna herself. She taught English for two years in Mauritania, a large country on the northwest coast of Africa
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drop your package at any UPS location. Once your item is reviewed and processed, we’ll pay you via PayPal or check, your choice. Click HERE to learn more. Will you accept buyback books in any condition?Because books are resold to other students, MBS does not accept or pay for buyback books with: Stains or water damage Missing, torn, or loose pages Missing, torn, or loose covers Excessive writing or marking Excessive writing on the edges A broken spine Torn or damaged binding A textbook can still
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Thaddeus Golbeck, Senior Capstone Seminar Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in our world with no certain cure found.
conditions of a novel organic pseudo-condensation synthesis by varying the temperature, metal stabilizing group and solvent used. In doing so, yields of above 80% were realized. Further, substrate scope analysis was performed and potential enzymatic inhibition was investigated via computer modeling. 1:40 pm - Effect of Dithiocarbamate Ligands on Cadmium Selenide Nanospheres and Nanobelts Jenny Stein, Senior Capstone Seminar We study how ligands bind to different shapes of cadmium selenide nanocrystals
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May 4th and May 5th Join the Mathematics Department to hear the senior capstone presentations. Student presentations will take place Friday and Saturday. Talks are scheduled in Morken 214 and 216.
fact, this uncertainty might be economically costly to institution. As national rankings become more and more influential, schools are more sensitive to their rank and the statistics that determine them. One of these is yield, the percentage of admitted students who enroll. This paper examines data on admitted freshmen to Pacific Lutheran University, and uses logistic regression modeling to predict whether a student will eventually enroll if admitted. 12:30pm – Logistic Regression and Categorical
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