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love the institution so deeply that he came to represent a deep and abiding connection between PLU and the community.” Retirement meant Dick could strengthen his passion for community and volunteer work. He was elected to a six-year term as Metro Parks district commissioner in ’91, was an active member of Rotary Club of Tacoma #8, the American Leadership Forum and Tacoma’s City Club, and was on the Washington State Advisory Board for Arts Education and the State Arts Alliance. Dick’s dedication to
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; jQuery.browser.version = 0; if(navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE ([0-9]+)\./)) { jQuery.browser.msie = true; jQuery.browser.version = RegExp.$1; } })(); You do not have javascript enabled. You can complete this form by following this link: https://plu.formstack.com/forms/msk_article_request_info Another purposeful element of the program’s design is diversity and inclusion — preparing graduates for work with people from all backgrounds and with a range of abilities. “If we have an individual with cerebral palsy or even
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low-resource countries, and the ethics of changing dosing schedules for the human papillomavirus vaccine. The transition from her graduate studies to her current project work has been quite challenging, but it is a challenge she enjoys. “I think it’s going to be pretty similar when I make the transition from postdoc to faculty,” she said. “But I feel like I was exposed to enough at PLU, at Hopkins, through nursing, all of it, to where I have the skills and background to make my way on any new path
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-grade, so her work-from-home transition was not only a break from her routine but to the routine of all of her students.When it’s not COVID-19 season, what’s your job like? I’m a special-education teacher working with kindergarten kids all the way through fifth grade in a learning resource center. Most students will get pulled out of class throughout the day, depending on what services they receive. For my younger students, I go into the general-ed classroom to assist and support them. I have 21
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this. Whether you go to PLU, Morehouse, Howard, or whatever, it’s OK, you’re not alone.”Invest in Change-MakersThis spring, members of the community and PLU alumni, family and friends are invited to boldly invest in students like this through the expansion of the Act Six scholarship program. Learn more at www.plu.edu/change-makers. Palmer article: Read Previous PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America” Read Next Brian Lander ’89
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helping Pierce County residents access the equitable health care they need.”Partnership for Health InnovationPartnership WebsitePowered by PLU, MultiCare, and Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, the Partnership for Health Innovation will work to address health care inequities and provider shortages in Pierce County and beyond.WSU, MultiCare, and PLU officials affirmed their expectation that Partnership for Health Innovation will be a long-term initiative and say that
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are admitted to Fall of your junior year, view a sample curriculum here. If you are admitted to Spring of your junior year, view a sample curriculum here. Note that students who are admitted in Spring of their junior year will complete the BSN degree in 4.5 years, and students who are admitted Fall of their sophomore year will complete the BSN degree in 4 years. If I work with my advisor to make a plan to complete my general education requirements, the nursing prerequisites, and the nursing
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data, San Diego, CA (April 2019) Biography Dr. McFadden is a registered nurse with experience in both public health and pediatrics. She is passionate about vaccination and has spent the last 5 years researching vaccine acceptance and policy as well as COVID-19. She is a PLU alum and is excited to work with PLU students, sharing her experiences as both a nurse and a researcher. Scholarly Interests Vaccine Acceptance, Vaccine Policy, Public Health, COVID-19, Health Equity
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will give students the chance to create models for the involved phenomena themselves, which will give them a better understanding of the material and more responsibility over their own work. 3:10pm Break 3:30pm Colton Schmidt – “Transconductance and Transistors” Transistors are an integral part of our society and one of the most basic building blocks of our technology. However, I would not call them basic. Of the many types of transistors out there, I wanted to focus on studying the most common
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; these days, 120-170 teachers come to PLU each year for the multiday institute. Swank offers a few explanations for the program’s longevity (and popularity): “We’ve had leadership interested in maintaining the program. Presenters are always interested to come—with 8, 10 or 12 in a class, they can work closely with participants,” Swank said. “It just comes down to people.” Maybe not surprisingly, he credits people for his own longstanding involvement, too. “I just like working with the AP teachers
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