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; Lucas Gillispie ’16, who worked on agricultural development in Senegal; and Sam Rise ’11, MA ’12, who taught at a secondary school in Namibia. “The Peace Corps experience is different for every person who serves,” said St. Clair, who directs PLU’s Prep program. “This panel will provide valuable insight on the range of experiences our alumni have had, and how their service has influenced their lives after the Peace Corps.”Register Here The Sixth Biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of

Technology where you will have an opportunity to work on technology that touch various platforms in commercial, defensive, space and global services! Materials & Manufacturing Technology (MMT) has earned a reputation within Boeing as a go-to organization for fast development of innovative materials and processes. Over the last 5 years our teammates submitted 160 Invention Disclosures and were award 119 patents – We welcome and foster new ideas – bring us yours! Position Responsibilities: Collects

Belonging at diversity.medicine@wsu.edu. Benefits: Cost to attend: FREE Coursework including the Kaplan MCAT Prep course and Science Enhancements are covered by the program Travel to/from the WSU Health Sciences campus in Spokane Room and board during in-person days of the program Access to and exposure with medical school faculty, leadership, and students Development of Native Cultural identity in medicine and network of Native Physicians Coursework and exposure to become a more competitive applicant

at PLU. What impact did they have on your career direction and success? SM: While I didn’t have a specific field in mind during my first years on campus, I knew that first-hand experience in the business world would help me determine what field to pursue (or not!) At the campus Career Development Office, I sought out information about a number of internship opportunities. In the spring of my junior year, I applied for an internship with a regional bank. A round of interviews led to a position as

, where she earned her master’s and Ph.D. at Stanford University. Her research focused on the development and burn-out rate of first-year teachers, and what keeps a teacher loyal to a district where they first ply their craft. It was the “aha” moment for her. Her true calling was helping teachers teach. “Of course it’s all about the kids,” she said.  But she felt that working with good teachers, and keeping them on the path to their dreams – and avoid burnout – is just as valuable as being in front of

this week (Sept 5th), Hist 248/Phil 248 is near capacity with 56 students registered between the courses. The new class is drawing participants from a variety of majors on campus and also includes a healthy number of undecided majors and first-year students. It is especially helpful to start the college experience with a team-based curriculum like this. Halvorson described a few of the activities that the students will be doing. “The Innovation Studies program is sponsoring a new creative

dental school, or another heath science professional school. For Jensen, this meant working with Matt Smith, associate professor of biology and chair of the department. Smith is one of six natural science professors on the Health Sciences Committee. At PLU, most students on the health-sciences track work through the biology curriculum and take an entire year of organic chemistry. By the junior year, with most of the lower-division classes out of the way, students select classes and extra-curricular

task of constructing a Latino civil-rights narrative that is inclusive, self-critical and wary of nostalgic renderings of the past.” Cunningham will moderate a discussion between faculty experts from the University of Oregon and the University of Washington-Bothell. Titled Re-segregation as Curriculum: Examining the Relationship Between Activism and Scholarship on the New Segregation, the session opens with a summary of the history of desegregation policies and the trend toward racial resegregation

entire curriculum for the Ph.D. was a Friday afternoon seminar/introduction to the department/introduction to the field. Each week, the faculty member in charge of the class would pick a topic that was “hot” in communication, and ask two other faculty members to discuss the topic from their respective theoretical or methodological or practical standpoints—for instance, “activism” or “engagement” or “campaigning” or whatever. The idea was to let graduate students see how scholars approach a topic and

students at PLU, the client project serves as a program-culminating project that pairs them with industry clients for a deep dive into real-world marketing. MSMA students begin their project in the fall and finish with presentations and white paper submissions in May. For the nine months in between, students are immersed in both their project and the program’s classroom-based learning. “Real-world problem-solving is required by the MSMA curriculum,” says Assistant Professor of Marketing Kyoungnam