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Program Director, Peace Corps Prep | Peace Corps Prep | knowltrt@plu.edu | 253-535-7699 | Clinician, Administrator, Educator.
Medical Society Society of Applied Anthropology American College of Correctional Physicians National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Biography Clinician, Administrator, Educator. Board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, National Healthcare Disaster Provider and Correctional Healthcare Provider. As a former member of the US military, I have had the opportunity to practice, teach and lead healthcare in many diverse environments, cultures, communities and populations throughout
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Natural Sciences Courses The following courses are required by most programs: BIOL 205: Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 206: Human Anatomy and Physiology II Additional courses in the sciences
to be a competitive applicant for OT programs, you must have significant experience in the field through volunteer or paid opportunities working with practicing certified occupational therapists. Admissions committees encourage applicants to seek out observation experiences in diverse settings to provide an understanding of inpatient and outpatient populations. Examples of OT settings may include, but are not limited to: hospitals, clinics (pediatrics, dementia/geriatrics care, physical rehab
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Natural Sciences Courses The following courses are required by most programs: BIOL 205: Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 206: Human Anatomy and Physiology II Additional courses in the sciences
to be a competitive applicant for OT programs, you must have significant experience in the field through volunteer or paid opportunities working with practicing certified occupational therapists. Admissions committees encourage applicants to seek out observation experiences in diverse settings to provide an understanding of inpatient and outpatient populations. Examples of OT settings may include, but are not limited to: hospitals, clinics (pediatrics, dementia/geriatrics care, physical rehab
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Our Changing Face By Barbara Clements and Steve Hansen Once a month Karl Stumo, vice president for admission, his wife, and his three children dine at the University Center’s new dining commons. The five sit together and have what would otherwise be a nice family…
student population stays on campus. “Embassy has been a key factor in bringing thoughtful, articulate, engaged international students to the PLU campus,” Stumo said. Washington is changing, too The face of PLU is changing in another way, as well. PLU will be seeing a significant rise in student populations that are not Caucasian. According to the Washington state’s race and ethnicity data, the number of Hispanic students graduating from high school in 2020 will increase by more than 60 percent when
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PLU campus has a hillside that divides the upper and lower areas of campus. These natural areas contain Garry oak trees that are protected in Pierce County due to their decline in presence.
create an outdoor classroom, where the wider community will be invited to explore the relationship between humans and the environment though interpretive signage. The signage will recognize the natural history of the area, including the historic presence of Clover Creek on campus and indigenous populations, water quality issues and other human impacts on the environment. The volunteerism, stewardship and community connections of this project may allow PLU to apply its experience with habitat
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PLU, Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 studied biology and chemistry as a double major. At first, he thought chemistry or dentistry was his future—but a medical mission trip the summer before his senior year to Costa Rica and Panama changed everything. He kept a journal of…
first of three Lutes we will be highlighting from Sound Physicians. Previous Lute Powered series include Amazon, MultiCare Health System, City of Tacoma, Port of Tacoma, Educational Service District 113, and Chief Leschi Schools. LUTES CENTER COMMUNITYThe grandchild of Latvian refugees, Dr. Arnits says that PLU’s emphasis on diversity benefits him today — Moses Lake is in an agricultural region that is home to populations from Russia, Ukraine and Mexico. “PLU definitely aided in my being very aware
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Lisa Woods ’92 leads initiatives to help improve systems and services as the City of Tacoma’s chief equity officer. She says her approach to this work starts with listening and continuously thinking about how best to center community voices, experiences and needs. How can centering…
to centering community? One of the barriers that comes to mind is access. Using traditional systems to connect, inform, educate or solicit feedback from the community can risk leaving out the voice, wisdom and opinions of populations in our community who do not have ready or easy access to those modes. Many traditional systems for engagement ask the community to come to decision makers. So creating systems that meet people where they’re at removes some of those barriers. This can apply to
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Mission: “Educating caring, skillful generalists to be ethical agents for global and local change.” The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Social Work is dedicated to educating individuals
historical mission of the social work profession is dedicated to both personal development and social change; to the enhancement of individual, group, and community problem-solving capacities; and to the design and construction of a society committed to social justice and compassion for oppressed, vulnerable, and diverse populations. Professional education that prepares practitioners to pursue such a mission effectively must encourage not only intellectual rigor and professional ethics and standards, but
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Chair, MSW Program | Department of Social Work | rogersat@plu.edu | 253-535-8773 | Anissa T.
University of Utah; MA in Counseling Psychology at Ball State University; and BA in Psychology at the University of Utah. She has held faculty and leadership positions in social work at Plymouth State University, University of Portland, and CSUSB. Dr. Rogers’s research primarily focuses on health and mental health issues of older adults, with emphasis on LGBTQ+ populations and cross-cultural comparisons of health practices. Dr. Rogers has published three textbooks: Human Behavior in the Social
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Meet the Communications department’s most recent faculty member, Dr. Marnie Ritchie. Dr. Ritchie joined PLU in 2018 and has taught a variety of communications classes since then, from introductory communications to courses covering complex topics like gender and ethics. Dr. Ritchie’s other interests for her…
that the classroom can be “the most radical space of possibility,” in the words of bell hooks. Personally, students have inspired me to learn more about the colonization of Guåhan, soap operas in the Philippines, the history of “the bedroom” as a concept, LGBTQ+ populations in Taiwan, local news practices in the Pacific Northwest, and much, much more. Students at PLU power change in our community, and as a teacher, I want to facilitate more spaces and avenues of agency for them to do so. Also, PLU
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