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. Department of State, PLU was ranked in the category “Leading Institutions by Undergraduate Participation in Study Abroad: Top 40 Master’s Institutions.” The report found that the number of U.S. students studying abroad expanded by 3.4 percent to an all-time high of 283,332 in 2011-12, quadrupling over the past two decades from 71,000 students in 1991-92. PLU’s Study Away program is a fundamental element of the university’s commitment to global education. PLU was the first American university to have

students to become certified and begin teaching, with the option to continue working on their master’s degree. The certification component of the program takes about a year; after certification, students have up to three years to complete the rest of their MAE coursework if they choose to. This program is a good option for anyone with previous education experience, anyone who is interested in working in a subject shortage area, or career changers who are transitioning into a high-need subject area from

abduction but starvation due to a decline in Chinook salmon, their primary food source. Urgent action is needed, she says. A Family Affair Since age 12, Stafki has been making films with her sister Annie, 5 years her junior. The duo entered many of these into the Gig Harbor Film Festival, which they won three times. Her sister—now a high school freshman—acted as co-producer and creator of “Echos of the Sound.” Getting a great shot is challenging. “Orcas can be hard to spot and shoot, while [we’re] being

educational practices, and come to education with the knowledge that my students and their families’ voices must be valued and heard. What has your vocational journey looked like since leaving PLU?  I currently work as a school counselor in the Auburn School District, and as an advisor at Seattle Pacific University in their Multi-Ethnic Programs office. Working in the Auburn School District has provided me opportunities to give back to the community that I was raised in and the school system I attended

-education/tpg/ Read Previous PLU Earns 2023-2024 Military Friendly School Designation Read Next Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it

is to explain it to other people. After I started working with student newspapers in junior high and high school, I developed a deep desire to tell other people’s stories. I believe that storytelling is what separates humans from other species, and everyone has an interesting story to tell. I love being the one to tell those stories. What did being awarded Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” mean to you? In my young career, I’ve been so fortunate to have opportunities come up that I

that the best way to learn about the world is to explain it to other people. After I started working with student newspapers in junior high and high school, I developed a deep desire to tell other people’s stories. I believe that storytelling is what separates humans from other species, and everyone has an interesting story to tell. I love being the one to tell those stories. What did being awarded Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” mean to you? In my young career, I’ve been so

Mitchell Helton ’15, Forbidden Fruit by George Jay Smith, directed by Jill Heinecke ’13, and Between Red and White by Kate Howland ’12, directed by Joshua Parmenter ’15. “This is a really great mix of shows with a really great mix of students, some who’ve been performing since high school and others who are in their first production,“ says Jill Heinecke ’13, who is directing Forbidden Fruit. The students are challenged with this quick turnaround production – they audition, rehearse, open and close in

Streaming Concerts now a permanent reality Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 21, 2012 October 21, 2012 In early September, three small, black video cameras were installed in Lagerquist Concert Hall and on September 25, 2012, PLU streamed its first live concert – the President’s Inaugural Concert.  Moving forward, streaming live concerts will become a permanent aspect of SOAC and PLU. These robotic cameras, a result of a joint capital improvement request between the School of Arts and

better way to go. Another health benefit proven by research funded by Mars, a candy company that earns $30 billion annually, showed that chocolate actually lowers cholesterol. Despite these claim that chocolate is healthy, it is not the reason we eat chocolate. It’s simply delicious. Read Previous Mount Rainier Lutheran High School will make PLU East Campus facility home Read Next These pipes are playing COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad