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  • Brooke Brown ’06, an ethnic studies teacher at Parkland’s Washington High School, was recently named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Brown engages students in her classroom by centering each student’s…

    Instruction (OSPI).Brown engages students in her classroom by centering each student’s rich experiences to encourage them to recognize the values in themselves. Brown says that “Fostering a safe environment for students to develop critical thinking skills and to have critical conversations” is fundamental to her approach.  “I wanted to be the teacher that I needed growing up” Brown explains. An aspiring Power Ranger as a young child, Brown’s passion for saving the world led to dreams of a law career

  • During the 2022-2023 academic year, 237 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. We…

    Wang Center Photo Contest Winners 2023 Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / April 4, 2023 April 4, 2023 During the 2022-2023 academic year, 237 PLU students participated in global and local study away programs to acquire new perspectives on critical global issues, advance their language and intercultural skills, form valuable new contacts and lasting connections, and advance their academic and career trajectory. We are excited that students were able to travel more widely in the world following the

  • Most PT programs require applicants to complete the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) revised general test. Programs may have minimum acceptable scores and last acceptable test dates.

    electronically and consists of the following sections: Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills

  • Most PA programs require applicants to complete the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Programs may have minimum acceptable scores and last acceptable test dates.

    be taken either on paper or electronically and consists of the following sections: Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical

  • Most PT programs require applicants to complete the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) revised general test. Programs may have minimum acceptable scores and last acceptable test dates.

    electronically and consists of the following sections: Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills

  • Most PA programs require applicants to complete the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Programs may have minimum acceptable scores and last acceptable test dates.

    be taken either on paper or electronically and consists of the following sections: Verbal Reasoning — Measures your ability to analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical

  • Department of Social Work faculty and staff.

    Maria Theresa Carrington, MSW, LICSW, CST Visiting Instructor and Director, MSW & BSW Practicum Programs Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7859 carrington@plu.edu I love teaching PLU students because it gives me the unique opportunity to witness the next generation of social workers. I am deeply enthusiastic about nurturing their compassion, fostering critical thinking, and equipping them with the tools to create positive, meaningful change. More

  • *Effective January 2019* Upon completion of their degree, Religion majors will be able to: Explain “Religion” as a category of analysis in academic contexts, identifying when and how religious

    Religion (including textual analysis, historical methods, theological and ethical reasoning, ethnography); apply some of these methods to focused questions in upper-division seminars; and demonstrate the use of one method in a culminating project. Demonstrate the ability to engage in constructive dialogue as they explore tensions between universal truths and particular interpretations and practices, and between historical movements and the urgent challenges of today. Demonstrate skills of critical

  • Graduation Year: 2013 Location: Santiago, Chile Project Title: Confronting Neoliberalism and Creating Spaces of Transformation through the Chilean Students Movement: FAU “en toma” 2011

    Chile’s school of architecture, urban studies, and geography. Through interviewing thirteen students and a professor, I found that in addition to mobilizing to universalize access to education by redefining it as a social right, students have appropriated their campuses as a way of questioning the production of knowledge. Inspired by Paulo Freire, students are asking what do we learn, how, and why? They desire to build a critical pedagogy that converts education from a method of reproducing the status

  • The College of Liberal Studies educates students to engage critically and creatively with what it means to be human and how humans form communities across diverse cultural contexts, time periods,

    students for careers grounded in their fields and for wide-ranging graduate study.  All of our programs include the essential tools of a liberal arts education: critical thinking, collaborative learning, strategic problem solving, and the ability to thoughtfully and creatively make connections. Our students work closely alongside faculty in discussion, research, and reflection, as we support and honor students as whole people, in a complex world. The College of Liberal Studies offers B.A. degrees in