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me,” Zee said. The retired physics professor remembers him well. “He was an excellent student in my physics classes,” Tang recalled. “One day he asked me what he should do in the interim. I suggested that he should join the study tour to Africa. There he saw an elaborate funeral proceeding. This made him think about the deeper meaning of life. After he came back, he decided to study philosophy and religion.” Drawn toward philosophy and religion, Zee fondly remembers another professor George

. Graduates usually have jobs waiting for them when they leave the School of Nursing four years later. For those who are considering becoming a nurse, Smith had some rather surprising advice: Aside from striving to get top marks in science classes, nurses must also  have excellent language and writing skills. As for the Class of 2015, who will be walking across the stage to receive their diplomas in May, Smith urges them to try and make a difference in the lives of the patients they interact with and

for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios.Through the Center for Media Studies (CMS), launched last September and housed within PLU’s School of Arts and Communication, special-topics courses in film, television and creative media will be offered beginning in Fall 2015. The first new class, Creative Media-COMA 387, will be a 2-credit, full-semester course—open to any major—when registration opens April 13 for Fall classes. The

school classes. My histology course at PLU put me at a distinct advantage because I had already learned most of the material covered in my medical school histology class. In hindsight, I should have taken biochemistry at PLU as well, since this is another core curriculum course in medical school.Homecoming 2015: Oct. 9-11Complete schedule of events and festivities.As a student at PLU did you consider multiple career paths, or were you always focused on medical school as your next step? I have wanted

Film and Media Studies. Courses, which will be available for registration April 16-27, launch in fall 2018.The new concentration consists of up to 44 credit hours in core communication courses, as well as classes in theory, criticism, research and media production, all of which aim to engage students with interests in various types of media, including television, narrative and documentary filmmaking, advertising and marketing, and more. Amy Young, department chair and associate professor of

North King County and Snohomish County area, offering classes and training in the same community that we anticipate many program graduates will go on to serve.” Guided by the School of Nursing’s principles to deliver safe, effective, family-centered, and community-based care, the program will combine comprehensive online instruction with immersive simulation experiences to help students hone their clinical and critical thinking skills. Students will also apply their expertise during clinical

students, courses will be offered on a hybrid schedule, with some in-person classes in late afternoons and evenings and some components of each course delivered online, either synchronously or asynchronously. The MSW will also feature two pathways: a regular standing track, a 28-month program for those who do not have an undergrad degree in social work and an advanced standing track, a 14-month program for those with an undergraduate degree in social work. Guided by expert faculty, students will gain

land.” This exhibit also highlights articles that speak to how land acknowledgements have been used, what they communicate, and what they don’t say. Language, oral and written, is key to culture transmission and retention. To revitalize Twulshootseed, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has a language program and a website with extensive language-learning resources such as videos, literacy books, online classes, audio files, etc. The language has an alphabet of 43 characters with 18 sounds that are not

with economic hardship, and still dealing with anxieties about what might come next.PLU’s curricular disruption became official on March 7, with the announcement that all classes would move to remote learning. Over the following weeks, faculty and students adjusted, those studying away returned home early, and we all learned more than we had planned about videoconferencing. This has been a season of disruption. However, PLU’s Division of Humanities worked hard in this time to continue the most

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