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research that impacts communities locally and around the world.  MultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization with 12 hospitals and more than 22,000 team members. We are committed to achieving our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future for all and delivering world-class health outcomes and exceptional experience. Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies, and civic engagement in the Pacific Northwest. Offering

concentration in finance. What prompted that switch? Accounting just wasn’t for me. I am not a human calculator. When I took my first finance class, the professor told me I should do finance. I took a couple more advanced finance classes and went, “I want to do finance.”When did you add the double major in economics? I was taking economics courses for my business degree, and Dr. Priscilla St. Clair—huge shoutout to her—pushed me to think about how humans make choices. I thought that intersected with

inclination to lead. “Planting the seed is really where my heart in music education lies,” Delos Reyes says. “If my students don’t go on to play an instrument or continue into college, I don’t mind. To me, success is defined by whether you feel good about yourself and whether you felt like you accomplished something in my class.” Next fall, Delos Reyes will continue her student teaching before looking for a new opportunity to inspire students’ love of music. Still, it’s hard to imagine another experience

Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it Posted by: mhines / June 24, 2024 Image: Rhiannon Leach ’25, elementary education major, reads to her class. “I want to create a safe space for students to feel comfortable talking about anything.” (Photo provided by Leach) June 24, 2024 By Britt BoardUniversity Relations During the 2023-2024 academic year, 2,345 students received PLU-funded aid, with the average PLU student

languages. I love German but it’s fun teaching Norwegian, which is a little different. The grammar in Norwegian is somewhat simpler, so in a language class you can get to talking about bigger topics quicker,” he says. Professor Brown says that he appreciates the amount of time PLU faculty gets to spend with students. “I think it’s a part of a university culture of teachers, professors and instructors who want to get to know students and to help them as best they can. There’s just a lot more one-on-one

continue learning outside the limitations of the class schedule. Sharlene reflects on the impact the center has on students by saying that through the supplemental assistance, tutors and assistant directors are able “to help the students not only get better grades but become better students.”  While the PLC is primarily focused on academic success, the center is much more than that for these student directors. It’s also a community. They all echo each other when expressing their gratitude for the

could allocate that money however we wanted to in the stock market. We then went through the semester seeing if we were going to make or lose money from our investments.” Ouanesisouk, who was offered a job by Amazon Web Services months before graduation, says team projects that connected business lessons with the needs of local businesses were a highlight of her years in the program. “In a business marketing class we had to reach out to local or PLU organizations in improving their marketing

. Rather than telling them to do X-Y-Z, I want to give them opportunities to learn and grow, and I think that’s beneficial, not just on the football field but off the field as well. For many college student-athletes, they may not have much autonomy in their daily life, for example, they may be told for when to work out, when they go to class, etc., so I think giving the team opportunities to name a drill, name a play, choose a drill, can be motivating and fulfilling for each of them. How do you think

entire curriculum for it and eventually taught it. It was that "not-TA-not-faculty/in-between" area that I was left to my own devices to teach in. But once I was a TA, I was like, “Oh, I like this! I like being the one to engage and go around the table and talk to people." I used to have a couch in this spot, and the couch has moved over the years and it was a great place for students to be in smaller settings before or after class. They'd sit and do work. But when I got rid of it, this big empty

. Innovation studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on creative solutions, using design thinking, collaboration, and entrepreneurial mindsets. Working in teams, students develop opportunities and solutions for contemporary problems. The program’s class options span the gamut from video game history to business to graphic design. A makerspace in Hinderlie Hall offers sewing machines, electronics, paints, and more for crafting inventions. In an innovation seminar, Ambachew learned about the cyclical