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that you learn more about people,” she said. The students won’t just be teaching at the conference. They also will gain valuable skills to apply to their student-journalism experiences. "We really want to stress how important this is for student media. It’s a big deal to have so many of us presenting at a national conference like this. If nationally we’re being recognized for our talent here at PLU, then there’s value in that and there’s worth in this department, and in this academic field
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of dual-language students, a population that has been marginalized,” says Teah Bergstrom, director of partnerships and professional development in the PLU Department of Education. “For students to be successful, the endorsement is a good opportunity for teachers to gain skills, whether they’re teaching in a fully bilingual classroom, or using their skills in a traditional classroom to help bilingual students.” “The virtual format has allowed more opportunity,” Bergstrom says, as evidenced by
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, so I have had a lot of people in my life who acted as nursing role models for me who were able to show me what great work nurses do. You spent your first-year taking classes remotely because of COVID-19. What was it like to finally be back in the classroom as a teaching assistant for Professor of Biology Michelle Crites? It was important for me to be a TA because it was like I was taking the class again, but I got the in-person experience. For Anatomy & Physiology, it was a completely different
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dovetailed with what Leavens describes as the “warm embrace” that is the Chief Leschi environment. “We are a close-knit school, and we treat each other with care,” she says. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. The school library is full of books written by Indigenous people about Indigenous people. Students are invited to drum or dance during twice-weekly circle times. Tribal elders visit to tell
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as a software engineer, working on an open source tool for managing smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Amazon offered Gavidia a software engineering job weeks prior to commencement, and he plans to someday start his own software company. #LutesOpenDoors Jessa Delos Reyes ‘24 Teaching a Universal LanguageTeaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for music education major Jessa Delos Reyes ‘24. Reyes was a part of PLU’s Uukumwe Project, an educational partnership with
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students with DACA status. A minimum GPA of 3.2 is required. Competitive applicants will have completed sophomore-level courses in desired research field, have demonstrated through academic and/or co-curricular activities a passion for research, and can articulate how their research interests align with Caltech’s research areas. The most competitive applicants will have prior research experience. Support: WAVE Fellows will receive a $6420 award for the ten-week program. An additional housing/travel
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PLU faculty and staff, is steady at between 15 and 20 members. “It was amazing,” said Jennifer Wamboldt, emergency program manager. “We had people coming from all areas of campus with all sorts of backgrounds.” Having response preparation is vital, she said. “Basically we’re going to have to be first responders and in the case of a disaster, like an earthquake, we’re going to have be on our own for one or two hours or perhaps as much as a week,” said Duncan Foley, a PLU geosciences professor and
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. Rowland has received various acknowledgments for his work, including making the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list for his first novel. As a member of Choir of the West at PLU, Rowland was given the opportunity to travel and see new areas of the United States that he was never able to experience before. “I got to see a lot of America that I hadn’t seen before,” Rowland said. “It was nice to get introduced to the fact that there is a lot to offer in the United States.” Since graduating from PLU
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interview well. Before Manso could even shake his hand, his interviewer enthusiastically said to him: “Go Lutes!” The interviewer would be Manso’s future boss. And while the future boss hadn’t attend PLU, his wife had. In fact, the two had the same swim coach 15 years apart. In the two years he has been working at The Hutch, Manso has worked in four different areas of the lab, and he’s already been promoted. He is currently responsible for efficacy studies on the HIV vaccine trials conducted in the
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students into medically underserved areas around the state. Much of Washington has been declared a Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area by the HRSA. In other words, there aren’t enough providers to meet demand. Sen. Patty Murray tours PLU's School of Nursing Facilities with university administrators, including Acting President Allan Belton. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Murray, a staunch advocate for accessible and affordable health care, was among PLU’s supporters upon submission of the
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