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who you work with when they walk into the room, and you have to be able to value where they’re at. That is a key aspect of our program.” And MFT students apply those skills as they acquire them, treating community members through The Couple and Family Center, PLU’s on-site clinic. It offers affordable, high-quality care to individuals, couples and families seeking therapy solutions for family, parenting, depression, anxiety, divorce, trauma and more. Graduates of the Marriage and Family Therapy

students regardless of their particular backgrounds. On the other hand, purposeful learning necessitates data-driven teaching and consistent learning improvement. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on designing and implementing equity-based and assessable curricular and co-curricular projects that promote vocational discernment. Participants in our gathering will:  Be able to demonstrate the value of vocational discernment curriculum to colleagues, university administrators, and their

from them, and then write about readings in a formal paper. 27Case StudyStudents receive a real-life scenario, or “case,” related to course content. These cases usually present a brief history of how the situation developed and a dilemma that a key character within the scenario is facing, and students are charged with helping the character develop a solution to the problem. 28Class BookIndividual students submit a scholarly essay or research paper that they believe represents their highest quality

me never to cede one centimeter of what I perceive as just and morally correct. This was the worst part of my experience because it forced me to begin to shed the innocent skin of my privileged upbringing and, I must admit, naïve and misguided perception of the world. However, realizing these difficult lessons was the catalyst to understanding how vital quality education is and how transformative it can (and should!) be. I credit Oaxaca with planting the seed for my pursuit of intellectual growth

turning me into a mature, critically thinking adult.” — Ben Tully, Musical Arts, Class of 2011.  Currently teaching primary and middle school music in Hong Kong.“PLU gives the amount and quality of performance opportunities needed to improve as a performer, unlike some schools where opportunities are only offered to graduate students or even ‘ringers.’  Looking back at my time at PLU, I am amazed at all the opportunities I got to either solo with a group, or feel like an important member of the group

that she would be lost without support from mentors, friends and family. “Having played soccer as part of a team with amazing coaches and teammates both in the US and abroad, I know a lot success comes from being surrounded by really quality people,” she said, “and PLU is no exception of that.”

attracting amazing students,” Belton said. “But right now, they’re doing so in facilities that don’t match the quality of the program.” The new center will be located just steps from the main campus, in a building previously occupied by the Garfield Book Company. Preliminary design, engineering and preparation work has been done, and fundraising to support the $6.5 million project is underway. McGranahan Architects is designing the center. The center will house a state-of-the-art training facility that

students dissect a human cadaver and prepare anatomical specimens for use in Pacific Lutheran University Human Anatomy and Physiology classes. Students will learn proper dissection techniques and pertinent details of the human form needed to complete quality dissection work. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; and students must have successfully completed BIOL 205/206 or BIOL 352. Prospective students must apply for placement in the course during the semester preceding enrollment. (1) BIOL 330

. Purposes, advantages, and limitations of standardized and other assessment tools are explored. (2) EDUC 429 : Diversity Responsive Children's Literature Explores diversity responsive children's literature and why these texts are imperative for all readers. Emphasizing identifying, selecting, and evaluating high-quality, diversity responsive books across genres and formats (e.g. novels in verse, graphic novels, print/digital) as well as strategies for advocacy and use in K-6 classrooms. (2) EDUC 438

daydream to reality. A year and an online crowdfunding campaign later, Lionheart was born. The result is a community-oriented shop that prioritizes atmosphere, experience and quality, Reese said. The lover of coffee said she is on a temporary hiatus from coffee herself, with a baby on the way. “I already have a list of coffees I’m going to have as soon as I give birth,” she quipped. But she’s showing her love in other ways, providing TLC to the products and the customers who love coffee as much as she