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projects become my trusted colleagues. This is an experience that most undergraduates at other universities are not afforded, and it gives our students unique skills and advantages heading into graduate school or on to the job market.” To learn more about how you can support PLU students visit plu.edu/advancement.PLU Department of PsychologyThe psychology major at PLU is unique in that it offers both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree. For both degrees, students develop skills in
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blankets that keep kids comfortable and warm.” At PLU, Garabedian learned skills she uses today – in speaking, organizing, communicating, managing logistics and leadership – while working as a tour guide for the Office of Admission, and with the Youth Leadership Institute. “All of those skills benefit you in the workplace,” she says. Shoebox Sharing Around the World Today, Garabedian’s organization makes over 600 fleece blankets for children annually — and next year, the organization will celebrate its
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trusted colleagues. This is an experience that most undergraduates at other universities are not afforded, and it gives our students unique skills and advantages heading into graduate school or on to the job market.” To learn more about how you can support PLU students visit plu.edu/advancement.PLU Department of PsychologyThe psychology major at PLU is unique in that it offers both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree. For both degrees, students develop skills in critical thinking
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a different topic every week. So, in my first week, I taught imagination, teamwork, and collaboration skills to kindergarten through third graders. And then last week, I was teaching improv to fourth through sixth graders. Then this week, I’m working with 13 through 16-year-olds, just giving them a feast, a cornucopia of different theater styles that they can get into and use in their acting. It’s a lot of fun to do all those different things. Is there anything about your internship that you are
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think that is all I can ask for. What skills are you gaining from this experience? I definitely feel like my professional development has gone up quite a bit in terms of what it means to work in a professional setting, and how to hold myself to a certain standard in a working way rather than an academic way. I definitely think that has been a bit of a struggle – shifting from being a student to “this is your job.” I’ve been trying to work on my time management skills, but it is a little rough.What
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education or health insurance until he aged into Medicare. I understand you have experience as a swimming student-athlete. How did you balance sports and school? At first, it was very challenging. I struggled with time management, balancing school work, swimming and socialization. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit during the spring quarter of my freshman year of college. I rushed home. I took this time to reevaluate and focus on my studies and worked on my time-management skills. When the pandemic was
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AlumniIn their own wordsTaylor Bozich: [what she gained from the program] One of the most salient skills I gained from the peace scholars program was a better understanding of how to engage in meaningful dialogue, especially with those that are different from me. In the classroom, this has helped me lead and participate effectively in conversations around contentious issues. Furthermore, a lot of my courses are about global development, humanitarianism, etc, and I have been able to advocate for
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interpersonal effectiveness, gain the ability to collaborate across diverse perspectives, and become motivated toward conscientious community action.Students who participate in civic engagement learn more academic content through application of theoretical concepts to action. This causes students to shift from being knowledge receivers to idea creators. Abstract concepts come into relief against the background of real situations and context. Furthermore, civically engaged students learn higher-order skills
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is established in memory of Nathan Schoening, for the strength, love and care he provided his family and for his commitment to the PLU community. Please join me in thanking Nate’s parents, Chris and David, both PLU graduates of 1968, who are here tonight and in honoring Nate’s legacy. Nursing Skills and Simulation Center In the 2018-19 academic year, we look forward to renovating the former Garfield Book Company to become state-of-the-art nursing skills and simulation labs, classrooms, faculty
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to list what l do because such a list is too quickly embraced or dismissed as part of a basic skills orientation. Certainly the pragmatically minded can make a case that the abilities I ask my students to enact constitute useful skills for getting on in the world. Conceiving teaching humanities that way, however, yields too easily to the reductionistic instrumental reason that permeates all too much of our society today, including higher education. At the same time, purists who conceive the task
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