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free music camps to local young musicians. The Parkland Literacy Center provides free tutoring in most subjects to any K-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community. “My
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, quality preschool,” she says. “We provide services for the whole child.” That includes social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language learning, as well as physical activities and nutrition. During her PLU days, Ferguson didn’t know she would find her life’s work in education. She majored in sociology and psychology and, after graduation, went to work for Safe Streets in Tacoma, whose mission is building strong neighborhoods. “I was a community mobilizer for Safe Streets,” Ferguson recalls. She
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language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 Read Next Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous
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language medical interpreter over the summer. Ash sees this as the next step in achieving her goals. “One of my main driving factors in becoming a doctor is to help the Hispanic community and give back,” she says.Study-away at PLU and immerse yourself in a country, culture or discipline that you never imagined – and get credit for it, too! Read Previous Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County Read Next Sociology major Allen Tugade ’24 has been
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profiling and how it affects the migration of, primarily, indigenous persons from Mexico who are migrating within their country. Due to the profiling that occurs, in addition to a lack of understanding which also occurs when there aren’t translators that speak the needed indigenous language (e.g., Tzeltal), the passage from one state to another, from Chiapas to Puebla, for instance, can be incredibly dangerous. People can be detained at the will of the officials who determine the identities of those
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language proficiencies How far back should your resume go? Your resume should not include any activities from high school unless those activities were continued through college. How long can the resume be? Generally, your resume should be no more than one page in length; however, this is not a hard rule and your resume can extend onto the second page as long as it only includes relevant information Sample Resumes Samples from Anna Ivey’s Guide to Law School Admissions (PDF) US News tips Personal
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acknowledged NBCT class. She’s now a sixth-grade teacher at Cougar Mountain Middle School in Graham. She’s been teaching there for three years, but this is her fifth year in the profession. “I learned about really becoming a good writer at PLU. I had some really good professors who really pushed me,” Hanson said. While at PLU, Hanson studied English Language Arts. This prepared her well for the National Board Certification, she said. “The content part was not hard, and it was not hard because I had that
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,” Barot said. “We have a dialogue that feeds my work.” Additionally, Barot said his poetry mirrors the mission of the university – a commitment to thoughtful inquiry and social justice. His advice to aspiring writers is to read widely and write a lot. As a young writer he journaled daily. “Process the world through language,” he said. Barot has won awards for his writing before, but the Rilke Prize and the Guggenheim fellowship are on a different level, he said. Barot said it’s been overwhelming (in a
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made in 2009 to the Washington Post, in which Cheek was described as one of the few activist-athletes left, Cheek is not through with China. He’s taking the Chinese language as a minor at Princeton.
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Global WA, recently released a report outlining the state of global education in Washington, providing a rationale for global education, highlighting best practices, and presenting recommendations for improvement. Read the Executive SummaryLanguage Study Pays OffCheck out this article about top-paying liberal arts majors. Another excellent reason to study a foreign language abroad!Is Study Abroad Essential?How important is it for American students to spend time learning overseas? Read More of this
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