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valuable spring break experience that opened his eyes and shifted his perspective. Now, upon returning to PLU, he brings that perspective with him. “After witnessing these different sorts of case studies, I am now able to reflect back on how Tacoma and Parkland were created,” Dobies said, “how certain vices have played out in the development of where we live.” Megan Grover, manager of short-term study away programs, said this alternative spring break is just one of the many ways Lutes can study away

-depth lessons that “spill over outside the classroom,” she said, lessons that students carry with them through job interviews, careers and professional development. It impacts written and oral communication skills, as well as a student’s ability to engage new parts of their brains. It teaches them how to ask questions and adapt to challenges on the fly. “It has all of these built-in characteristics that live outside of your discipline and outside of your classroom,” Brown said. “It brings students

Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling (PNACAC) conference in Boise, Idaho.The Rising Star Award honors individuals and programs that exemplify excellence and dedication to serving the needs of students in the transition from high school to college. It encourages affiliates of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) to identify and nurture new members and programs, as well as continue professional development of organization members. NACAC is an organization of

kids in the picture has made this recent development frightening.   “It has made everything get really real – really quickly,” Yvette Drews said. “It is scary to think about what the future could be, raising two children, one on the autism spectrum, by myself.” But hope is not lost, just pricey. “Until now, the system up here works generally by you walking into a doctor’s office or an emergency room and popping down your care card on the back of your driver’s license,” Keven Drews said. “There is

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rehabilitation center. Throughout your internship, were there any moments of mentorship or guidance from experienced professionals? How did their support contribute to your growth and development? BD: Throughout my internship, Emily Davenport, veterinarian professional and founder of the RMWA, was an exceptional mentor! She believed in me 100% from the start and pushed me to challenge myself and prove to myself that I could do any scary task I set my mind to! Whether it was simply handling my first hawk or

excelled in school, but especially in science, and after a fourth-grade field trip to the science center set off her interest in the brain and neurosurgery, she set out to make it happen. After middle school, she chose to go to Sumner High School because of the International Baccalaureate program it offered. There, she fell in love with biology and leaned on her teachers and counselors for guidance on how to get to college. Interested in the Natural Sciences?The College of Natural Sciences houses the

— two to three times a week, every week, until fifth grade,” she recalls. Larios excelled in school, but especially in science, and after a fourth-grade field trip to the science center set off her interest in the brain and neurosurgery, she set out to make it happen. After middle school, she chose to go to Sumner High School because of the International Baccalaureate program it offered. There, she fell in love with biology and leaned on her teachers and counselors for guidance on how to get to

emphasizes, above all, listening and dialogue. – Carmiña Palerm Carmiña Palerm’s is an assistant professor of Spanish at PLU. PART TWO Pacific Lutheran University encourages its students to become global citizens, priding itself on offering a global education with programs on all seven continents. In its most honorable presentation, this international perspective inspires students to think beyond themselves as Americans, to look at how the American way of life impacts other cultures and countries. In its

precedent and it appears to have exactly the same constitutional defects as the prior, now discredited, test.  It smacks of changing the rules in the middle of the game,” Starkovich said.  “We understand that the next step is to count the ballots and that PLU has no avenue to appeal this decision until the election results are final.” Background of the Petition On April 11, 2013, the Service Employees International Union, Local 925, filed a petition seeking to represent a unit of non-tenure-eligible