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education and was able to put academic words to my experiences and learn to do research. Since then my college experience has been something I could not even imagine. I started working at a local elementary school with Big Buddies and got to mentor a first grade student. I was able to work for the program that helped me go to college. I was able to be the resident assistant for the first in the family wing and then when my mom got sick move off campus to help take care of her. Then, using the extra time
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: Winterfest, Special Olympics, Operation Christmas Box, PLU Food Drive, Woodland Elementary food drive, Adopt a family for Christmas. Our final service project was a FREE youth softball clinic for South Hill Little League that took place after our Linfield series. It was an amazing event after a 4-game weekend that truly was the motivation to not focus on ourselves, but continue to give back and grow the game through our team and service to others. Looking ahead, what are you most excited about for next
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all the way back to elementary school, I was fascinated by the human body. Then I loved all my science courses in middle school and high school. By the time I got to college, pursuing a pre-med pathway felt like the best reflection of my interests. Plus, I’ve always really enjoyed helping people, so it seemed like a natural fit for me. Like many medical students, you earned a Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) degree prior to enrolling in your doctoral program. What was that program like
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Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program, so PLU hopes to have elementary-, middle- and high-school students use the greenhouse in the future to learn about the importance of plants. The idea for building a new greenhouse began in the late 2000s, when the Department of Biology hired two new faculty members who were specifically interested in botany, and then-Biology Chair Smith realized they would not be properly equipped for their teaching and scholarship. Currently, PLU’s facilities include a 325
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? Going all the way back to elementary school, I was fascinated by the human body. Then I loved all my science courses in middle school and high school. By the time I got to college, pursuing a pre-med pathway felt like the best reflection of my interests. Plus, I’ve always really enjoyed helping people, so it seemed like a natural fit for me. Like many medical students, you earned a Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) degree prior to enrolling in your doctoral program. What was that program
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awards will have the sum of their tuition remission and PLU gift aid capped at the full cost of tuition. This full tuition cap also applies to students bringing a tuition exchange benefit to PLU from another university.TEACH GrantEligibility: At PLU, graduate students who intend to teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income families as a full time teacher in a high-need field. Prior to receipt of this grant, student must complete the TEACH Grant
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governmental action that is undertaken to protect animals. They provide the foundation for the organizations, such as the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council, that are tasked with the complicated work of sustaining a healthy population level. These policies also provide the funding that enables programs such as the one that have allowed elementary classes to raise and release salmon. Policy protections are an important step of wildlife protection across the world and in our own watershed. Even with
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isn’t enough—we need to improve life for everyone around us, too.” While at PLU, Schwartz worked at the Boys and Girls Club, and was a big buddy at nearby James Sales Elementary school. Schwartz majored in sociology at PLU, and in classes with professors like Dick Jobst and Anna Leon Guerrero, he was asked challenging questions, and examined systems of oppression, discrimination, and racism. Like nesting dolls in reverse, he saw how vast the world’s systems could be. “I didn’t have either
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and staff, including Fitzwater Gonzales. “As I got to know April, I knew I wanted to do whatever I could to support her goals because she was going to achieve them,” Fitzwater Gonzales said. “When I first met her, along with school and work, she was involved in mentoring elementary students, creating a podcast, and getting involved in leadership. I was even more shocked to find that she was doing all this as a first-year student, within the first few weeks of school. I made a note to myself
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, where local elementary-aged children are invited for a free, daylong clinic where they learn about athletics and making healthy lifestyle choices. “It’s things like [this] that really make the athletes stop and think about what their impact is on the community, the PLU community, the community at large,” Thomas said. “It’s been a good experience for them to analyze and experience that type of situation, and they walk away thinking ‘Okay, I can make a difference.’” SAAC President Amy Wooten ’15, a
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