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provost, the department chairs and deans selected Kaufman to represent PLU. Kaufman said she was happy to be picked, especially since PLU has many talented faculty members. It’s also a prestigious award and tied to teaching, which she cares passionately about. “Rona is an extremely innovative teacher,” said Jim Albrecht, English department chair. “We nominated her both on her outstanding record as a teacher at PLU and the strength of her research proposal for the award.” Her $8,000 award will support

Urdangarain worked together to write a grant proposal to PLU’s Wang Center with the goal of studying the role museums play in shaping the international understanding of a nation, especially in light of traumatic histories. The funding was approved, and in early 2023, four years after her first visit, Dieringer returned to Uruguay. “Coming back from that trip, I was super inspired,” she says. “The biggest thing I learned is that scholarship from the global South is underrepresented and makes our

they have learned in the classroom, gain real-world work experience, create connections with professionals and assist in career decisions. The Krises are literally changing students’ lives, and that is truly a gift.” More Information Each application must include a completed online application form, a 500- to 600-word internship proposal, a resume and a list of two or three references (one of whom must be a faculty member at PLU). Applications (including all required documents) must be submitted by

,’ and ‘Queer’ opposition to Initiative 13, a 1978 proposal that sought to overturn recently won legal protections for Queer people in housing and employment in the City of Seattle. By studying the political factions that united at this time, Gracie hopes to understand more deeply the importance of coalition-building, in which disparate groups align based on a shared priority, such as labor rights or economic necessity. The faculty mentor for this project is Peter Grosvenor (Global Studies, Sociology

, valuable resources that we could see a purpose to as students ourselves. Everything we selected to place in our care packages was intentional and resourceful.” To obtain funding for the care packages the students applied for a grant through the Student Activities and Resource Fee (SARF) committee.“Essentially how the SARF funding worked was for us to come up with a very concrete proposal for helping students,” said Haneda. “We brainstormed a bunch of ideas on what to put in the package. I think the

provide students with accessible, valuable resources that we could see a purpose to as students ourselves. Everything we selected to place in our care packages was intentional and resourceful.” To obtain funding for the care packages the students applied for a grant through the Student Activities and Resource Fee (SARF) committee. “Essentially how the SARF funding worked was for us to come up with a very concrete proposal for helping students,” said Haneda. “We brainstormed a bunch of ideas on what to

designated sheltering sites. PLU also has agreed to make university facilities available for Command and Control Centers in the event of emergencies and natural disasters; the new highly functional notification/public-address system will be critical to serving disaster victims who are sheltering at PLU. PLU plans to add additional interior devices and outdoor speakers across campus in coming years. The PSE Foundation grant represents nearly 20 percent of the $88,000 Phase One project budget; the bulk of

Paid Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students Posted by: nicolacs / October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 Starting Summer 2024, the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, will be hosting a 10-week Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), called Equitable Data Science in Adolescent Development. This 10-week REU is a paid, full-time position designed to give undergraduate students hands-on

people see things differently you go “Holy crap. Maybe the way that I see things has a reason, a history and there’s a why to the way I think and perceive the world.” I feel like everybody should learn another language. I feel that what learning another language does is super important to our development as humans. Learning and understanding language as a network of meanings and a system of communication; learning how language shapes our world view and everything, and how it actually works, all of

is given by the Washington Planned Giving Council. In 2012, the Washington Planned Giving Council established the Frank Minton Award to recognize those who have demonstrated an outstanding career of service, dedication and leadership in charitable gift planning. “This award means a great deal to me because the selection comes from my colleagues in the development community,” said Larson, who graduated from PLU in 1957 (his wife, Betty,  and three children also are PLU graduates). After graduation