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good Read Next In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure 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 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024

forgotten. Griech-Polelle, who moved this summer to Tacoma from Ohio, where she taught at Bowling Green State University, said she enjoys lecturing and discussing “history as a narrative, like telling a story.” “It’s fine to listen to lectures and those can be powerful,” Griech-Polelle said. “But hearing from someone that actually survived and can attest to what happened will change your life forever.” Other than scheduling lectures, teaching, and adapting the Holocaust and Genocide Studies courses

change. Our interactions over the years have only strengthened my respect, appreciation and commitment to partner with her in these important endeavors,” Hacker said. Klein is a graduate of Columbia University and currently sits on the Board of Directors of CHILD USAdvocacy, an organization committed to protecting children’s civil liberties and keeping children safe from abuse. The event will be held in the Anderson University Center (Chris Knutsen Hall), with introductory remarks beginning promptly

PLU Students thrive in internships through pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / August 14, 2020 August 14, 2020 By Rosemary Bennett '21Marketing & CommunicationsAcross the world, we've seen a change in our daily routines as we seek to socially distance and help flatten the curve of the current pandemic. Nearly every part of daily life has been affected from how we learn, to how we work.What does this mean for college students preparing for a professional life that is growing more and more uncertain

inequities. “We are understanding more just how connected our processes are in creating disparities,” she says. “We’ve been educating our workforce on what equity is, how to look at things through an equity lens, and dissecting how we do what we do. We’re typically one piece of the system, but often, the piece that we can change can still make a difference.” She’s enthusiastic about encouraging community member participation in Tacoma commissions, explaining commission work and reasons to volunteer. “I

informative sessions where faculty members will introduce the program and its curriculum and answer queries. All dates and details for these sessions are on the MSW website.Learn more about PLU's MSWThe MSW at PLU will prepare you to become a skilled, ethical, professional service-oriented leader and change agent, committed to advocate for social and economic justice and equality for individuals, families and communities. Read Previous From Eastvold to Broadway: Justin Huertas ’09 and Kiki deLohr ’10

students are the sort of people I want teaching in schools, running for office, and leading global forces for change because I know that they’ve learned from him. I know they are more thoughtful, more creative, and more collaborative than they were before they came under his guidance.”Full Citation Previous Winners2020-2021 Nomination Process *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Intersections: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Read Next Intersections: Lutheran Social Teaching and Economic

program during the summer of 1999 during a sabbatical leave, and Lindsey in the summer of 2006. During the apprenticeship program we learned how to care for captive chimpanzees and assisted with ongoing research projects. Now we continue to volunteer at the Chimposiums held at CHCI. These are educational programs that inform the public about the sign language studies this particular family of chimpanzees has been involved in as well as providing information about the plight of free-living chimpanzees

to e-mail them regularly, share ideas and findings, and collaborate on research and writing projects. After French scholar Ivan Jablonka and I met in Sweden, we began e-mailing about the idea of collaborating on a comparative history of early 20th-century adoption institutions. Similarly, several Australian and Canadian researchers and I are planning to present papers on various international aspects of adoption at the forthcoming 5th Biennial Conference on the History Childhood and Youth in

, 2017 conversation between Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson and the 2016 Benson research fellows Marc Vetter ’17 and Matt Macfarlane ’17, who have completed their projects and are now graduating from PLU. Benson fellows conduct research during the summer and fall months and then present their findings to the PLU community. For more information about the fellowship program and the work accomplished by the current Benson fellows, please email halvormj@plu.edu. Michael: “Good afternoon, Marc and