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  • H1-B Visa https://www.plu.edu/human-resources/employment/international-faculty/h1-b-visa/

    H1-B Visa H-1B Visas are available to any person in a “specialty occupation.” This is defined as a position “which requires specialized knowledge and the attainment of a bachelor’s or higher degree or its equivalent as a minimum requirement.” The H-1B employee must meet the minimum qualifications for the position by the time the petition is filed. The H-1B petition is filed to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by Pacific Lutheran University, and Department of Labor wage

  • Environmental and Social Justice (ESJ) https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/djs/esj/

    Public Transit Stories | Rebecca Wilkin | FYEP 101 Section 06 Democratic Citizenship | James Albrecht | FYEP 101 Section 08 Asian American Experience | Rick Barot | FYEP 101 Section 09 Banned Books | Lisa Marcus | FYEP 101 Section 13 Linked Residence Hall(s)Ordal Hall (two wings)Example ProgramsBelow are a few examples of programs that have happened in this Learning Community in the past! If you have an idea for a wing or hall program, contact your Resident Assistant or Community Advocate to see

  • Sequoia Nagamatsu https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/sequoia-nagamatsu/

    literary community outside of a classroom setting and how the work of good literary citizenship can enliven and inspire your own projects through new reading experiences, networks and friendships, and the simple truth that good writing, while worthwhile, is an incredibly hard undertaking that exists in concert with the realities of our everyday life. If you’re putting in the work, you’re a writer.

  • Post-Graduate Service Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/post-graduate-service-opportunities/

    communities forward and serve their members by creating jobs and providing pathways to opportunity for young people entering the workforce. AmeriCorps places thousands of young adults into intensive service positions where they learn valuable work skills, earn money for education, and develop an appreciation for citizenship. Border Servant Corps Border Servant Corps serves along the U.S./Mexico border in organizations that strive to do justice, love, kindness and walk humbly in the region. Full-time

  • Perspective: Rethinking the global citizen https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/06/15/perspective-rethinking-the-global-citizen/

    besetting these people, our understanding and respect was more important than clothes, shoes or money. It is perhaps an understandable reflex that, when we in industrialized nations picture the “global citizen,” we imagine Americans or Europeans abroad, building water pumps, or donating money for schools in Afghanistan. While this kind of work can indeed be important, our experience in rural Mexico brought home the importance of moving past this reflexive understanding of global citizenship to one that

  • Dr. Maria Chávez APSA Member of the Month https://www.plu.edu/political-science/news/dr-maria-chavez-apsa-member-of-the-month/

    political science and serves more than 12,000 members in more than 80 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments, and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe to deepen our understanding of politics, democracy, and citizenship throughout the world.WHY DID YOU BECOME A POLITICAL SCIENTISTI became a political scientist for a variety of reasons; however, at the core

  • First in the Family (FIF) https://www.plu.edu/residential-life/themed-learning-communities/djs/first-in-the-family/

    | Rebecca Wilkin | FYEP 101 Section 06 Democratic Citizenship | James Albrecht | FYEP 101 Section 08 Asian American Experience | Rick Barot | FYEP 101 Section 09 Banned Books | Lisa Marcus | FYEP 101 Section 13 Linked Residence Hall(s)Ordal Hall (two wings)Example ProgramsBelow are a few examples of programs that have occurred in First in the Family in the past! If you have an idea for a wing or hall program, contact your Resident Assistant or Community Advocate to see about planning it! #PLUFIF Series

  • On Exhibit: Struggle for Full Voting Rights https://www.plu.edu/library/news/on-exhibit-struggle-for-full-voting-rights/

    /disqualifications, such as the intersection of gender and race with citizenship (who counts as a citizen?), land ownership (who owns real estate? how much real estate qualifies?), religion (e.g., in various states Baptists, Catholics, Quakers, and non-Christians were banned from voting), age, and literacy. “Following the 2016 election, the fight for voting rights remains as critical as ever. Politicians across the country continue to engage in voter suppression, efforts that include additional obstacles to

  • From Microsoft to Martin Luther, and back https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/03/01/from-microsoft-to-martin-luther-and-back/

    justification by faith. Or, too, the very Lutheran concept of living a life of faith and interjecting it in the world. “It’s the idea of connecting your morality with your citizenship,” he said. This was, after all, what Martin Luther and the German Reformation was all about. It’s also what PLU is about. Halvorson knows – he’s seen it from both sides, as a student and a history professor. “When I first came here, I thought it was the biggest place in the world,” Halvorson said of his days as an

  • MFA alumnus — out of options to treat his cancer — works to raise $500,000 for clinical trial https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2017/11/27/cancer-fundraiser/

    when he moved to Washington, to get acquainted with the country where his life started. Drews was born in Spokane and has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada. He currently lives in Surrey, British Columbia, with his wife, Yvette, and their 7-year-old twins. “I have this birth certificate that says I am American and a passport that says I am an American,” Drews said. “So what does that mean? And to find out what that means I had to live there.” However, once it became obvious that Drews needed