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Samish Indian Nation, a Coast Salish nation from Puget Sound. She didn’t know what she wanted to study by the end of her first year at PLU, so she decided to pursue her love of her own Native American heritage and the cultures of other tribes. A group on campus had been working with Crawford-O’Brien, associate professor of religion and culture, to create a new program that would involve the study of Native Americans. But that program was not  ready in time for Hall to major in it during her time at

if we could do a real exchange.” And thus, a “real” exchange was implemented. The Trinidadian students would live with the PLU students, take courses alongside them, be immersed in the cultural life of the islands and complete a service-learning project. At the semester’s conclusion, the most promising student would receive a four-year scholarship to PLU, funded jointly by PLU and Trinidad’s Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs. Hughes jumped at the chance. “I learned

superhero.” It was Foege, Paulson notes, who came up with the containment methods – drawn from Foege’s experience fighting fires in Eastern Washington as a youth – that eventually isolated and then eradicated smallpox. Aside from a method to vaccinate the population, Foege talked about the necessity to get the buy-in for key influencers within the culture. With one culture, it might be the village elder or shaman; in another it would be the mothers. “If you tangle with culture, culture will always win

. For example,”Nature and Culture in Ecuador: Two Perspectives” included students from two separate Ecuador study away courses, one where students moved around to various places and one in which students stayed in the same area. “We put them in the same session to see what kind of Ecuador they saw,” Sobania said. It is experiences abroad, Rowe said, that are meaningful to a well-rounded PLU education, and you don’t necessarily have to leave the country to participate in one of the programs. He said

Hong Kong and Chengdu who had done study away in Chengdu and they were very eloquent about how much their experience in Chengdu helped them decide on career paths and lifelong learning. After a little culture shock, our current students here now say they’re very happy and engaged and diving into the fascinating life of this capital of the famous Sichuan province: home to one if the great cuisines of the world and full of people noted all over China for being laid back and friendly–in a very PNW

of which helped prepare Gines for her new role beginning in 2019 as the Tacoma Creates program coordinator within the city’s Office of Arts and Culture Vitality.Tacoma Creates was the first voter-approved Cultural Access Program in Washington State. The initiative intends to increase access to Tacoma arts, culture, heritage, and science experiences by reducing barriers to access and expanding offerings, particularly for underserved youth. As the program coordinator, Gines helps update funding

”: asking for validation from others invalidates the entire process. “Busy culture,” or the basing of someone’s worth or productivity off of how busy they are. Hambrick asked for counter-narratives to this kind of culture, which she said indicates to her a lack of self-care. Lee talked about how in the teaching world, busy culture is reflected in how accessible a teacher is to students — who’s the first one in the door, who’s the last to leave, who keeps their door open at all times or skips lunch — and

, senior advisor the Norwegian Space Centre. With stunning space video clips, Brekke’s fascinating sun-aurora presentation attends to all interest levels. His astrophysics-research credentials, international collaborations, peer-reviewed articles, university teaching, prestigious awards, Photograph by Bjorn Anders Nymoen, An aurora over Nesoddtangen, Norway, billows out into the distance on October 9. and popular IMAX theater appearances promise vibrant material for scientists and non-scientists alike

June 12, 2013 Career Connections Opportunities Board continues to bring employers and job-seekers together Career Connections connects students with PLU’s best academic and career planning services, but one of the most popular resources is an essential online tool – the Career Connections Opportunities Board. According to Executive Director of Career Connections Bobbi Hughes, the new Career Connections Opportunities Board is the central location for all job-search, internship and volunteer

movie. The second finalist, Envious Girls, was a spoof of the popular movie Mean Girls, and the final video, Rise to Power, took a gangster-style approach to explain a story in the Book of Judges. Julia Nelson, co-creator of Evasion, said she and her co-creators “came into it [Hebrew Idol] not knowing what to expect, but we had a lot of fun.” After a surprising appearance from “Moses,” Finitsis revealed the results: The 2014 PLU Hebrew Idol winner is Rise to Power, followed by Evasion in second