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university’s profile for academic excellence, raised the endowment to a record level, and expanded support for student access and diversity through significantly enhanced alumni fundraising activity,” Krise said. About Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement through distinctive international programs and faculty-mentored research opportunities for its 3,100 students. Founded in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers
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just really hope that more women can feel empowered to participate in something like this and realize that it is really trying to benefit women and provide them with scholarship money to succeed,” Leibold said. Read Previous PLU Senior to Present Economics Capstone at National Conference Read Next PLU Psychology Professor Elected 2015-16 President-Elect of International Honor Society COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or
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students for international volunteer opportunities in Peace Corps and other similar service organizations. It also builds connections between students interested in pursuing volunteer opportunities abroad and alumni who have completed that work. Jedd Chang '05 served in Jamaica Colton Heath '13 served in The Republic of Georgia Jihan Grettenberger '12 served in Panama “I think it fits so well with the mission and PLU’s focus on care and creating a community of care for others,” said Katherine Wiley
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, early American, and 17th- and 18th-century British literature. He has served as General Editor of the McNair Papers monograph series and Managing Editor of War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. He has published numerous articles and other works, including Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777 (University of Chicago Press). Krise will arrive at PLU in June to assume the presidency. He succeeds Loren J. Anderson who will leave
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announced the elevation of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies. Support from the Powell, Heller and Mayer families, as well as contributions from more than 50 donors form across the region and the nation made it possible. The conference also brought more than a dozen international Holocaust scholars to campus and included a reading by former Regent Kurt Mayer from his book, which spans his life, from living in Nazi Germany as a child to the
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October 28, 2009 PLU alum works to close state’s achievement gap Growing up, Erin Jones ’01, had no desire to become a teacher. In fact, she planned to become an international lawyer. But after visiting an economically disadvantaged, inner-city school in Philadelphia, Pa., Jones’ life plans changed dramatically. “I had been given so much (growing up) and these kids had nothing,” Jones said. “Forty percent had no running water.” Jones charted a new professional direction, and for her students
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) over the last 20 years. In 1988, the United Nations and World Meteorological Society created the IPCC, an international group of scientists who collected and evaluated data on climate change from around the globe. The group’s most recent report was released in 2007. In it, the scientists agree that global warming is unmistakable, and they are 90 percent confident that the majority of the warming is due to human actions, Todd explained. Unlike the scientists, much of the American public isn’t quite
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Thomas Merton. Ramshaw is much published, her works ranging from Reviving Sacred Speech (1999) to Under the Tree of Life: The Religion of a Feminist Christian (2003) and her most recent work, What is Christianity? (2013). A Lutheran scholar of international repute, she is considered one of the world’s leading experts on religious language and its liberating capacities. Ramshaw has lectured and offered courses in many countries, including Australia, China, Denmark, England, Italy, Japan, and Norway
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program to study away. However, research shows a profound impact on a student’s self-efficacy and cultural competence when they work in an international school, she said. “It’s transformative,” she said of the experience. “You’re very much aware of your perspective and other people’s perspective, and you know how to teach to those.” The Republic of Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990. While the constitution guarantees free, quality education for all, the education system is only 18
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engineering) who want to prepare for careers in finance. Students interested in pursuing the CFA charter. International students interested in studying in the U.S. while obtaining the MSF degree and better preparing for the CFA charter examinations. Industry professionals wishing to pursue the MSF degree while intensively preparing for the CFA examinations. Accounting majors fulfilling CPA 150-credit hour requirements. This 10-month, 40-semester hour program will begin in September and continue to the
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