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outside the US prior to this project, including two in China. “We have completed the first training and tournament and are in the process of assessing data. We had a successful competition at Dalian Nationalities University in Dalian in December,” Franke says. “There were 20 Chinese universities in attendance. Chinese students debated about affordable housing in China, China’s space program, same-sex marriage in China, government corruption, and other topics.” They are in the process of planning the
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year, Gavidia gained his first experience in technology at Pierce County as a Software Development Intern. “I worked as part of the I.T. department, and I got to work with a lot of front-end and back-end technologies.”During the summer following his sophomore year, Gavidia interned at Amazon on the Alexa Notifications team. He contributed to a project involving cutting-edge facial recognition technologies. “It was a complicated project but it was very rewarding, too.” Gavidia says. During the fall
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February 29, 2012 PLU announces new president A highly regarded university administrator, professor of English and retired Air Force officer has been named president of Pacific Lutheran University. The Board of Regents met Feb. 29 to receive the unanimous recommendation of the presidential search committee and elected Thomas W. Krise the 13th president of PLU. “His experience, his proven leadership ability and his understanding of the values and aspirations of the university make Thomas Krise a
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of employer relations? And how will it affect students?According to Hughes, the newly created position will be something of a facilitator among many of the essential career planning services already available to students, such as the offices of Career Development and Academic Internships, or the opportunities made available through academic departments or the Alumni office. To be clear: Those offices and opportunities are not going away. “My role is more of a collaborator – to bring a lot of the
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, even ones that weren’t in his classes. That led him to a leadership position, to be a middle school principal. Looking back at his choice to go into teaching, Johnson said that even the hard days are worth it, since he firmly believes that middle school is the last, best chance to reach troubled kids. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for
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the city, a nearby slum called Namuwongo, and teach life and leadership skills in the process? The director of the Global Youth Partnership stateside, Jeremy Goldberg was interested in the idea. So working with a local contact, Ocitti Joseph, Kennedy set up a tournament involving 15 teams, interspersed with leadership meetings two times a week. Kennedy knew that there was no way that he, a white man from America, could sell the idea of a tournament and leadership classes to a group of 54,000
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the two fields, plans for future development in the area include a new recreation and fitness center just south of Columbia Center. The area south of that may be a future location for student and multigenerational mixed housing. The area may also include space for passive recreation needs that may include an arboretum. When construction begins, the PLU University Golf Course will close to make way for the new field. However, it will remain open for most of the 2011 golfing season. The lower campus
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April 10, 2014 Celebrating PLU’s Student-Athletes A breakfast on April 10 celebrated student-athletes at PLU. (Photo: PLU Athletics) April 10 breakfast highlights academic-athletic balance—and the love of the game By Tyler Scott PLU Athletics As part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division III Week, Pacific Lutheran University hosted more than 60 PLU student-athletes, coaches, faculty members and administrators for a Celebrating Our Division III Student-Athletes breakfast
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around two common goals: preparing students to become local health care leaders and improving health outcomes in Pierce County. Read Previous President Belton joins discussion about college-employer partnerships at economic development event Read Next Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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Master of Social Work Reception Posted by: howardrm / September 27, 2023 September 27, 2023 By Rachel HowardAssistant to the DeanPlease join us for a reception on campus as we celebrate the launch of the College of Health Professions’ new Master of Social Work (MSW) Program at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). Thursday, November 2, 2023 Regency Room, Anderson University Center (PLU) 5:30pm – Reception 6:00pm – Program At PLU, we have a long history of educating undergraduate social work
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