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Cunningham, who has been Director of Multicultural Recruitment for more than 9 years. To effectively meet her goals, Cunningham balances a dynamic workload that includes flying all over the country to meet with prospective students, parents, educators and scholarship foundations as well as hosting prospective students on visits to campus. Cunningham’s passion for her work is endless, but she says what’s kept her at PLU for nearly a decade are the supportive and encouraging people and culture at PLU that
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a thing that we all have in common, which is our disabilities. So it’s something we can all relate to each other with and understand. It becomes a space where we can all just help each other and provide that community for those of us who know what we’re all going through. What would you say the club culture is like? Our club is a bit more reserved. Most of our communication comes from discord, but it’s more of a matter that we know that we’re there for each other and help out when needed. PLU
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degree in English Literature and a minor in Music. While in Taiwan, she also will study local and American songs. Thomas Flanagan ’14 will leave Sept. 1 for Germany, where he’ll teach English. His love of languages likely will mean returning to a master’s program once his Fulbright tour is over. Two PLU alumni also received Fulbright Scholarships this year. Natalie Burton ’13 will study piano education and culture in China, a continuation of her senior research project at PLU. She will conduct her
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museums throughout the state by extending the experience of trained museum professionals to cultural centers, heritage organizations and local museums.Scandinavian Cultural CenterThe Scandinavian Cultural Center is dedicated to increasing and sharing knowledge of Scandinavian history and culture with the wider community of the Tacoma and South Puget Sound area.“Registrars to the Rescue volunteers will be supplying needed materials and teaching us how to create supportive and non-toxic storage
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experiences. The travelers were asked to address questions about sustainability, health, peace and justice in their host country, while also describing their impressions of the people and culture. Many posted photographs depicting their host country as well. One group traveled to Tanzania, scaling Mount Kilimanjaro and camping on a safari. Less than a week after returning from Africa – where the group’s Internet access was spotty at best – student Autumn Leir recalled the physical toll of climbing the
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their sport.” Upon returning to campus each student-athlete received a shirt that read: “Together we will.” The motto was chosen to convey a culture that encourages every student-athlete to do their part to keep one another healthy and able to play. This includes wearing masks, practicing social distancing and coordinating bus seats and roommates to limit exposure.Campus Status DialLearn more about the campus status dialThe campus status dial is a visual representation of our staged approach to
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September 15, 2009 Giving a people a voice, a face Filmmaker Neda Sarmast stood in front of more than 200 attending PLU students preparing for the screening of her documentary. Her film, “Nobody’s Enemy: Youth Culture in Iran,” takes the viewer into Iran to learn about, listen to and meet the youth of Iran. The size of the crowd was impressive, exciting to Sarmast. “I was just so moved to see how powerful you are and how powerful your international programs are,” she told the crowd about her
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study away marks a reclaiming of important educational opportunities taken away by the pandemic. He believes in the importance of global education for college students. “It is important to experience a different culture, a different way of life,” said Finitsis. “It gives you a different understanding of the world and supports the PLU Mission. We visit places that many people dream of visiting but can’t.” Finitsis led his class to Greece with the support of the PLU Wang Center. The Wang Center
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couches, she stayed for the conversation and culture. “It offered me a place of comfort. Not necessarily just the couches, but we could just go in and talk. I think that most of what it offered for me was that it’s a place where people shared [the] same struggles… and that was the biggest thing.” The Diversity Center gave her a place to go for resources, friendships, and opportunities to help expand the diversity of PLU and her personal understanding of diverse identities. She was able to find her
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,” she said. OTR trips are a part of new student orientation where students register for an off-campus visit somewhere in the Puget Sound region with a group of other new students and orientation guides. The trips are tailored to different areas of interest and are divided into four categories: service, art and culture, outdoor recreation and just-for-fun. Melanie Deane, student coordinator for OTR, said that choosing places to go is based on what has been popular with students in the past. “I think
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