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Application for the ACS Scholars Program Now Open! Posted by: alemanem / January 18, 2018 January 18, 2018 The ACS Scholars Program is a renewable, undergraduate scholarship available to American Indian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors intending to or already majoring in a chemical science and planning a career in a chemical science field. The ACS scholarship is also available to students in two-year college programs
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January 28, 2013 Grad lands dream job By Emilie Thoreson ’15 After travelling to Macedonia on a Fulbright Student Fellowship and working for the National Albanian American Council, Kelly Ryan ’10 has landed his dream job — working for the State Department. Ryan made the trip to Skopje, Macedonia shortly after graduation to carry out his Fulbright. There, he analyzed the dialogue process of the Nansen Dialogue Center and its efforts to promote linguistic and ethnic integration in schools. “Right
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September 29, 2008 The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer, and the poor and middle class fall further and further behind.“The incomes are as unequal in American as they have ever been in history,” said Professor Peter H. Lindert, who will speak on campus next week. “The
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worship book, we read scripture, we have some sort of message. And we also hope it’s open and invitational to those who may be new to this form of worship. Our Monday Chapel leans toward the open side, as we explore spiritual practices that might come from a lot of traditions, including and beyond Christianity. Friday Chapel is all about prayer and sort of combines the two, because prayer is so central to the Lutheran tradition and we also incorporate prayers from other faith traditions and cultures
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. Beacon Press. Holmstedt. (2008). Band of sisters : American women at war in Iraq. Stackpole. MacLeod. (2015). The brave ones : a memoir of hope, pride, and military service. Grand Harbor Press. Jamail. (2009). The will to resist : soldiers who refuse to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Haymarket Books. Whitt. (2014). Bringing God to men : American military chaplains and the Vietnam War. The University of North Carolina Press. Kulik. (2009). “War stories” : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and
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Dr. Maria Chávez APSA Member of the Month Posted by: Marcom Web Team / January 24, 2019 Image: Image: The Makerspace seats 30 people and offers opportunities for students to gather, collaborate and stretch their creativity. January 24, 2019 By American Political Science AssocationPLU Social SciencesDr. Maria Chávez American Political Science Association Member of the MonthFounded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of
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Professor Justin Eckstein wins Rohrer Research Award Posted by: Todd / December 14, 2018 December 14, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerCongratulations to Justin Eckstein, Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Debate, who was recently awarded the 2017 Daniel Rohrer Award for Outstanding Research by the American Forensics Association. His research is titled, “Sound Arguments, Argumentation and Advocacy”. Among the most important activities of the American Forensic
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Arts, the Ragdale Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. His work appears in GQ, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Saveur, and several anthologies. For the past decade, Goodman has directed the undergraduate and graduate creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. During that time he has organized and staged three major literary festivals: Diversity in African American Poetry; Translating Cultures: Latin American and Latina/o Writers Festival; and Miami
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. “We believe Erik’s broad experience and leadership skills will move KPLU forward into a future with many challenges and opportunities for public media.” Nycklemoe has served as Director of Network Initiatives at American Public Media Group in St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2008. (The Group includes American Public Media, Minnesota Public Radio, Southern California Public Radio, Classical South Florida and Greenspring Media.) His responsibilities include acquisitions, developing multi-year business
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out to open a discussion about a largely marginalized portion of American society, explore how Islam is defined in America, and to counter negative impressions and stereotypes. “The statistic that prompted us to pursue this topic was from a 2010 TIME Magazine poll that stated that 62 percent of Americans claim to have never met a Muslim,” Rose said. Upon reading this, Rose knew that the main objective of the film needed to be the simple act of introducing the audience to average American Muslims
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