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BA in Environmental Studies with minors in Global Studies and Women's and Gender Studies PCV in Senegal (2016-2018) Lucas Gillespie ’16 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal (2016-2018).
Women’s and Gender Studies PCV in Senegal (2016-2018) Lucas Gillespie ’16 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal (2016-2018). During his service, he worked in the Agriculture sector as a Sustainable Agriculture Extension Agent, working with rural farmers, families, and agriculture groups to develop and implement improved technologies and agricultural practices to increase the yield of vegetables, fruits, and field crops. He also worked with women’s organizations to develop economic opportunities
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How did studying at PLU help prepare you to be an effective teacher? The Education professors at PLU hold you to a very high standard.
and structure. Be patient, give it time. Make sure you’re writing the best thing you’re capable of writing. Find trusted critics. And finally, believe in yourself, and your dreams.Division of Social Sciences Katie Hunt, Class of 2011, Transfer Student Degree: Anthropology/Classical Studies Hometown: Anchorage, AK These days: Hunt, who contracted and recovered from ovarian cancer at PLU, is a trailblazer in the emerging field of paleopathology, the study of disease, health, trauma and diet in human
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For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…
has each and every student’s best interest in mind. More specifically, the PLU psychology department has contributed toward my personal growth and presented me with opportunities to build a career for myself in the mental health field through work, research and volunteering. I attribute my academic success to the faculty at PLU by providing me with the tools and resources I need to pursue my professional career goals as a marriage and family therapist. One part of positive PLU experience is the
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Critical reflection is an integral part of a service and learning experience. It requires students to thoughtfully consider, analyze and integrate their experience.
integrate their experience. Reflection also ties together the development of knowledge, understanding one’s sense of self and how we function in relationship to the communities that we are a part of. Importance of Reflection: -Academic-consider connections between theory and practice -Personal-examine attitudes, assumption, prejudices and stereotypes -Social- foster an appreciation of diverse communities by understanding the sociopolitical forces that shape community concerns and assets Reflection Tips
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9:15 – 10:20 a.m. | March 9 Who: Eamonn Baker, Training Co-ordinator, Towards Understanding and Healing
/) Publications: Purposeful inquiry: detoxing the poisoned chalice, Untitled Story City of Culture? Editor Eamonn Baker YES! Publications 2004. Remembering our Shared Legacy from the First World War Editor Eamonn Baker 2009 YES! Publications. Burning Issues- A graphic novel- collaborative writing process facilitated by Eamonn Baker 2017. A Towards Understanding and Healing Publication. Maureen has an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies and has worked in the field of community relations and peace building for
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Although payments are deferred while you are enrolled at least half-time, unsubsidized loans accumulate interest while you are in school.
student grants because it requires you to take certain kinds of classes in order to get the grant, and then do a certain kind of job to keep the grant from turning into a loan.Award amount: up to $4,000 Deadline: Applicants are considered for this award when their FAFSA application is being processed. Number of awards: n/a Criteria: There are very specific criteria for this award, including teaching in a high-need field in a location that serves low-income families. You can read more at the TEACH
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
ensured that the bulk of these records remained inaccessible to researchers. Utilizing patient files from the Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, formerly a notorious “euthanasia” facility near Augsburg, this presentation will offer a much-needed perspective to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves.Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of the leading scholars on the Nazi Euthanasia murders. She has been based at
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Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this…
exhausting, and Ford gave up working in the field. Eventually, she joined MSF’s Paris office, where she worked placing doctors and nurses on projects in Chad, Iran and Sudan, projects much like the remote health care facility in Sudan’s war-torn south. The years abroad have taken a toll. While she’s passionate about the work of MSF, the slim, 33-year-old brunette is also conflicted. Now back in the United States bringing her unique experience to her hometown hospital, she struggles with what it really
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Where the classes are hard. And the issues? Harder. By Steve Hansen Josh Stromberg and Catherine Cheng aren’t together in any of the same classes. They’re not studying the same major. They’re not even in the same year. (He graduates next year; she a year…
that’s not where the field is heading. When educators advise universities about how to build the honors program of the future, they talk of building an internationally focused program. And PLU has been doing that for years. PLU has a distinct advantage in that regard.” That international focus is what attracted Josh to the program in the first place. “I thought it was a cool opportunity – this was a chance to get the most out of my college career,” said Josh, a Spanish and environmental studies major
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Around the world to find a calling By Chris Albert While waiting for a flight, a fellow passenger starts to make small talk with Najib Abbas. The conversation starts with pleasantries, maybe they discuss the weather, but before long the fellow traveler will be telling…
through the hardships of life has been very fulfilling. In many ways he’s learned as much if not more from them. And so another chapter in his life begins as he returns home. “He brought with him a true passion for helping others and I am very excited to see that passion be taken to Saudi Arabia,” Ward said. “There is no doubt that Najib will change the way mental health is viewed and offered there.” In this part of the world, MFT is a new field. “I’m going back to an interesting journey now,” Abbas
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