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Virtual convening of The People’s Gathering to facilitate timely conversations about race Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 By Silong ChhunPLU Marketing and CommunicationsOn November 18, Pacific Lutheran University’s Campus Ministry and Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will be co-hosting a virtual edition of The People's Gathering, a dialogue-based event series focusing in-depth on the topic of race.The People’s Gathering is a professional and personal
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crafting their thesis. But, I constantly remind them that once they dive into the research process, their questions will more than likely have to change based on their findings. I also remind them to stop and ask themselves with each document they are reading: Who wrote this? Why did they write it? What might have motivated them to write the document in the first place, and what biases might they have held? They are critically important questions if we want to arrive at the truth of a document’s
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Public Ports Association, most recently as the executive director. Johnson now combines his interest in public policy, the environment and economics as the executive director of the Port of Tacoma – the fourth largest trade gateway in North America. Read our Q&A with Eric Johnson ’83. John Wolfe ’87: Northwest Seaport Alliance CEO Shortly after John Wolfe ’87 graduated from PLU he went to work for a Seattle-based company called SeaLand Shipping Line. In the years that followed he worked in sales
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: How Poop Has Transformed Science and Reshaped the World,” the 2024 Rachel Carson Science, Technology and Society Lecture, on February 21 at 7:00 P.M. in the Anderson University Center at PLU. Drawing on his background as a former microbiologist with expertise in bacterial biochemistry from the University of Washington, Nelson seamlessly integrates insights from biology, biomedicine, ecology, green technology, and unconventional travel destinations. The Seattle-based freelance writer and editor is
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Home Top Alumni Employers:MultiCare | Tacoma Public Schools | Virginia Mason Franciscan Health | Bethel School District | Washington State Department of Social and Health Services | Pierce County | U.S. Army | City of Tacoma | Metro Parks Tacoma *Based on 2023-24 academic year enrollment Read Previous Modernizing Mental Health Read Next All flourishing is mutual COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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Work Study?Work study is a need-based program. Students will not receive Work Study if family earnings are above the maximum threshold, if their scholarships and loans already cover the financial need as determined by the FAFSA, or if the student does not file the FAFSA. If you did not get a Work Study award but you believe you might be eligible, contact Student Financial Services at PLU. What if I want to decline my award?Work study awards do not have any negative consequences. Students are not
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involved because I believe it is important to have Latinos represented in professional associations where we haven’t been historically highly represented before, so that questions and issues of importance to us are addressed.WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF BEING A POLITICAL SCIENTIST? HOW?Being treated differently by some colleagues (and even some students) who do not give a woman of color from a working-class immigrant background the same respect they give a white male. Based on my research on
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nuns choosing to or forced to leave their convents because of the Reformation, and learned hands-on the techniques used in woodcuts and engravings by the first artists of the early modern print age. German major Alexandra Dreher articulated her appreciation for the knowledge she gained from this interdisciplinary, humanities-based approach as follows: “Learning about the diversity of this expression of experience from a varied set of mediums enriched how I went about understanding the human
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Endowed Fellowships for Minority Students The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) in Washington, DC offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship to one student three times annually. The fellowship, which is based on academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Neysa Fanwick Memorial Scholarship The Neysa Fanwick Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a master’s degree candidate in social work dedicated to addressing
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, photoluminescence, FTIR, and NMR spectroscopy. Read more about Dr. Munro’s research on her research group webpage. Dr. Munro developed a new course CHEM 103: Food Chemistry, a lab-based chemistry course designed to introduce students to the scientific method and quantitative analysis. The course was designed for students who are not majoring in the sciences. Dr. Munro is currently a co-PI on the NSF-funded project, “Pathways to Culturally Sustaining STEM Teaching” designed to encourage talented STEM students to
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