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to propose a topic from any sustainability area at PLU and “may include how these intersect with diversity and justice”; they also must select a staff mentor and a faculty mentor to assist with their projects. Students are required to complete eight 40-hour weeks of work between June 1, 2015, and May 31, 2016. The Fellows will receive $3,500 for their 320 hours of work; on-campus housing and meals are not provided. Fellowship applications are due on April 2, and applicants will be notified in mid
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? After he graduates, he plans to spend the next year in the Lutheran Volunteer Corps, while applying to medical school. What brought the three to Africa and the top of that continent were study away experiences during the fall semester. Anna McCracken ’14 Major(s): global studies and anthropology Hometown: Spanaway, Wash. Study Away: South Africa – studying social and political transformation What’s next? After she graduates, she would like to spend a year volunteering. “I have a feeling South Africa
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learning. More importantly, we were helping make more people aware and involved with ending the tragedy of human trafficking,” Anderson said. The two students and their faculty adviser, Joanne Lisosky, were funded by PLU’s new Diversity, Justice and Sustainability FUNd to purchase equipment and travel to the Philippines in January. Every PLU student pays $10 a semester to the fund, and a diverse team of students, faculty and staff fund projects that are “socially relevant and accessible.” The
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and address.In the winter of 2021, a survey was conducted at 102 colleges by the Healthy Minds Network. The survey found 43% of college students reported experiencing depression and 34% reported anxiety. They also found that 30% of undergrads were unsure of where to go on campus to access mental health care. “There are so many big milestones that we have in life, and going to college — if you choose to do so — is one of them,” says social work major and Phi Alpha Honor Society president Koa Beck
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Answer: Do you have Engineering? Read Next You Ask, We Answer: I’m undecided on my major, so should I even go to college? LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing
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distributed to accepted participants before the start of the program. Eligibility Requirements: MCAT Have taken the MCAT but not scored well or Plan to take for the first time within 1–6 months following the Summer Academy Plan to apply to medical school for either the Entering Year of 2024 or 2025 (application years of 2023 or 2024) American Indian or Alaska Native Transcripts for all college coursework taken. If applying, please send documentation to the Office of Diversity, Health Justice, and
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Clubs & OrganizationsPLU staff and faculty support 50+ student-led clubs and events that offer students thoughtful and meaningful communities outside the classroom and enact PLU’s values of diversity, justice, and sustainability.How would you like to see the club grow in the future? I’d like to see more events, like panel discussions, maybe movie nights. I’d love to see the club expand and grow because I know that there’s a lot of people on campus who are also neurodiverse, and I’d like to let them
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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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Director, and a current dual degree engineering student, who cover the dual degree engineering program at PLU as well as our Engineering Industry minor. Read Previous You Ask. We Answer. How is your Art & Design Program? Read Next New Learning Community: Outdoor Experience Community LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work
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