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  • director of vocational reflection. He directs the Center for Religion and Culture in the Pacific Northwest and he was appointed by the PLU regents to the first endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies. An internationally recognized scholar, Torvend’s most recent book is “Still Hungry at the Feast: Eucharistic Justice in the Midst of Affliction.” Torvend studied at PLU in the early 1970s, when the world was still reeling from the societal upheaval and tragedy that had marked the decade before. “The primary

  • said he signed on as a Palmer volunteer mentor because he knows that high school “is a critical time in a person’s life, when you have got to make a lot of big decisions.” “When I struggled in high school, he helped me,” Nagi-Mosa said of his mentor. “When I was about to stop thinking about college, he pushed me.” Jackson said Palmer Scholars wants mentors who want to make an impact on the life of a young person by building a culture of trust, one-on-one, that will support a scholar throughout

  • permeation, photocatalyzed oxidation, and thermal degradation. Additionally, the contents of many popular metal halide perovskites contain lead and pose a considerable environmental risk in the case of industrial upscaling. This Account highlights recent strategies towards combating decomposition pathways for long-term stability, explores the feasibility of lead-free perovskites, and provides a discussion of manufacturing techniques that balance simple processing methods with high quality film production

  • graduation.  North American Language and Culture Assistants Program NALCAPNorth American Language and Culture Assistants Program NALCAP connects American college students and graduates – who are native-like speakers of English – and elementary and secondary schools in Spain to bolster language programs, as language assistants (TAs) under the supervision and guidance of teachers in Spain. Must be a U.S. citizen, and have a basic level of Spanish. Placements are offered from October 1st to May 31st. Award

  • Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) The Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility (HACR) MAES – Latinos in Science and Engineering Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives National Association of Hispanic Journalists National Association of Hispanic Nurses National Association of Hispanic Real Estate

  • currently a second-year Ph.D. Student in the Department of History at the University of Southern California. Michael’s work focuses on American history, gender and sexuality, modern visual culture, and the history of empire and colonization. Speaking to the importance of his time at PLU, he first encountered his major field of interest in Beth Kraig’s seminar, “History of Women in the United States.” In 2018, Michael completed a B.A. in History as well as minors in women’s and gender studies and English

  • situations, it is sometimes impossible, for a variety of reasons, to obtain written consent. If that is the case, investigators may request a Waiver of Documentation of Informed Consent within Mentor and provide an acceptable alternative method of obtaining oral consent, which is appropriate to both the participants and their culture. + Working with participants where there are barriers to consent, either language-related or physicalInvestigators should prepare both English-language and translated

  • , communication, culture and the political environment to prepare students for their global experience. During that experience, students work collaboratively with a community in Nicaragua, installing a well and teaching health to adults and children. In the MBA program, Professor Mulder leads courses in Peru for the PLU MBA program, showcasing business in an emerging economy and connecting business practices to indigenous, sustainable and social impact (i.e., UN Global Compact) programs. Dr. Mulder is also an

  • resistance Kyla JohnstonW.F. West High SchoolChehalis2ndCreating a Cost Effective Glucose Test Strip to Compliment Personalized Medication Smriti SomasundaramOlympia HSOlympia2ndInvestigate Tin-based Perovskite structures using Ethylenediammonium as an Additive and Prediction of new potential perovskite using Machine Learning Amina Khan and Claire BaileyBellarmine Preparatory SchoolPrivate3rdDeveloping an in vitro culture model for cryptosporidium parvum Daniel SantiagoW.F. West High

  • professor of religion, published “An Ethics of Biodiversity: Christianity, Ecology and the Variety of Life.” Joanna Gregson, associate professor of sociology, had her book, “The Culture of Teenage Mothers,” published by State University of New York Press. Charles Bergman, professor of English, published a Smithsonian Magazine cover story and essay on “Wildlife Trafficking.” Rick Barot, assistant professor of English, received an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. Dean Waldow