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education, who serves as campus coordinator for Teach 253. As the nation’s public schools grow more racially diverse, it’s important that the teaching force follow. A growing body of educational research shows that students of color flourish when they learn from teachers who reflect their culture and experience. The most recent figures published by Washington state show that while 45 percent of the state’s public school students are children of color, the teaching force is nearly 90 percent white. And
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didn’t think I would even be able to apply,” she recalls. “It was hard because I had this idea that you had to be rich, white, and educated to be a doctor. I was none of that.” She received waivers for college admission exam fees and went to her counselor weekly to ask about scholarship opportunities. By the end of her senior year, she had earned $11,000 in scholarship funds toward a college education. When PLU offered her a Presidential Scholarship, which would cover her tuition, she accepted and
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visual and literary culture of Austen’s era in the choice to associate Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) with animals. When Anne first introduces her family, she is carrying a pet rabbit who will be by her bed, on her lap, and in her arms, when she breaks the fourth wall. In her first conversation with Lady Russell (Nikki Amuka-Bird), the camera frames Anne next to a stylized bird (possibly a white heron) from the wallpaper background. In the poignant swim scene at Lyme, one of many beautiful
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discrimination. So, I was responsible for educating myself about faiths and religions, as I want others to do the same with my faith.” She also appreciated PLU’s interdisciplinary focus and the ability to explore intriguing and important coursework topics. For her capstone, Sandhu and her group melded social justice and computer science, crafting a web-based advocacy platform for hate crime mapping that combines national and state-level statistics. In her 2023 J-Term, Sandhu spent a month researching and
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. “I think it really helped me think about and come to terms with, what does it mean to be a young white guy who grew up without a lot of money.” One of the most influential parts of the Diversity Center for Austin was being a Rieke scholar, which is a PLU scholarship for first generation college students who are passionate about Diversity, Justice and Sustainability. While he enjoyed the monthly training and the office hours, the stackable scholarship made a huge difference. The financial
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Diversity Advocate (2014-15). As a black woman at a primarily white school, Nicole was looking for a place to meet other people of color on campus. This desire led her to the Diversity Center. During her time there, Nicole was able to find her community and, with its support, explore her identity (“Shout out to Dr. Angie!”). Later, she would help other students do the same through her roles as a mentor and a Diversity Advocate. It would be an understatement to simply say that Nicole likes mentoring. She
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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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registration, cutbacks on early voting, and strict voter identification requirements” (source: American Civil Liberties Union https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights). While the physical exhibit resides in the Mortvedt Library lobby, here on the web we’ve added links to Open Access resources on the topics of 15th Amendment (Black men’s right to vote), 19th Amendment (White women’s right to vote), and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (securing Black, Latinx, and Asian women’s right to vote and Indigenous
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production, and studio art. Keep reading to learn more.“As a Filipina, as a woman of color, it’s been interesting for me moving in these spaces where it’s been predominantly white. But it’s allowed me to build resiliency and show up authentically,” Gines says of her high-profile career in the public arts sector. “Sometimes folks feel like they have to code-switch a little bit or put on a persona to get to the professional goal. Or people tend to erase a little bit of their personality to fit some sort of
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April 6, 2009 ‘Lofty’ is just a word to crush For as far as the eye-can see white follows the landscape, lightly bleeding into a calm blue sky. Wind can make or break success and even determine survival here. There are no animals and the conditions often make any adventure silent amongst its travelers. This is Antarctica and in 2001 Liv Arnesen, from Norway, and Ann Bancroft, from Minnesota, became the first women to make the trip across the continent through the South Pole. On March 31, the
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