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, associations with others, place of residence (e.g., prisons or mental hospitals), mental or physical capacities, or the political/cultural in which they live and work. Investigators must make a special effort to ensure that potential participants are given every opportunity to exercise free choice in consenting to participate in a research project. Special Populations Certain types of participants require special attention when obtaining informed consent. In all cases, the guiding principle is respect for
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echoed her frustration. Audrey Knutson ’07, a political science and global studies major, said 10-year-old Marimaua Muya can verbally comprehend what is said but has difficulty understanding what she reads. The Bantu children are still trying to adjust to life in the United States. During one tutoring session, Knutson asked Muya to locate Tacoma on a map of the United States posted in a corner of the classroom. Standing on a chair, Muya’s focus was on the Midwest. She needed prodding from Knutson to
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2016, they crafted a research paper examining those experiences, which are often marginalized at in higher education. It focused on how black students navigate the natural hair journeys on campuses in the Pacific Northwest. Taiwo and Hambrick jumped at the opportunity to write the paper after learning of a political science journal accepting submissions on the theme of #BlackGirlMagic, a movement created in 2013 by CaShawn Thompson to celebrate black women. Tolu Taiwo (left), outreach and
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during a phone conversation with her mother in which she threatened to quit. Her mom wasn’t having it. “She said, ‘You’re so close. You only have 400 miles to go. Hang up the phone and I’ll talk to you at your next stop,’” Ballinger said. “I would have definitely regretted not completing the trail. It was quite an accomplishment for sure.” Both Woodsmith and Ballinger — who studied business and political science, respectively — say PLU helped them prepare for their big adventures. Woodsmith said
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Austin Beiermann, Student Speaker Austin Beiermann, Class of 2018Austin Beiermann is a double major in Economics and Political Science, with a minor in Sociology. He was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. Last summer he was a Peace Scholar who had the opportunity to study in Norway and present at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Currently the ASPLU Finance Director, Austin works with the Student Engagement Network to advocate to legislators for increased funding for the Washington State Need Grant
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Austin Beiermann, Student Speaker Austin Beiermann, Class of 2018Austin Beiermann is a double major in Economics and Political Science, with a minor in Sociology. He was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. Last summer he was a Peace Scholar who had the opportunity to study in Norway and present at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Currently the ASPLU Finance Director, Austin works with the Student Engagement Network to advocate to legislators for increased funding for the Washington State Need Grant
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works through the lenses of philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and computer science. (4) PSYC 242 : Advanced Statistics and Research Design A continuation of Statistics 232 and accompanying lab taught by members of the psychology department. Topics include single- and multi-factor experimental designs and analyses of variance, multiple regression, quasi-experiments, surveys, and non-parametric statistical techniques. Students will learn to use computer programs to carry out
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passionately backs that fight. “Classics is the foundation of our knowledge, our history, our philosophy and how we make sense of the world we live in now,” said Dobyns, who graduated in 2001 and credits his self-directed film major and his overall professional success to the classics at PLU. “Without that foundation, we have no grounding in why the world is the way it is.” O’Brien and division leaders across the university are now tasked with responding to those preliminary recommendations, part of an
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Pacific Northwest and Mexico, so to go and experience a new place is … just a delight.” Kaja Gjelde-Bennett Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ‘17, mentored through the grant application process by Storfjell and Call, chose to pursue her Fulbright opportunity after graduating from PLU. She enrolled at the prestigious Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies in the hopes of realizing her professional dream — advancing efforts for indigenous language
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the faculty at PLU. Full orientation can be expected to continue, at a minimum, throughout the first year of faculty appointment, and for some areas of role may take considerably longer. Areas covered in the SoN Orientation and Faculty Orientation Handbook include but are not limited to: SoN leadership, administrative personnel, and support staff SoN Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles SoN Philosophy SoN administrative policies Curricular array and program outcomes Program plans Course groups
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