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war, human trafficking, unaddressed poverty and other injustices.”Learn more about the Children's Voices, The Holocaust and Beyond conferenceSee video from the Eighth Annual Conference 2014 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationThe Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: The conference highlighted the newly-approved Holocaust/Genocide Minor at PLU, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme
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status is intended to be temporary. Please allow at least one month to process TN status for Canadian citizens, and additional time for Mexican citizens. The sponsoring department will need to provide a TN support letter for the individual applying for TN status. Please contact HR for an example, if needed.Optional Practical Training (OPT) StatusAn applicant near Ph.D. completion may be eligible for OPT employment. OPT, which is a benefit of F-1 status is generally valid for 12 months. PLU is unable
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your audience members. In addition, they can be useful documents in your “portfolio” as you enter the professional world. They can demonstrate the depth of your training, your writing and editing skills, and your attention to detail. The documents marked with an asterisk (*) are required reading, but the members of the Jury Committee encourage you to download and read all of them. (They are not long.) *”Programs and Program Notes,” Brown “Writing Concert Program Notes,” Allsen
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need help.” The campaign officially kicked off Feb. 27 during HUMP. In an effort to become ingrained in the community, the campaign is collaborating with campus organizations on programming that promotes safer communities, such as last Monday’s “Can I Kiss You?” presentation about sexual assault. “What’s cool about this is that students are saying, ‘we want to do this,’” said Kate Fontana, ASPLU religious relations director. Fontana is spearheading the development of a peer education and training
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additional French language scholarship from the Fulbright program and the Swiss government. She leaves June 26 for nine weeks of language training, and begins her master’s program in the fall. Fulbright scholarships are awarded to U.S. citizens to study overseas. The program, founded in 1946 to promote “international good will through the exchange of students,” operates in more than 140 countries. It provides funding for one academic year of study or an English teaching assistantship experience. Read
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,” said Pfaff. “It’s an amazing challenge each day. Every day I wake up and I’m so excited; it’s such a fun thing to do.” After completing five weeks of intensive training this summer in New York City through the Teach for America non-profit, Pfaff, ’09, set off to the flatlands of Oklahoma to follow his passions into teaching. The English major said that teaching had always been a passion for him, and even though the days are long, he’s found his niche and his calling. The first day all the teachers
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funding, the Women’s Center has been able to provide prevention education and training for Campus Safety and other student leaders, in addition to further development of programs like Sexual Assault Peer Education Team, or SAPET, and other support services. Looking forward, Hughes hopes to expand current programs. “We hope to provide more opportunities for students to gain experience and develop skills,” she said. These opportunities, Hughes said, will hopefully include new volunteer, professional and
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exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research and university teaching. Most scholars teach in elementary or secondary schools worldwide. Like Walling, the other two 2014 graduates had not learned exactly where they would be teaching in their respective countries. Lillian Ferraz ’14 leaves Aug. 1, first for training in Washington, D.C., and then for 10 months of teaching in Taiwan. She graduated May 24 with a
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Lutes learn self defense from Karate Club Posted by: Kari Plog / October 5, 2017 Image: Lutes practice self defense as part of five-week training, sponsored by the Karate Club, the Center for Gender Equity and Harstad Hall. (Photo by Oliver Johnson ’18) October 5, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 5, 2017)- “If you find yourself in a confrontation, the first thing you want to do is get low,” said master karate instructor Marc Cordice, moving his body into
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their health centers and training staff to administer tests, PLU Athletics has taken it upon itself to manage the process. “That is something that is unique,” Jen Thomas, interim athletic director, said. “Having our coaches do that … there’s a lot of positives in doing it that way and it should be celebrated.” Teamwork is nothing new for Lutes, but now that attitude spreads across individual sports. After seeing their spring season end abruptly, the athletics department chose to zero in on that
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