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last buses leaving for the villages. Some are seeking to prolong their stay in the air-conditioned environment, trying to avoid the 90-degree weather outside. I am looking forward to getting out and tasting the sea-salt air mixed with the aroma of the pine trees in the park—an unforgettable sensation. A pair of kids zips along the line to the cashier, piercing our individual time bubbles as they go. They cut to the very front, and we all look at them. Time stands still. Two boys, disheveled and

and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most

others. Admission is free. Read Previous Three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin joins the PLU Jazz Ensemble on stage Read Next Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed

meetings we have.” For her, the PLU football family has been accepting, and there was never a discussion about her gender; she is simply a member of the team. “This team is very different,” Smith-Ortiz said. “Everyone here plays for the heart, and it’s a real team.” In addition to making history at PLU, Smith-Ortiz also has high hopes for life after college. Currently studying Pre-Med and a member of The Reserve of Officers Training (ROTC) at PLU, she plans on becoming an Army surgeon and serving her

many aspects of behaviour, including consumer behavior.” Social media networking communities offer many opportunities for participants to influence and inform one another about products, services, and brands (Muniz and O’Guinn 2001). Brand equity is strongly supported by consumer advocacy (Almquist and Roberts, 2000), a factor not lost on companies seeking brand lift. Netnography is uniquely positioned among social media research methods to generate cultural insights from contextualized data rather

PLU Establishes Parkland Promise Scholarships Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 12, 2015 Image: (Photo: Zach Powers/PLU) March 12, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. — Pacific Lutheran University has established new Parkland Promise Scholarships, allowing PLU to provide even stronger support for outstanding students from our community.PLU will award scholarships of $5,000 each to selected students from Franklin Pierce and Washington high schools, both in the

when she “came out,” so to speak, as bipolar on Facebook earlier this year. She said she was terribly nervous about publicly airing her mental illness with those closest to her. She posted a long, thoughtful message on March 30, World Bipolar Day, and put her phone away. Norman returned to an outpouring of support and encouragement, people “throwing glitter on me,” she said. “It was like a weight was off my shoulders,” Norman said. “It was great to hear that people will still accept me. I never

."- First-year Paris Franklin Nguyen and Rosenberg both agree that listening to the way students positively react to the lectures and digest them has been the best part of the new series. Nguyen recalls students asking an Islamic speaker about religious dress and rituals that they would otherwise be uncomfortable asking in passing. Though, Nguyen pointed out, the lectures aren’t only supposed to be for students. Faculty and staff can take away just as much, if not more, from diversity training

those practices and seeking to propose alternatives. For instance, when permission was requested for a stole to indicate military veteran status, I proposed that, instead, the veterans might carry something, such as an American flag, to indicate that identity. I know that there are well-intentioned students who would like to express heartfelt feelings—and members of certain units or clubs who would like to display professional insignia. I ask—out of deference to the dignity of the academic ceremony

Nelavala (Global Peace Lutheran Fellowship) Reforming Lutheran Higher Education: Ecclesiological Reflection and Theological Leadership by Brian Beckstrom (Wartburg College) Interested in contributing to Intersections with your own reflections or scholarship? Direct ideas and inquiries to the editor, Jason Mahn of Augustana College (jasonmahn@augustana.edu). *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous 2018-19 FYEP Common Reading announced Read Next Grant opportunities for education research LATEST