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, who studied anthropology at PLU, spent two years in Turkey researching food culture and migration with the Fulbright program. “Looking at Turkey is kind of an interesting geographical location because over centuries and centuries and centuries you have all these movements of people,” he said. “So you’ve got this confluence of culture.” But through the course of his research, the mass movement of refugees fleeing wars in the Middle East began to intermesh with the mass movements of old. Charles

. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. [Countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are excluded, although proven language ability in a European language is recognized as a measure of a candidate’s ability to learn a new language of a country considered critical to the U.S.] Note: special Boren scholarships are available for summer study abroad for students in STEM disciplines. Award/Stipend

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Accounting Resources and Organizations for Minorities Professional Organizations: Asia Society Asian American Journalists Association Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Future For Us National Asian Pacific American Bar Association South Asian Americans Leading Together South East Asian Leadership Academy Asian Academic Accounting Association National Association of Asian American Professionals National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) State and Federal Laws: Employment

: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (Bloomsbury Press, 2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (Sumeru Press, 2019). Her academic work explores the intersections of Buddhism, gender, race, and film. She is particularly interested in exploring trauma from the perspectives of Buddhism and neuroscience, and focuses particularly on experiences of women of color. She emphasizes the importance of trauma-informed embodiment practices such as meditation and yoga that can increase the capacity for

Carl Petersen ’04 Carl Petersen ’04 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/carl-petersen-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Brooke Thames '18 Brooke Thames '18 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/brooke-thames-e1464106633496.jpg January 12, 2018 May 15, 2018 In a lively yet ominous steampunk world, a boy and a bully clash in the classic struggle of good and evil. The stakes: bravery and freedom. The battle: a simple game of

, you know, this diversity that we use more broadly today.” Along with faculty member Tamara Williams, Emily launched Puentes her first year at PLU, and went on to help form the Diversity Coalition in the fall of 1997, with leaders from groups like the Asian Pacific Islander Club, the Muslim Students Association, B.L.A.C.K. at PLU, and Harmony. The groups intentionally networked with each another to support one another’s events and have hard conversations about their goals, especially regarding the