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10 Innovation Studies Students Graduate A new class of Innovation Studies minors celebrate at the Tacoma Dome Posted by: halvormj / June 10, 2023 Image: Innovation Studies minor Ian Yates discusses design thinking with a student team at the University’s first PLUreka event, one of the many accomplishments of this year’s graduating class. (PLU Photo / Emma Stafki) June 10, 2023 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies The Innovation Studies program is pleased to announce the
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June 4, 2009 Embracing the ‘bigger questions’ and living with a true sense of joy CALLING ANY UNDERGRADUATE an expert in spirituality might be an overstatement. But in speaking with Timothy Siburg, it is abundantly clear that he has done some deep thinking about the nature of spirituality at PLU. And he has some serious credibility. What are the ‘bigger questions’ Timothy Siburg learned to ask at PLU? Last summer, he was one of only 50 undergraduates in the nation invited to attend the annual
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Charged Up Professor Dean Waldow explores the future of batteries while training future chemists Posted by: Logan Seelye / November 1, 2021 Image: Alyssa Bright ’22 and Professor Dean Waldow share a discussion in a PLU chemistry lab. (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) November 1, 2021 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterPLU Chemistry professor Dean Waldow hopes to one day become useless. After all, as an educator, his job is to empower students to work confidently and independently in a field
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PLU NEWSStudents from PLU and Tacoma’s Lincoln High School work together to fight racismThe J-term history class “Fighting Racism in the United States 1896-2016” paired PLU students with students from Lincoln grades 9-12. The course challenged them all to critically think about daily experiences with institutionalized racism and how to effectively confront those experiences. Read Previous ‘The Monologues’ at PLU: Students reimagine famous Eve Ensler play in their own words Read Next Dialogue
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community.Pursuing the personal and political Sandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up
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literature blossomed. She saw promise in me and helped me through the process. PM: The professor who helped me come [to the United States] taught Africana Literatures. It was the first time that I heard my professor say the stuff I was thinking about, but couldn’t really conceptualize. When I first met him, right away, I knew one way or another, my life would be tied to this person. We still are in touch today. JRO: It’s funny how those ‘eureka moments’ direct our lives.AG: How has teaching languages
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friends, and yes, even our foes. Faculty, staff and students will continue working hard in the coming days and weeks to bring about a sense of calm, a sense of Lute community united in care for one another, and united in defending and standing with those who are disenfranchised and oppressed. At this time, let us remember and honor President Lincoln’s promise of “malice toward none” and “charity for all.” Members of our community who have experienced incidents of hate or intimidation can share their
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homelessness around the United States, as well as a Q&A with the film’s producer, Thomas Morgan. The film will begin at 4:30 p.m. in The Cave. Wednesday, Nov. 19 There are two Hunger & Homelessness Awareness events on Nov. 19: From 4-6 p.m., students can participate in Empty Bowls in the University Center. Then, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., students can attend the Working for Change Panel in Room 133 of the Anderson University Center. Empty Bowls is an international movement to combat hunger. During the event
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words and my thoughts into this one.” Aikin has won awards with her powerhouse voice, including two Stellar Awards for her previous release, a self-titled album from January 2009. While a student at PLU, Aikin performed in University Chorale and the Choral Union under Director Richard Nance. Aiken graduated in 1997 with a degree in Biology and Psychology. After working as a nurse in the greater Tacoma area for several years, she decided to try out for the first season of the American Idol-esque BET
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Nation.” “I became interested in presenting on this topic during a U.S. Latino/a Literatures seminar that I taught last spring,” Davidson said. “I was really moved when I watched the groundbreaking 2013 PBS documentary series Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation (which attempts to historicize the Latino experience in the United States from the 1500s to the present). In fact, my family gathered to watch the first episode together. As a second-generation Latina in the U.S., I felt
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