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home and told his family they were going to Germany to look at pianos, and then off to Norway to visit relatives. At first, teenage Steves was less than thrilled. But upon arrival, his attitude changed. “It was my first trip and there was different candy, and pop, and statuesque German women with hairy armpits and I thought, ’This world is a wonderland,’” he remembered. “Then I got to watch the Apollo moon landing in Norway. To me that was really fascinating. I realized it was a human triumph, not
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” and 5’1” respectively for women and men- begin to provide any kind of line? There will always be another bottom one percentile if we boost those who would only be 4’7” and 5’1”. As to equal opportunity in life, would we really choose to invest $75,000 in height-raising GH if we were truly intent on empowering the range of real opportunities for a child? Think of what a trust fund could later do for the child if that amount were truly invested. And what about other children who start from much
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multicultural STEM lending library for students in partner schools. The books — multiple copies of 56 different titles — feature women, people of color and other historically marginalized people in STEM fields. Gardiner included books that are high-quality, with accurate content, that can be checked out by PLU student scientists for use in partner schools. If you don’t see people who look like you, with similar backgrounds and experiences, it’s hard to envision this being a path for you.- Wendy Gardiner
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was in the piano business, came home and told his family they were going to Germany to look at pianos, and then off to Norway to visit relatives. At first, teenage Steves was less than thrilled. But upon arrival, his attitude changed. “It was my first trip and there was different candy, and pop, and statuesque German women with hairy armpits and I thought, ’This world is a wonderland,’” he remembered. “Then I got to watch the Apollo moon landing in Norway. To me that was really fascinating. I
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the incoming first year class! Just Mercy, Bryan StevensonComment: Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. This book opens dialogue related to social injustice, our criminal system, and offers some glimpses into hate, discrimination, forgiveness, and redemption. Look
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. Children are often exposed to picture books almost from birth. Representation of gender in children’s books is often stereotyped and underrepresents women and girls, as well as transgender and nonbinary characters. I want to know how children are affected by the representation of gender in children’s books. In this talk, I will present current work that I have done showing children’s picture books do not represent gender equitably and that gender-neutral characters are not perceived as neutral. I will
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TechnologyStockholm Junior Water PrizeTop water science projects.BellarmineQuantification of Microplastics from Tributaries to the Puyallup River12 Jaylen ShawcrossNational Geographic SocietyThat's GeographyCultivating empathy for the earth. Award $100BellarmineModeling Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation in Nitrate Deposition on Early Mars 12 Brieanne Iaia Association of Women Geoscientists Outstanding Project in the Geosciences Increase the public awareness of the geosciences, illustrate the interdisciplinary nature
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understanding human behavior within a variety of cultural, social, or structural contexts, both contemporary and historical. Students will analyze the social, political, and economic institutions or systems that shape human behavior. Students will draw conclusions about human behavior in relation to social, structural, or group contexts. Global Engagement (GE)Global Engagement (4): Students learn about the factors that shape human experience in transnational, cross-cultural, or non-US contexts. Study away
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statement, strategic plan, institution-wide programs and partnerships, and comprehensive areas of emphasis across the curriculum, provide guidance as to which resources are likely to be in demand, and to support the curriculum and students and faculty research in the long term.Library collection development is guided by principles of equity and inclusion.The historical and contemporary priorities, methods of acquisition, and methods of organization of academic libraries reflect hegemonic systems of
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characterizes too many contemporary visions of higher education. When education is conceived in terms of the instrumental reason of a market-driven world, students become consumers, acquiring discrete packets of knowledge or skills. Education is reduced to training. Higher education becomes a Flatland where costs are conceived in terms of time, inconvenience, and money, but where the student as person —because in a two-dimensional world there are no persons— remains untouched. Ironically, the same kind of
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