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, faculty and staff of color that is rooted in multicultural faith traditions, praise & worship, and opportunities for prayer and expression.FEB 13 Black History Month RallyRed Square – TBD In honor of the 2018 Black History Month theme “African Americans in Times of War,” BSU is hosting a rally to pause and consider the specific and unique issues faced by African Americans in times of war and to commemorate African American veterans. More information about this event will be sent out via email.FEB 16

September 17, 2008 Exchange program enriches campus living and learning Six years ago, Candice Hughes ’08 realized that, despite her ambition, college just wasn’t in the cards. As consolation, the Trinidad and Tobago native dreamed of figuring out a way to go back to school part-time in a few years. Her opportunity emerged just two years later with the advent of a unique exchange program, forged between PLU and the Trinidadian government. For more than a decade, PLU has been sending students

or negatively by more conservative societies. In some cases there were laws against innovation, particularly religious innovation, because creatively exploring existing religious traditions felt threatening or revolutionary. It’s really only been in the last 75 years or so that innovation has been largely viewed as positive within society. Generally speaking, how do students enter your classes thinking about innovation, and how do you and your colleagues in the innovation studies program look to

, Volumes V and VI continue into 2015 and 2016. Sunday’s concert will feature works from Volume V, including compositions by Fredrik Sixten, Nils Lindberg, Thomas Åberg, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Pauli i ́Sandagerði, and Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen. Hicks is a native of Fredericksburg, VA. He holds degrees in music from the Peabody Institute of Music of Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, and the University of Cincinnati. Other studies include courses at the Royal School of Church Music in England. He is an

she oversees between 250 and 300 students in preschool through grade five. She sees her primary role at Chief Leschi as building connections and helping students flourish in a school environment. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, Leavens says it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. “We are teaching kids to be true to themselves,” Leavens says, “even though they have to live in a world that is sometimes unjust or unfair.” Read

the opportunity to pursue their dreams,” she continued. MESA is a national organization that provides underrepresented students in grades four through 12 with opportunities in these three subjects. Typically, students from the African American, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and female populations are underrepresented in math, science and engineering fields, and the program prepares these students to reach their full potential and be active contributors in the fields. Students from

specialist supporting a U.S. Department of Education-funded network of educational service districts in Alaska, Oregon and Washington. The network goal is to improve student achievement, and much of its work centers on ensuring equity for Native American and Alaska Native students in the three states. “The educational status quo isn’t serving our indigenous students,” Hall says. “We’re looking at how we can better serve them.” Her work allows her to center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The

, students are influenced by residential experiences, interactions with peers, and events and activities on campus. Do students of color feel like they belong at PLU? Data on retention and graduation show that students of color are less likely to return to PLU for a second year and less likely to graduate within four or six years. This is especially true for African-American, Asian-American and Native American students. One of the challenges in investigating these trends is the small number of students

more progressive form of Confucianism that offers a compelling alternative to Western-style liberal democracy. In American media, the story of today’s China is only half told, Youtz said. There are rightful criticisms, but there are also untold successes, such as economic expansion and even environmental advances that think of the world in the long term, rather than in the immediate. There are even examinations of what a Chinese free press should look like. It may stem from the Confucian traditions

is now we are not limited by physical space.  People from all over the world can join us for this edition of The People’s Gathering.”   Speakers and conversation facilitators will include educators, nonprofit leaders, and consultants from the Tacoma are as well as across the country. Local leaders and educators will include Lua Pritchard, executive director of the Asian Pacific Culture Center; Danica Sterud Miller, American Indian Studies professor at UW Tacoma; and Troy Storfjell, a PLU Nordic