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  • PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time A group of PLU students interning with the Tacoma Tree Foundation spent the summer increasing the number of trees in the city to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and heat during the summer months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas. The… November 11, 2022 AcademicsBiologyClubs & OrganizationsCommunityCurrent StudentsDiversity Justice SustainabilityInternshipsInvolvementLife on CampusLutheran Higher EducationPacific

  • Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare. Current PLU faculty, staff and students are asked to register (free of charge); for all others, registration is $30. The optional conference banquet is $30 per person. Registration will continue at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 in the Anderson University Center. For more information, contact Dr. Samuel Torvend, University Chair in Lutheran Studies torvensa@plu.edu Promoting the intellectual gifts of the Lutheran tradition

  • . Yearly residencies are held on the PLU campus in magnificent summer weather, in the shadow of Mount Rainier, with easy access to Seattle’s urban culture. Alumni have generated a substantial record of success in publication, teaching, and other literary achievements. Loading... It’s FREE to apply to PLU When you're ready, we're here. Apply now and fulfill your potential! Get Started The outside experience component and the mentorship support are especially appealing. I really like the fact that the

  • April 6, 2014 Alumni Profile: Tom Paulson ’80 In 2001, Paulson traveled to Nigeria to report on the beginnings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on global health. Paulson says the planking broke on this bridge outside Jos, Nigeria, and the driver inspected the tires because the truck wouldn’t move. “We eventually enlisted some locals to help us lift it up and get going again,” Paulson says. (Photo: Mike Urban) Spreading Curiosity, Caring and Compassion Through ‘Humanosphere’ By

  • eye view. While the walkers’ bodies experience “the thick and thins of an urban ‘text’” (15), those looking down on the city transform it into a text which lies before them. In my course, I used de Certeau’s two ways of conceptualizing the city both as frame for the course material, and as a pedagogical imperative. That is: I encouraged students to think about Oaxaca City as a space which they had to both experience and read. Every gesture, every comment, every glance, every interaction might

  • -winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

  • -winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

  • You Ask, We Answer: What is public transportation like around PLU? While PLU’s Campus is neither in an urban or rural area, our middle of the road residential location of Parkland has plenty of public transportation options through Pierce Transit. Just a block from campus sits the Parkland Transit Center. The two main bus options here… October 20, 2023 CommunityFAQ'sLife on CampusPacific NorthwestStudent Life

  • Articles and book chapters that mention Valerie Segrest and a book by Valerie Segrest accessible from the Mortvedt Library website or book shelves. Gilda Sheppard Article by Gilda Sheppard and an edited book by Gilda Sheppard, accessible from the Mortvedt Library website or book shelves. Liza Suarez Articles by Liza Suarez accessible from the Mortvedt Library website. Sharon Suh Articles by Sharon Suh accessible from the Mortvedt Library website. Rachel Wax An article that mentions the Urban Youth

  • ., Fisher, B. W., Gibbons-Benton, J., & Chatman, V. S. (2016). Using research to guide efforts to prevent and end homelessness. In S. L. Barnes, L. Brinkley-Rubinstein, B. Doykos, N. C. Martin, & A. McGuire (Eds.), Academics in Action!: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service (pp. 75–97). Fordham University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18kr69r.8   e-Book Howard, E. (2013). Homeless : Poverty and place in urban America. University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. https