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in Botswana and on campus have transformed her, Hughes said. It was a difficult transition, coming from her sun-soaked Caribbean island to the sunshine-challenged and significantly colder Pacific Northwest. “Being at PLU for me has been a whole different experience – the food, the culture, the weather,” Hughes said. “It was tough at first, but the support I received was tremendous.” With support from peers, faculty and staff, Hughes found ways to express herself, share her culture and discover
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years, he’s presented Trinidadian dance fused with Indian elements and Trinidadian dance influenced by French culture.)“All of the pieces I have done are a reflection of where I am from,” he said. As an ambassador selected by PLU in 2011, he is able to present his culture and promote diversity, at Study Away fairs and other cultural events. “Because where I am from, we have a lot of diversity,” Ragoonanan said. “I want to be sure to give everyone a fair playground, everybody a good opportunity to
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August 6, 2014 Mackenzie Deane ’15 and Professor Tina Saxowsky worked together this summer during a summer research project looking at the growth of yeast cells. (John Froschauer, Photo) By Barbara Clements Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communication While many of her friends might be out enjoying the sunshine this summer, Mackenzie Deane ’15 will be donning her lab coat and goggles and heading up to the second floor of the Rieke Science Center to culture, poke at, prod, and
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October 6, 2014 How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the end of the 19th century set up a colossal shift in human consumption and sensory experience. As corporations such as Campbell’s Soup and Wrigley chewing gum introduced new techniques to capture and
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discussion. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) The program also included a panel discussion providing philosophical, historical and physiological framing led by Professor of History Beth Kraig, Assistant Professor of English Jenny James, Professor of Psychology John Moritsugu, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Michael Schleeter and Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham. In addition to the events in New York and Missouri, the forum also considered the culture at PLU regarding race
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product of a very specific European cultural foundation. The problem, though, is that we are trained to pretend that these culturally specific ways of knowing have somehow moved beyond the limits of the culture that produced them. What this really means is that Western tradition ends up being seen as universal, and all other systems of knowledge are seen as lesser, as culturally-specific exceptions to the norm. Professor Troy Storfjell during a panel discussion on Sámi culture in 2013 Seen from my
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been recognized by training grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Education. You can find information on our faculty’s research interests here: https://chemistry.uoregon.edu/area/. Program Strengths Interdisciplinary research opportunities State-of-the-art buildings and facilities Three full-term rotation program Collaborative and supportive culture Beautiful Pacific Northwest location Financial Support Full tuition waiver 95% of
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and symbols with her mentor — Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, professor of religion and culture — got Hall thinking about her own culture more than ever before. Samish tribal members dance during protocol, a ceremonial sharing of stories, songs and dances during the Power Paddle to Puyallup, this year's annual tribal canoe journey hosted by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Soon, Crawford had Hall working with the group that established the Native American and Indigenous
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offers studentsThe individualized major gives students the chance to design and propose their own program of study, charting a course through PLU’s curriculum that allows them to pursue their interests and prepare for their future. Recent individualized majors include: Music Business Global Health Business of Visual Art Movement Linguistics Digital Media Holocaust, Genocide & Indigenous Studies “It was kind of serendipitous that after not being able to really do anything vocationally, I was
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