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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…
Lutes and to introduce them to faculty and staff. “Through this student organization, we hope to create a support system that will make our club members feel like they have a familia away from home and will help students to not only be proud of their heritage but help them succeed as scholars,” Carrasco said. Amigos Unidos has a Facebook group, PLU Amigos Unidos, and its weekly meetings begin Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the Stuen Lounge. Other planned events for Fall, in collaboration with the
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Pacific Lutheran University is committed to fostering a global learning environment not only through its study away programs, but also through its diverse faculty, staff, and scholar population.
International Scholars and VisitorsPacific Lutheran University is committed to fostering a global learning environment not only through its study away programs, but also through its diverse faculty, staff, and scholar population. The Wang Center provides immigration assistance and information regarding government regulations to both visiting scholars and PLU departments. The menu below provides information on visa sponsorship procedures and relevant nonimmigrant categories.Visa Categories
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Any faculty member who feels that they have cause for grievance and who wants to formally resolve that grievance petition either the Conciliation Committee or the University Dispute Resolution
Committee of the faculty shall consist of the chairs of five standing committees as follows: Academic Performance & Integrity, Educational Policies, Faculty Affairs, Governance, and Rank and Tenure. The chair of the Rank and Tenure Committee shall act as initial convener of the committee. At its initial meeting, the committee shall elect a chair and a secretary. If any one or more of these Conciliation Committee members is judged an interested party in a case by the remaining members of the Conciliation
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By Barbara Clements Looking back, Svend Rønning ’89 can’t remember when music wasn’t part of his life. His mother was a piano teacher; his grandfather played the violin. In fact, he still occasionally uses a bow that his grandfather bought from a Sears and Roebuck…
works pretty well,” Rønning laughed. Ronning, who plays violin, came to PLU as a music major in 1985. While at PLU, he managed to join a string quartet, and during the summer snagged some gigs at one of the main lodges in Yellowstone National Park. “For four hours every night, we were the entertainment,” said Ronning, who is an associate professor of music, and chair of the string division at PLU. At the lodge, they had a captive audience. And some of the members of that audience were vacationing
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A weekly meeting with program students and faculty to discuss progress, challenges, and the intersection of Indigenous approaches and the university experience.
fundamental to Indigenous experiences, tracing its history as a central feature of settler colonialism in the United States and globally. It focuses on Indigenous responses and decolonial strategies, and on the sometimes rocky relationship between Indigenous peoples and environmentalist movements. Students read works by Indigenous historians, environmental scholars, and activists, while also addressing real world environmental colonialism in the local community.NAIS 250Introduction to Native American
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Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation By Barbara Clements The 2010 Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation, will feature many speakers and topics on the global impact of sports and recreation. Wang Center Symposium: Understanding the World Through Sports and…
. On the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy ’07, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Thiel ’75 and mountaineer Jason Edward ’84 ’89. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. It is the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education since 2003 – its reputation and reach continues to grow with each event. “We wanted to
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We kicked off the 2015-16 academic year at Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 2 with our traditional University Conference. In a speech to faculty, staff and administration, I outlined what we call “the state of the university”—but this year, my voice did not officially open…
for greater attention to equity are all around us. This is the state of the university—and this is our goal: I would like PLU to become known for inclusive excellence: a welcoming community that engages all of its diversity in the service of student and organizational learning. We need this kind of diversity to achieve our mission. One of our new initiatives along these lines is the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT), an electronic reporting system that will help us develop an environment of
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Initiating Consideration for Tenure The provost provides a list of faculty in their sixth qualifying year of service, including credit toward tenure for service elsewhere.
, and the president have access to this file, and they are bound to maintain its confidentiality. For example, neither the candidate nor a chair or dean is told about the particular contents of any letter or even if a particular individual has submitted a recommendation. The purpose of this strict confidentiality is to secure the most candid and substantial recommendations. The committee is conscious of its obligation to corroborate claims made in confidential documents. In exceptional cases, those
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The Academic and Honor Society Clubs and Organizations seek to recognize student achievement, better understand the academic fields of interest, and engage with students and allow them the space to
credentials of its members, though public recognition of the best of the best and the brightest students in international studies is one of our main purposes, but is meant to encourage a lifelong devotion to a better understanding of the world we live in and to continuing support for and engagement in education, service, and occupational activities that reflect the mission of Sigma Iota Rho. Type of Club or Organization: Academic Clubs & Honor Societies Meeting Times & Places (Subject to Change): When
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These mobile device and remote storage policies apply to any external or portable media (e.g. external hard drives, laptop computers, thumb/flash drives, smartphones, tablets, etc.) on which university data is stored or transported. They also apply to any cloud or hosted service (e.g. Google Apps for Education, PeopleAdmin) in which university data is used or...
These mobile device and remote storage policies apply to any external or portable media (e.g. external hard drives, laptop computers, thumb/flash drives, smartphones, tablets, etc.) on which university data is stored or transported. They also apply to any cloud or hosted service (e.g. Google Apps for Education, PeopleAdmin) in which university data is used or stored. 3.7.1 Mobile Devices All mobile devices, whether university- or personally-owned, must be used in compliance with PLU policies
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