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  • Past: Slovakia’s Turbulent Relationship with the First Slovak Republic and the Holocaust” Austin Karr Anna Marko, “The Application of the “Bloodlands Theory” to the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Tutsi Diaspora” Anna Marko Convener:  Dr. Rona Kaufman, Professor of English, Director of First Year Experience Program, Director of the Writing Center, PLU 1:45 - 3:30 p.m. – Vichy and Colonial North Africa, AUC Regency Room Terrence Peterson, “Vichy and the Jews of Tunisia at the Crossroads of

  • ‘we need to do some tests,’ was to lose face. During her stay there, Holt was able to train nurses and boost their confidence, so they were no longer simply shadows of the doctors, but contributing staff in their own right. Ed Hrivnak ’96 said he never really considered himself a writer. He just was angry and frustrated over the way the war was being portrayed in Iraq. “I started writing because I was angry over what I was seeing on CNN,” Hrivnak said, adding that what was portrayed on television

  • medicine to business. They wonder how you can tell good art or music from bad. And they explore connections among diverse areas of life and experience, and between academic disciplines. Undergraduate study in philosophy is not meant to train you specifically for a first job. Instead it serves to sharpen basic skills in critical thinking, problem solving, research, analysis, interpretation and writing. It also provides critical perspective on and a deep appreciation of ideas and issues, including those

  • are typically 6-8 years in length. They are organized to give students strong theoretical and methodological training. Students spend a significant amount of their time in a doctoral program pursuing independent research projects; any student thinking about pursuing a Ph.D. should have a strong interest in academic research. Students spend the first 3-4 years of the Ph.D. program satisfying course requirements, writing the thesis (usually defending the thesis at the end of the 2nd year), and

  • that they needed to have. As a teacher, I want to inspire others. But, now with the internet, they can get [information] without you. And they know that. [Laughs] Whatever brings you together in the classroom—it’s a big moment. Athena Gordon is a senior, double-majoring in Sociology and English (emphasis in nonfiction writing). This fall, she is enrolled in HISP 201 (taught by Dr. Ortigas), planning her sociology research project, and writing a personal memoir. After graduation, Athena is looking

  • trading analysts who only had finance backgrounds lacked. I soon became the go-to person for anything research and writing related on my team, thanks largely to the experience I had writing my economics capstone paper on the Affordable Care Act. I am deeply grateful for the education I received in the economics program, and know it was a key contributor to my career success. Paige Griffith, 2013I graduated from PLU in 2013 with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.  I first started my

  • develop resilience-based policies? What are examples of effective and creative responses for nurturing resilience beyond the trauma of devastation? What might these responses teach us about the nature and dimensions of resilience? Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Biological and ecological resilience Case Studies in post-trauma resilience Class, ethnicity, race and/or gender and resilience Disaster risk-reduction and resilience Genealogies of resilience Interconnections among individual

  • office, AUC 142, with your contact information inside the envelope. The forms for contact information and any other information we need are placed on our window for you to fill out. Please note that we will not distribute your poster unless there is a contact form filled out. In addition, please recognize that Impact produced work (Quick Copy Requests and Creative Requests) are given guaranteed priority spacing and distribution. Put simply, if our boards are filled up with posters we have printed and

  • PLU announces Carol Sheffels Quigg Award winners Posted by: nicolacs / December 21, 2022 December 21, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce the winners of The Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation, established by alumna and regent Carol Quigg, whose endowment funds the awards. The Quigg Awards provide support for faculty, staff, and students who have demonstrated unusually inventive, original, and creative

  • Charitable Trust will fund three student-faculty research projects. Each year, the trust funds dozens of projects that will enhance the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to organizations seeking to strengthen the region’s educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. In 2009, the trust funded 43 scientific projects with $2.9 million in grants. “The foundation feels it’s important to support scientific exploration of the