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to the community. They charged tenants “social rent,” meaning they were required to do community service in exchange for discounted rates. Volunteer activities include a weekly community cleanup that benefits Phoenix’s Evans-Churchill neighborhood. “So that’s written into their leases,” Duncan explained, “and then a portion of our proceeds each month — collectively, as a group of 10 tenants — goes towards a charity that we rotate.” Groups that the Churchill has benefited include Native American
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, will reflect on the intersection of art, Earth and spirit that informed their successful advocacy for environmental remediation by a mining company in the Cascade Mountains. The Wang Symposium concludes with Justin Spelhaug, who will deliver the 16th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Spelhaug leads the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies. He’ll explore the role that technology companies are taking in global efforts to fight inequality, eliminate poverty
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I worked with a simulator, and now we get to use the real hardware and work in-person. This project is actually a continuation of a project by a previous capstone group. They finished most of the hardware for the car which has been really helpful to us. Hopefully, after we finish our capstone work, other groups will come and work on it in the future as well. What are some of your goals for the future? I plan on graduating this spring. I am not sure where I would like to work yet, but I do know
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weekly feedback and regular focus group opportunities to connect with students and instructors to help co-design the future of PLUS 100.DataFest Competition The Quigg Award will also go toward the expansion of PLU’s Data Science program through its DataFest Competition. DataFest is an annual competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association and hosted at various universities across the U.S. DataFest is an opportunity for students to work on collaboration, data wrangling, visualization
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class that really changed the way I look at the world, and even myself.” PLU’s GSRS program presented Ash an opportunity to study abroad in Tobago for a month, allowing her to gain hands-on social work experience. Ash partnered with a program for adolescent mothers that combined daycare and school and taught classes like first aid, reproductive health and basic science lessons. Recalling when the group made baking soda and vinegar volcanoes, Ash says, “Just seeing the joy on their faces as they saw
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wanted to impact people’s lives in a positive way, but I also didn’t want to major in biology or chemistry, so I entered my freshman year as a computer science major,” he says. It was a choice that would radically change his chosen path.In his first computer science class at PLU, Gavidia learned how quickly software can scale and impact people around the world. “Just one person, or a small group of people, can accomplish so much,” Gavidia says. That moment was key for him: he realized he didn’t have
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Posted on September 27, 2017October 31, 2018 How we live our days is how we live our lives Scroll down to see more content Detail from the back porch of the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca. Photo Credit: Amanda Clendenen. August 28th, 2017. ‘First Day of School’ like never before. Cross the street Héroes de Chapultepec, enter through the gate, up the path lined by palm trees, and ya, here we are. On the patio of the Cultural Institute of Oaxaca (ICO), our group of twelve nervous, but excited
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Military call to duty will be treated as leave of absence without pay. As with other leaves without pay, vacation and sick time do not accrue while the employee is on military leave. Vacation time that had accrued before initiating military service may be used during this leave. Medical/dental benefits – For absences of less than 30 days, benefits continue as if the employee had not been absent. For absences of 31 days or more, PLU group coverage stops unless the employee elects to pay the applicable
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” status (.5 FTE or more) at time of retirement, and Must be at least age 55 at time of retirement, and Must have at least 10 years of service based on the hire date, or be a tenured faculty member at the time of retirement. At their own expense, retirees and their eligible dependent(s) may continue medical and dental coverage on the university’s group plans through COBRA according to federal regulations. Information regarding COBRA will be provided at the time of retirement. Basic life insurance
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as a boy sitting in a group including his great uncle who lost an arm fighting for the Union at Vicksburg. My dad, who was himself a veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, liked the fact that he had shaken hands with his great uncle Edward Morley, who had himself shaken hands with his grandfather, Capt. Thomas Askey, who had served in the American Revolution. Askey was my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather and I was named Thomas in his honor. I’m sure many of you here
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