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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 1, 2016)- Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him. Instead of walking with his head down past the crying stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he…
loved ones in war. It’s a membership nobody wants, yet it offers support for those who need it most. Mary has bonded with other mothers through the program. She also started participating in marathons – five and counting – to honor her son. “I was not a runner,” she said, adding that the only running she had done previously was that required of soldiers in the Army. “I’m a runner now.” PLU also honors Brian’s legacy, thanks to the ongoing support of the Bradshaws and other donors. Upon making
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Immersive experience in classrooms on the other side of the world teach PLU students how to learn on the fly, one of many skills they bring home with them.
illustrations in picture books. #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. Parker also strengthened her classroom management skills, after working with double the number of learners she was used to back home. Those and other skills she absorbed by collaborating with her Namibian teacher. “I learned a lot from her. She was very firm, but extremely loving,” Parker said. “She was hard on her kids, but they knew that she loved them and they loved her back.” Parker
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…
, while the juniors are mentoring the freshman and sophomores,” Mejia said. “So, basically the goal for CLC is to prepare you for your senior year, learning how to work with TLP (troop leading procedures) and to use that for making plans and training happen.” "I’ve always wanted to join the military and at the same time, I’ve always wanted to go to college and become an officer."- Angelo Mejia '17 Mejia says his time with PLU’s ROTC program prepared him for a lot of the Fort Knox tactical trainings
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
discuss racial difference and fear of white guilt, Temple-Thurston said, Trinidad is the antithesis. “I wanted a shift in their racial consciousness,” she said of students who travel there. The diversity-interested program was the first of its kind to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago. It intentionally thrusts students into the thick of cultural diversity. #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. “Trinidadians say it like it is,” Temple-Thurston said. “It
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TACOMA, WASH. (August 10, 2015)- Each summer PLU students fan out across the globe — working, researching, studying or just plain relaxing. Many students leverage the summer months as an opportunity to add depth to their resumes by completing internships at local and corporate businesses,…
getting that column published was validating. Another great moment was when Macklemore came to Spokane, shooting a secretive new music video, and news outlets were scrambling to get pictures, video and information. I ended up getting pretty good cellphone video from a friend’s Snapchat who filmed him dancing with a full crew of dancers, making that into a video clip and writing a blog post that allowed me to expand on what I knew about hip-hop and Macklemore’s history. No other outlet had video or
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will demonstrate an understanding of the diverse perspectives of those who experienced and drew meaning from the Holocaust and other genocides. 4. By reflecting deeply on the Holocaust and other genocides students will challenge and complicate their own assumptions about human behavior and decisions and enhance their own capacities for critical self-reflection and ethical decision-making. 5. Throughout the program, students will practice and strengthen their intellectual and civic skills, including
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to the Dean of PLU’s School of Business, Dr. Chung-Shing Lee, “An increasing number of companies are looking for employees who have knowledge and skills in marketing analytics in order to better understand the market and their customers. As such, marketing analytics jobs are in demand. It is also a lucrative field for career advancement and personal growth.” In the program, you will learn how to leverage data-driven models to achieve a deeper understanding of consumer behavior, solve marketing
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, consumer behavior and decision making, branding, and transformative change—all lenses he plans to apply in his new role. A researcher at heart, one of his first projects as dean will be spending time listening and researching. “I’ll be speaking with more than 100 people from businesses and nonprofits to understand some of the things they see as needs in business and in the world, as well as what they would like to see from a business school,” he says. “This insight will help us as we consider future
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It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan.
a black man. I’m a second-class citizen here with the set of struggles that come with that. To this day I experience racism essentially wherever I go in America. People making assumptions about me before they even meet me. Having this color of skin is a death sentence here when it comes to leading a normal American life. I can’t even go down the street on a nice day a lot of times without someone thinking I am a dangerous person. This color of skin isn’t associated with good things in America
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more than just a classroom education. The marketing program is designed to provide students with a focused knowledge of marketing and its role in society. Marketing students are required to complete courses in consumer behavior, marketing research, marketing management as well as one other marketing elective. In addition, students will participate in several service-learning projects throughout the marketing curriculum solving real-world problems for local businesses and/or nonprofit organizations
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