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environmental to economic. (Photo courtesy of the United States Coast Guard) Narratives like this are common surrounding the clean-up efforts. Oil has damaged more than open waters within the past two months, since the April 20 explosion killed 11 men on the offshore rig and ignited the disaster. During my short trip to Venice, I tried talking to a few fishermen who would not comment on camera about what they though about the spill. Many of them have lost work due to the environmental devastation and are
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A view-at-the-table with the Federal Reserve The Department of Economics was honored to host First Vice President and COO, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Mark Gould, PLU Regent and Economics alumnus, to campus on April 8th, 2021. Mr. Gould shared his experiences in Federal Open Market Committee meetings where the monetary… July 13, 2021
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share their research findings. The Adlers’ lecture will be based on their most recent book, The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury (New York University Press, 2011). The book is based on a decade of interview-based sociological research with hundreds of self-injurers – people who engage in the deliberate, non-suicidal destruction of their own body tissue, such as cutting, burning, branding, and bone-breaking. Their work uncovers how self-injury is a coping mechanism, a form of
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Sustainability FellowshipsBackground and scopeStudent research fellowships provided an opportunity for students of any discipline to participate in furthering sustainability efforts by researching existing practices and uses of resources on or around the PLU campus and examine best practices on other campuses and facilities in the local area. They also investigated and proposed strategies and solutions to address improvements to sustainability practices on our campus. These Fellows then
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and making revisions to a course they teach. Each semester, the curriculum for the seminar will be determined, in part, by the participating faculty members’ interests, experiences, and needs. Faculty will be invited to indicate their level of interest in the following topics, and the syllabus for the term will be constructed with these preferences in mind: Class Ability and Ableism Equity vs. Equality Gender and Sexuality Institutional Racism Intersectionality Whiteness and Privilege Interfaith
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PLU in 1960 and later earned a Ph.D. in probability theory at Wayne State University. Grace Wang holds a Ph.D. in chemistry, also from Wayne State University. The Wangs have enjoyed careers in teaching and research, success in real estate acquisition and management, and committed lives as volunteers and philanthropists. The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education focuses on PLU’s efforts to educate for a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world.Wang FoundationDr. Peter & Dr
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or tenure-track position. PLU terms are Fall, J-term, Spring and Summer. Although there are multiple sessions during summer, it is considered one term. Dependent eligibility is defined as: Legal spouse, qualified domestic partner, and/or Child who is under age of 25, unmarried, and claimed as a dependent child on the employee’s or employee’s partner’s previous year’s income tax return and who is the employee’s natural or adoptive child or the natural or adoptive child of the employee’s partner
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“Jewish Women as Couriers in the Resistance”Keynote: Dr. Lenore J. Weitzman7:00 p.m. – Keynote: “Jewish Women as Couriers in the Resistance” (Regency Room, AUC) Lenore J. Weitzman, Clarence Robinson Professor of Sociology and Law at George Mason University (emeritus) Weitzman is the author of 5 books, including the award-winning The Divorce Revolution: the Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America (1985), which focused national attention on the economic
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New Student Orientation & Move in day Posted by: vcraker / September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 Curious about what move-in day looks like? Take a look at PLU’s New Student Orientation, and see how we welcomed our students with open arms and plenty of helping hands. Read Previous Summer Internships: Economics Read Next Communications major lands job helping to create an equitable education LATEST POSTS YouTube Short: PLU Parkland Night Market & Taste of Garfield Street September 30, 2024 College
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Parkland’s Advocate Jani Hitchen ’96 has lived in Parkland for more than 30 years. “I moved here to go to PLU and never left,” she says with a chuckle. Hitchen majored in education and enjoyed a long career teaching in Lakewood’s Clover Park School District and Spanaway… September 3, 2024 ResoLute
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