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that. She set the example.” Screening: The Souls of Black Girls PLU is screening the film The Souls of Black Girls and hosting the filmmaker Daphne Valerius at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in Chris Knutzen Hall at the UC. A meet and greet will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The public is welcome to attend. The event is a great opportunity for students to experience an interesting and engaging college lecture. Mentors are encouraged to bring along their student. An RSVP is
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yourself even farther.” Recently Francisco met her breaking point in a challenge that had contestants drinking a large quantity of milk – which if you’ve ever been part of a residence hall “galloon challenge” you know there’s only so much milk the body can absorb before it comes back up. Although she didn’t win, Francisco said, the experience was very positive. She was able to go beyond some of her personal thresholds. Her personal bar of emotional and physical strength has been set higher because of
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’ experience last Saturday, versus a less wet and muddy choice, because he likes being outdoors and being from Alaska, feels an affinity with the salmon that once packed this creek. Now, ecologists like Hansen, who have been working the last decade to bring the creek back to life, count the number of salmon in single digits, maybe 10 or so. But it’s a start. One that Dahms said he’s happy to be part of. “This (trip) just rang the bell for me,” as he took a break from pulling a particularly stubborn piece
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January 14, 2010 Explore! 2010 Draws Record Numbers By Brielle Erickson The Explore! first-year student retreat celebrated its seventh year as part of the Pacific Lutheran University experience this past weekend at Camp Berachah in nearby Auburn. Every year, about 150 first-year Lutes pile into buses loaded with overnight gear, excited to spend some time away from the daily routine of homework, classes and jobs. Student group leader Jeremy Loween rallies first-year students for some fun
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Assistant in Venezuela Buley will be placed in either one of Venezuela’s universities or at a Binational Center (learning centers affiliated with the U.S. Embassy) as an English teaching assistant. There he will lead language learning classes, facilitate conversation groups and present lectures and discussions on U.S. culture and society. “I decided to apply for an English teaching assistantship to learn more about teaching, to gain experience in the education field and to make a meaningful impact in
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gifts are critical to advancing the quality and distinctiveness of the university’s academic program: Endowments with a particular global emphasis in faculty development, curriculum development and expanding study-abroad opportunities; Support for student-faculty research opportunities that will enhance the educational experience of students and faculty working together one-on- one and in small groups to delve deeply into critical issues across the curriculum; Institutionalizing The Wild Hope
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wife would respond that the friend was dead, missing or arrested. After Niemoeller was released, he’d realized what had happened, not only to his neighbors, but to the Jewish population of Germany and Europe “and it was his Damascus Road experience,” Locke said. Niemoelleröller was president of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau from 1947 to 1961. He was one of the initiators of the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt, signed by leading figures in the German Protestant churches. The document
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Writing program challenges its students to consider difficult questions relating to artistry, self-awareness and commission. “What are your goals as a student and maker of literature, as an artist contributing to the conversation about the urgent matters of our time? What is the work you want to do, the work that is specific to your experience, talent and imagination?” In the latest PLU podcast, we pose these questions and others to a pair of RWW faculty members and acclaimed creative writers, Rick
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experience getting to present in a formal academic setting, something I never would have gotten to do if not for this project.” Hames says working with students — particularly first-years — provides the opportunity for personalized teaching that impacts students’ education all four years. "This project has helped increase my academic confidence and taught me a new method of research."- Cessna Westra, first-year The symposium promotes student-faculty cooperation and partnership across the university
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four-year experience. “Having the 253 Bound will help me have a better footing after I graduate college, because I don’t have to worry about having a monthly fee to pay back my federal loans,” said Anamaries Garcia Marrero ‘20, who is double-majoring in psychology and sociology. Entering its fourth year, the 253 PLU Bound Scholarship has taken great strides and demonstrated a real impact on student access and success at PLU. Initially designed for graduating high school students within the 253
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