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to STEM topics and hands-on STEM activities for those underrepresented such as African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, and female students. “Because of these funds, we are able to provide more support to our program and launch activities that help students be more connected to STEM,” said Penda Samba, director of Tacoma/Puget Sound MESA at PLU. “As an example, this summer we launched an internship program with Columbia Bank IT department and our interns —high school

INMED – Reimagine Indians Into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 Posted by: nicolacs / February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021 INMED – Reimagine IndianS into MedicinE (RISE) Summer Academy 2021 The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program, will be open to 28 American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Focus of the RISE Summer Academy: MCAT Prep: The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan to be taken in the summer program and continuing following the program. Supplemental Basic Science

and Communication, Multicultural Recruitment, and the Department of Music, the concert features the PLU university orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, and Chorale.  It will also feature Tacoma talent steel drum artist Obe Quarless, vocalist Marlette Buchanan, and DaNell Daymon and the Greater Works Chorale. After emancipation and the end of the Civil War continuing racism and economic rivalry thwarted African-American achievement at every turn. Entertainment was an appealing and viable option

Reimagine Indians into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy 2023 Posted by: nicolacs / February 28, 2023 February 28, 2023 Through grant funding from the Indian Health Service’s Indians Into Medicine Program (INMED) and the Empire Health Foundation, the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) to participate in pathway programs. Deadline to apply: April 7, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program

Summit. Billed as a global health conference dedicated to using science and technology for the betterment of the world, it has been mostly focused on expanding biomedical innovations in upper- and middle-income Asian nations. In short, it’s about selling American biomedical technology and expertise overseas. That’s fine, insofar as it goes, but the biggest problems in global health are among people who live on maybe a dollar or two a day. They won’t be buying too many of our new drugs, DNA testing

Court cases such as Dred Scott v. Sandford and Loving v. Virginia; Jim Crow laws and the Voting Rights Act. Background about why we celebrate Black History Month. Recent Supreme Court news articles available through Mortvedt Library. Print books (on display) E185.61.V35 2010 Living with Jim Crow : African American women and memories of the segregated South E185.89.I56T69 2015 Toward an intellectual history of Black women F279.C49N458 2011 Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in

Reimagine Indians into Medicine (RISE) Summer Academy 2023 Posted by: nicolacs / February 28, 2023 February 28, 2023 Through grant funding from the Indian Health Service’s Indians Into Medicine Program (INMED) and the Empire Health Foundation, the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine has opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) to participate in pathway programs. Deadline to apply: April 7, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The RISE Summer Academy, a 6-week program

, Aziza Ahmed, and Michele Matthew) and Professor Laura Fitzwater-Gonzalez, recently had the opportunity to attend the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Oakland, CA.   More Read Next American Sociological Association’s Honors Program LATEST POSTS J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Ireland March 9, 2020 20 Minutes Can Make All The Difference March 9, 2020 Palmer Scholars Builds Hope and Opportunity Through Education March 9, 2020 American Sociological Association’s Honors Program March 9

Palmer Scholars. The organization was founded in 1983 by Tacoma businessman R. Merle Palmer.Read more Read Previous American Sociological Association’s Honors Program Read Next 20 Minutes Can Make All The Difference LATEST POSTS J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Ireland March 9, 2020 20 Minutes Can Make All The Difference March 9, 2020 American Sociological Association’s Honors Program March 9, 2020 Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting March 9, 2020

percent. Starbucks reports that the coconut milk they use will be “certified vegan and made from single-origin coconuts” grown on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.  The Asian and Pacific Coconut Community reports that one out of five Filipinos earn their living through some aspect of the coconut industry.  Yet, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA), coconut trees in India, Indonesia, and Thailand are aging and will soon cease producing at commercially viable levels