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race and law in the United States, bringing to light the truth about how racism has been institutionalized in American laws and policies.On one side of the debate, people believe that Critical Race Theory can help us examine racist laws and policies through a scientific lens and commit to historical truth-telling about the intergenerational impact of those laws and policies on people of color. Detractors believe that the goal of Critical Race Theory is to paint all white people as racists and
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PLU biology professor Amy Siegesmund receives national teaching award Posted by: Zach Powers / September 14, 2022 Image: PLU Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund says she takes great joy in building learning communities with students that explore how the microbial world is intricately tied to our lives. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 14, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University Professor of Biology Amy Siegesmund is the recipient of the American
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she oversees between 250 and 300 students in preschool through grade five. She sees her primary role at Chief Leschi as building connections and helping students flourish in a school environment. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, Leavens says it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. “We are teaching kids to be true to themselves,” Leavens says, “even though they have to live in a world that is sometimes unjust or unfair.” Read
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recently been accepted for publication. In December, we read a draft of a new essay by Prof. Adela Ramos that analyzed the invocation of the myth of Coatlicue as a means of imagining environmental renewal in Homero Aridjis’ novel La leyenda de los soles. In February we returned from J-term to discuss a version of Prof. Jenny James’ article-in-progress entitled “Adjacent Pasts and Multidirectional Perspective in Susan Choi’s American Woman.” In March, we came together over lunch to discuss Prof. Nancy
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have a hard time with. I really empathized with her story as a child of immigrants myself—the constant feeling of betrayal that comes with leaving behind your parents and your culture as you move into the realm of American teenage awkwardness and adulthood.” Our class devoted a month to studying and drawing literary inspiration from Daisy Hernández’s award-winning memoir, A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Beacon Press, 2014). Hernández spoke with our evening class until it was late at night in Ohio
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multiple entities including the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Relations, the OEI (Organization of Ibero-American States), its program on education and human rights , and PLU organizations including the Hispanic Studies Program, the International Honors Program (IHON), the Global Studies Program, the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and the Center for Media Studies. Pablo Martínez Pessi holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from Uruguayan ORT University. His training in scriptwriting has been
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Embrace?: On Whether Computers Can Create Poetry and Art” Joe Norton, “Poetry: A Response to Modern Technology” Robert Shaw, “Passing the Turing Test: Machines, Minds, and Inquiry” Stu Weaverling, “How Does Technology Encourage Evil?” McKenzie Williams, “Complexity in the American Food System: A Relativist Response to Martin Heidegger” Back: Philosophy and Economics in Opole
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. Samantha F. Atienza, Owen Olsen, Alex J. Petrovic, Shay E. Tuisamatatele Does emotional priming and delivery methods influence perceptions of ambiguous statements? * 9. Jenna Hamilton, Dylan Smith, and Ariana Tiangco Simple Emotion Word Acquisition in American English Between Males and Females** 10. Marissa Smith Effects of Social Media and Trust on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction*** 11. Kattia Teas Bridging Disciplinary Divides: Understanding Connectedness Among Female Undergrad Students in STEM
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Request for use of candles, incense or smudging for religious/cultural practice in PLU residence halls PLU is committed to honoring the cultural and religious practices of students, including Smudging for our Native American and Indigenous students, and incense burning and candle lighting as a component of religious/cultural practice. Smudging involves the burning of sacred herbs or resins in ceremony. For Native peoples, smudging is an important part of connecting to their ancestors, circle
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Program (FYEP) course on the topic of social justice. Examples of linked courses from fall 2021 include: Smushed with Strangers and Other Public Transit Stories | Rebecca Wilkin | FYEP 101 Section 06 Democratic Citizenship | James Albrecht | FYEP 101 Section 08 Asian American Experience | Rick Barot | FYEP 101 Section 09 Banned Books | Lisa Marcus | FYEP 101 Section 13 Linked Residence Hall(s)Ordal Hall (two wings)Example ProgramsBelow are a few examples of programs that have happened in this
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