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  • OAA staff about a student’s class interactions or progress. What Does The Accommodation Process Involve? The student meets with Office of Accessibility & Accommodation staff to discuss policies and procedures for instituting accommodations. Students complete an online application for services and submit appropriate documentation of the disability. OAA staff will determine if accommodations are to be provided through consultation with the student. The student electronically requests and authorizes

  • experiences and uses them in her everyday life today. Being a part of the Diversity Center for 4+ years gave her the opportunity to learn and grow in different leadership roles. The Center taught her how to effectively communicate and share respect with people from different walks of life. She carries these experiences with her in her job at Western State Hospital as a forensic psychiatric social worker. Going from a community that celebrates diversity to one that is not always so well-versed in such

  • committee prior to the final submission. Essays must demonstrate that students have read the biographical sketch on Raphael Lemkin (available from any staff person in the Division of Social Sciences or at https://www.plu.edu/social-sciences/documents-forms). Each year, PLU offers students a chance to participate in a Lemkin Essay contest. Students are asked to write a 7-10 page essay on the topic “Genocide: What does it mean to you?” A panel of faculty members judge the essays. The first place essay

  • or other appropriate essay topics discussed and negotiated between contestants and the faculty review committee prior to the final submission. Essays must demonstrate that students have read the biographical sketch on Raphael Lemkin (available from any staff person in the Division of Social Sciences or at https://www.plu.edu/social-sciences/documents-forms). Each year, PLU offers students a chance to participate in a Lemkin Essay contest. Students are asked to write a 7-10 page essay on the topic

  • , April 2, 2024 at 7:00 pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC. The lecture will be preceded by a brief presentation of the Lemkin Essay contest winner’s paper.Does a Mediterranean bande dessinée exist? I contend that a well-established genre of Mediterranean comics and bande dessinée have been created and developed by artists and authors from around the Mediterranean Sea for decades. These comics inform our understanding of the historical and social dynamics of the Mediterranean social, cultural

  • Our annotations are created using the Hypothes.is social annotation tool. To use this nifty, open source tool, all you have to do is download the plugin and add it to your web browser, create an account, and that’s it! There are two main ways to add your annotations to the project: First Impressions: These annotations are created by anyone with a Hypothes.is account and access to the plugin, and they can be viewed and replied to by anyone who has installed Hypothes.is on their browser. As the

  • Keynote SpeakerDr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San Francisco State UniversityI’m Marc Dollinger and I get to teach, write, and give lots of public talks as a member of the Jewish Studies faculty at San Francisco State University. Thanks to the Goldman Family (think Levi Strauss), I hold an endowed research chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility, gifting me a platform to talk about my passion for Jewish social justice. I believe it’s a

  • paradigm had begun to fail. His experience of terrible anxiety and the questioning which it produced joined rigorous study within his university discipline. Such study yielded a series of questions which continue to shape Lutheran education: Should one university discipline control all others or should each one enjoy the freedom to pursue truth through its own methods? Who should have access to education: all citizens or only the wealthy? Is social welfare – caring for the neighbor in need – the sole

  • S. Erving Severtson Research Fellowship Forest Foundation Undergraduate Research ProgramIn May 2000, a grant was awarded to the Division of Social Sciences for a student-faculty research program to honor PLU faculty member and alumnus (1955) Dr. S. Erving (Erv) Severtson. Endowed by the Forest Foundation, the Severtson funding supports joint student and faculty research by providing financial assistance. For student researchers, the grant covers up to $500 for project expenses and a $3,950

  • contributor to the Neuroethics research focus within UW’s Center for Neurotechnology (systems that record and stimulate the nervous system), he also leads diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the International Neuroethics Society. Brown’s interdisciplinary research includes the potential impact of neurotechnologies on end users’ agency and embodiment, and the potential to exacerbate or create social inequities. Brown works at the intersection of biomedical ethics, philosophy of technology