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will be charged a daily rate corresponding to Summer Housing Rates. If you are requesting early arrival as an independent request (not affiliated with a group), your request will need to be specific and falling within need based circumstances, as PLU does not allow for early arrival of students without a critical need. Students requesting for Early Arrival housing must have a Fall Term housing assignment. All Summer Housing requests need to be made with Hospitality Services: Summer Housing webpage
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Norway this summer. The Consul of Norway in Seattle, Kim Nesselquist, facilitated the exhibition’s Tacoma premiere. “The relationship between Norway and the United States is very strong and continues to be critical for Washington state,” he said. “ It was important we get the exhibition here.” View Samples of the Exhibit Click on an image to see each piece. Accompanying the show is a scholarly volume of essays by leading authorities on the history and importance of the Norwegian constitution. (The
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gaining a lot of recognition these days. “We try to act on our values as an institution,” said Barot, associate professor of English and author of the book Chord. PLU’s authenticity and commitment to “critical seeing,” he said, affects his writing. His book, a collection of poems, recently won the University of North Texas Rilke Prize. Additionally, Barot is the recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, one of only 175 awarded throughout various disciplines. Both are high honors
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term BIPOC be both inclusive and exclusive? 7) Do we have a responsibility to introduce these words into our vocabulary? Why or why not? 7) What questions do you still have about… Anti-Blackness? Anti-Racism? Decolonization? BIPOC? References Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me Christopher S. Collins & Alexander Jun White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic Critical Race Theory: An Introduction W. E. B. Du Bois The Souls of Black
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attendance. Strategic and Responsive. A school-wide planning retreat led to the development of SOAC’s 2nd Strategic Planning Document 2016-2020, and the work of a dedicated group of faculty colleagues resulted in the creation of the SOAC Statement of Principles and Best Practices related to Contingent Faculty. Donor support continues to grow. In 2015-16, 398 donors supported our SOAC programs, facilities and student scholarships. This yearly support totaled almost $350,000 – bringing the total amount of
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provided targeted instructions to students in those specific areas where they need it Mandarin Matrix – the Dual Language Immersion book series, developed with the University of Utah Confucius Institute, is available for grades K-2 and expanding to grade 6 Better Immersion (from Better Chinese) – this program was designed to support literacy development in Dual Language Immersion classes where students are also learning content, such as Math, Science, and Social Studies Summer Reading Programs We can’t
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the two fields, plans for future development in the area include a new recreation and fitness center just south of Columbia Center. The area south of that may be a future location for student and multigenerational mixed housing. The area may also include space for passive recreation needs that may include an arboretum. When construction begins, the PLU University Golf Course will close to make way for the new field. However, it will remain open for most of the 2011 golfing season. The lower campus
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, Brown’s comment contains some amount of hyperbole. But there is a point to it. As someone who has been deeply involved in so many levels of business – R&D, marketing, strategy development, engineering and executive management — he’s keenly aware of what it takes to succeed. But as invigorating as the challenges were, Brown decided to exit industry, earn his Ph.D., and look for a university that would enable him to pass along the experience he had gained over the years. He says that in choosing the
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, and then with Nike and the development of basketball shoes. He’d still like to design/develop shoes for Nike someday. One of the reasons he picked PLU was because of its marketing and business program, as well as its focus on helping students find their vocation and passion. He later switched from business to physical education and focused on teaching, but still had a laser interest in Nike. He told everyone he knew he wanted to work for the company, and applied for several jobs at the
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Award to expand Student Life’s PLUS 100: Transition to PLU program. PLUS 100 is an extended-orientation first-year seminar that has shown to increase graduation rates. Expansion of the program would include continuing to offer the program for all incoming first-year students and providing student teaching assistants for all sections. It would also involve investing in the professional development of instructors and TAs to emphasize the social justice outcomes associated with increased retention
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