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New PLU Kinesiology Club Uses Some Muscle to Meet Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll Read Next PLU Community Gathers for #BlackLivesMatter Forum COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on
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in eight short minutes and hope it sprouts into new ways of thinking about making a difference in your community and beyond.” Barnett will be joined by 12 other speakers, including retired Army Lieutenant General Mike Ferriter, New York Times best-selling novelist Isaac Marion, Jason Lee Middle School principal Christine Brandt, former Tacoma City Council member Bill Moss and Beecher’s Handmade Cheese founder Kurt Beecher Dammeier (full list of TEDxTacoma 2016 speakers). The program will also
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current students, alumni, family or friends — on campus for Homecoming this weekend, it was difficult to find a corner of campus unoccupied by the joy of being at Pacific Lutheran University.The PLU community braved the anticipated “historic” storm that eventually fizzled into just another blustery October weekend. More than 1,000 participants attended the series of Taste of Home events, ranging from the Meant to Live lecture and the Homecoming football game, to the Lute Family Brunch and the Donor
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involved in University Chorale and the PLU Opera program. Beyond teaching, Dreher is excited to dive into the European music scene. “That’s my job,” Dreher said, “but the activities I have planned around my stay there are community engagement with music and also networking within the country.” After Germany, Dreher plans to attend graduate school for vocal performance or early music, a discipline that focuses on music dated before 1750. In the meantime, she is most looking forward to the cultural
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doctorate programs, as well as M.D.-Ph.D.s. The university draws from 150 countries around the world, and celebrates prominent alumni researchers at institutions such as Harvard University. UMBC’s success is built on key pillars: cultivating community among students, hands-on research opportunities, maintaining high expectations, faculty involvement, and innovative curriculum designed to engage students. “Children can be empowered to take control of their education,” Hrabowski says. “They can be taught
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History Month is the perfect time for our campus and surrounding community to come together in appreciation and celebration of Black culture,” said Melannie Cunningham, PLU’s Director of Multicultural Outreach & Engagement. “Attending the Gospel Experience Concert is an intentional action individuals who are working on improving their intercultural competence can take and also enjoy.” For Aikin, who hasn’t been back to PLU in a few years, it’s also an opportunity to see how the university has grown
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illuminates issues of power, abuse and corruption in competitive sport.“It is truly an honor for us to be welcoming Sarah to campus and for our students and community to hear from such a powerful voice. Sarah’s personal story of abuse and her professional commitment to fighting for victims of sexual abuse are both inspiring and impactful,” said Karen McConnell, Dean of PLU’s School of Education and Kinesiology. This event is part of the annual Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series held by the Department
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internship and job opportunities, learn about different industries, develop soft skills and increase their understanding of their own career goals.” Elli Pippin, PLU’s assistant director for career and experiential learning, said the program was developed to further build connection opportunities between students and alumni in their field of interest. “They can be as short as a few hours,” Pippin said. “It’s a great way to get them exposed to the workplace.”LuteLinkLinking the PLU community through
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is very good at one-on-one talks and working with individual students, was just great,” he said. Kop’s interest for science grew when he took science courses through the Running Start program while he was a student at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. As part of Running Start, Kop attended Tacoma Community College, where he majored in astronomy and took courses that interested him. But by the time he got to PLU, as a transfer junior, Kop was ready to take on a challenging schedule as an upper
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Scholarship grant is that I have to teach at a Title I school for two years, so I’ll probably stay local,” Clark says. “I have the intention of supporting the local community with teaching.” Read Previous Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU Read Next PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear
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