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about their political interests and issues the student body should advocate. The task force—Dan Stell ’15, Carly Brook ’15, Katerina Volosevych ’17, Caitlin Dawes ’16, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15 and Naomi Bess ’15—then selected one area of interest popular among the 308 students who responded to the survey and found corroborating bills that might be of interest to students. The popular areas of interest include environmental legislation, healthcare, wellness/community health, tax reform, higher
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. Originally from Ohio, Mr. Brownlee is a passionate advocate for diversity in the arts, especially opera. He is an artistic advisor for Opera Philadelphia and Lyric Opera of Chicago and a Peace Ambassador for Opera for Peace. www.lawrencebrownlee.com Cindy McTeeTacoma-born Cindy McTee has received numerous awards for her music, including Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships. Her works have been performed at Carnegie Hall five separate times and are described as fresh and imaginative, with music that
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for their communities and care for the earth. This triple repetition aligns perfectly with our principles of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability, which we strive to consider not as three separate issues, but as one interrelated cause demanding critical thought and action. These guiding values help our students, alumni, faculty and professional staff members to act as globally conscious citizens and creative leaders. So as we celebrate the graduation of this, the largest class in PLU’s history
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March 29, 2012 Photo by John Froschauer Dr. Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 The need to ‘care for the whole patient’ By Chris Albert To say Nathaniel Schlicher ’00 was born to be a doctor is not much of an over statement. “I got the bug early,” he said. “It really started in the early single digits.” His mother, Carol (Martin ’75) Schlicher was a nursing graduate from PLU, and his father was a hospital administrator. So talking about health care was common around the dinner table. Schlicher also got
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take on projects that improve public health and reduce disease. “We feel there’s plenty of water, we just need to capture it and use it correctly,” McKenney said. McKenney highlighted three of their current projects in Oaxaca, Mexico in his discussion Friday morning. The projects include building 8,000-gallon rainwater catchment systems as part of a rainwater harvesting program in the Bravo Ahuja district of Oaxaca, creating a wetland for sewage treatment in Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo Etla, and
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enriches the diversity of education is that philosophy is very good at bringing forth multiple perspectives on one thing. When studying philosophy, you get used to seeing conflicting view points and become much more tolerant of those conflicting viewpoints. Philosophy also helps us to see the contingencies of our way of thinking. Philosophy is very good at preserving the history of thought and looking deeply at ancient figures. These histories are usually ways of thinking, that we don’t think of
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a B.S. in Special Education with an emphasis in Community and Mental Health Counseling from Indiana University in 1990.Among her notable accomplishments, Joanna directs the graduate program in Student Affairs at the University of the Pacific. She has also served as lead or co-designer for multiple strategies focused on undergraduate student success, including the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Student Success essay; First Year Experience signature programs, including MOVE (see
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Master of Science in Kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University brings a tradition of excellence into the Master of Science degree. The program combines a rigorous academic experience with real-world, relevant and impactful applications designed to intentionally address critical gaps in Kinesiology training and practice. Unique features of the program include a commitment to diversity and inclusion, along with intentional mentorship and leadership development opportunities. Through coursework
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in a 40 percent increase in use — an unprecedented result that Bannon credits to the diversity of his staff and their authentic community engagement. “Of course I understood, intellectually, the importance of diversity and inclusive staff and leadership, but that experience exemplified how it’s not just the right thing to do — it’s also the smart thing to do, and necessary to get the absolute best result.”Chi-town CEOIn 2012, Bannon was appointed CEO of the Chicago Public Library. Newly-elected
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from where she grew up in Central Washington. “It was hard with the change of literal environment,” she said. “It’s rainy over here, there’s more population, more diversity. It’s a real city.” Gutierrez enjoyed her new school and making new friends but she admits she was homesick for her community back in Yakima. “Coming from my high school —the majority is Latino —it was different to be in a school as the minority,” she said. After working through some of those homesick blues, Gutierrez decided to
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