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Home LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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November 1, 2010 What is ‘social justice’? And why should you care? By Kari Plog ’11 In the first floor of PLU’s University Center, students fill the overstuffed couches – some studying, some texting their friends, some just hanging out. It’s what happens at the Diversity Center all the time. The “D Center,” as it is known, is a great place to hang out. It is also a great place to tackle big issues – like power, privilege, equity and inclusiveness. It can be both. In fact, that’s the whole
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is the place where students will be able to ask important questions of meaning and purpose in their lives,” Hunnicutt said. “And it is where they will be able to get more information and guidance in devising their own answers.” Or, to put it in the language of the Mary Oliver poem from which the Wild Hope Project gets its name, the Center for Vocation will be the place for students to consider “what they will do with their one wild and precious life.” Indeed, it is hard to find a student on
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fight never ends,’” Riano said. Richardson says health insurance is a very complex language, and she urges her fellow PLU students to learn as much as they can about the topic. Being well versed in health care now ensures students will pick plans that are right for them and move through their lives as healthy as possible. The White House targeted young adults for the Healthy Campus Challenge in hopes of lighting a fire under them to seek information and get serious about their well-being. PLU’s
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shooting skits was intimidating to him at first. “I didn’t know if I could do it or not until I sat in my room and opened up my laptop,” he said. “My first two years (at PLU) gave me the confidence that I could do this if I really worked at it. I think, yes, I’ve always wanted to do it, but I hadn’t had the confidence until I had some time in college to just experiment and take the opportunity.” Much like Temple, Gutierrez didn’t have PLU on her radar until she began the process of looking for a
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free music camps to local young musicians. The Parkland Literacy Center provides free tutoring in most subjects to any K-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community. “My
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majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024
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kits or imaging technologies any time soon. Part of the problem here is the language of health care. American health care is euphemistically vague (physicians “treat” you and “practice” medicine) and it is also focused on sort of a “techno-fix” approach to problems. Got something? Take a pill. Many of the problems in global health can, in fact, be solved by new, innovative technologies. An effective malaria vaccine would be an incredible achievement. But such technological solutions need to be
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is an experienced educator who believes children develop and reach milestones at different phases — and we need to celebrate their growth.“Not all children thrive or develop the same, but they all need the same amount of encouragement and support,” she says. “They all need to be valued and understood. Children know if you don’t love them.” Ferguson is an assistant superintendent for early learning at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that students in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason
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PLU & Goodwill Partner to Create Sustainable Options for Spring Move-Out Posted by: Zach Powers / May 18, 2015 Image: (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 18, 2015 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 18, 2015)- As summer approaches, moving out is on the mind, and Pacific Lutheran University’s Office of Sustainability and Office of Residential Life are partnering with Goodwill for the second straight year to make sure that sustainability is on every Lute’s mind
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