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January 28, 2013 Grad lands dream job By Emilie Thoreson ’15 After travelling to Macedonia on a Fulbright Student Fellowship and working for the National Albanian American Council, Kelly Ryan ’10 has landed his dream job — working for the State Department. Ryan made the trip to Skopje, Macedonia shortly after graduation to carry out his Fulbright. There, he analyzed the dialogue process of the Nansen Dialogue Center and its efforts to promote linguistic and ethnic integration in schools. “Right

Caitlin Zimmerman throughout their impressive college careers. “From the moment they arrived at PLU, they all were doing this work, whether in social justice or inequality and inequity,” Feller said. “They’ve all crisscrossed. Most have done a full semester abroad; almost all are involved in the Network for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management. Students who do that work come my way.” Together the cohort incorporates the essential role of communication in understanding the nature of conflict and of

activism.” Chan does the work for children who come after her, too. Her sister tried using makeup in fourth grade to deflect harmful comments about her eye shape. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a

. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my

, but it can be a real challenge to understand and feel for people outside of your circle.  At PLU, you will be encouraged to value, respect and understand another person’s views, even when you don’t agree with them. Empathy is a function of both compassion and of seeing from another person’s perspective, and it is the key to civil discourse and thoughtful inquiry.  We have all been witnesses to a political season enveloped by a cloud of racial, ethnic, and religious animosity – much of it poorly

insecurity and an escalation of the conflict,” Lander said. “They’ve been there for years, and it’s a grim existence.”  “So it was personally fulfilling to see the situation first-hand—and respond to the needs,” Lander said by Skype from Rome, where WFP is headquartered. WFP is the UN’s international hunger relief arm and the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and food insecurity. Historically, the organization feeds more than 100 million people in about 80 countries each year

in each of the non-white racial-ethnic categories. For example, the 2013 graduation data presented by the Chronicle of Higher Education are based on only 17 black students and 10 American Indian students. An idiosyncratic experience by only one or two of these students would significantly affect the overall rates. Of course, the fact that the number of students in each of these groups is so small is one of the central problems shaping the experiences of students of color at PLU. To better

will be awarded to a diversity candidate, defined as ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; and students with physical disabilities. They have also expanded the geographic eligibility of applicants.  In addition to students studying in Oregon and Washington, they now include students who are studying elsewhere, but are from one of those states, and intend to return to the Pacific Northwest after their studies are complete

candidate, defined as ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; and students with physical disabilities.  One is reserved for a First Nations student–this one is not restricted to OR and WA. Each scholarship is a cash award of $2000 with no strings attached. Qualifications and submission requirements are below.  We award scholarships on an equal opportunity basis, consistent with the restrictions above.  The deadline for

will be awarded to a diversity candidate, defined as ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students; and students with physical disabilities. They have also expanded the geographic eligibility of applicants.  In addition to students studying in Oregon and Washington, they now include students who are studying elsewhere, but are from one of those states, and intend to return to the Pacific Northwest after their studies are complete