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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: alemanem / November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation is now accepting applications for 2024 scholarships of $2500. This year they expect to give 16 of them. There will be at least one for a community college student (preferably female), at least one other undergrad scholarship, one for an early grad student, three for diversity candidates, and two for Native American or Alaskan Native students. All aspects of
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she oversees between 250 and 300 students in preschool through grade five. She sees her primary role at Chief Leschi as building connections and helping students flourish in a school environment. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, Leavens says it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. “We are teaching kids to be true to themselves,” Leavens says, “even though they have to live in a world that is sometimes unjust or unfair.” Read
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March 28, 2012 Hong Kong native Winston Zee rises in global law firm while retaining close PLU ties By Dwight Daniels ’79 Attorney Winston K.T. Zee ’76 says he has learned one truth in decades of practicing law on the international level from his office in Hong Kong. “No one and no nation is an island,” he said. “Countries and economies are complexly intertwined and we are truly all in it together.” Now serving on the top executive committee of the global law firm Baker & McKenzie, the lawyer
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Special Education Major Gavin Knapp ’23 Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Posted by: shortea / April 13, 2023 Image: Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean) April 13, 2023 By Grant Hoskins '23PLU Marketing & Communications Student Writer Gavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators. Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with unified
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life. “It’s really powerful,” she said. Hall grew up on traditional Samish lands, ancestral areas around Anacortes, Washington, and the San Juan Islands. She first connected with her tribe in 2003, but for a long time didn’t embrace all that came with her Native American identity. It wasn’t until a decade later, through her studies at Pacific Lutheran University, that Hall reconnected with the Samish on a deeper level. A class on myths, rituals and symbols with her mentor — Suzanne Crawford O’Brien
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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / January 4, 2024 January 4, 2024 The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation expects to award sixteen scholarships in 2024 based upon academic merit, accomplishments in the field, and demonstrated interest. Three individual scholarships are reserved for a community college student, an undergraduate student, and an early graduate student, respectively. Two scholarships have a preference for Native American or Alaskan Native students and are not
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Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / January 4, 2024 January 4, 2024 The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation expects to award sixteen scholarships in 2024 based upon academic merit, accomplishments in the field, and demonstrated interest. Three individual scholarships are reserved for a community college student, an undergraduate student, and an early graduate student, respectively. Two scholarships have a preference for Native American or Alaskan Native students and are not
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October 24, 2010 Learning anthropology by doing anthropology By David R. Huelsbeck – professor of anthropology The two courses mentioned in Ted Charles’ essay seek to provide an opportunity for students to experience a different culture: to learn anthropology by doing anthropology. This summer, as part of the Tribal Journeys celebration, the focus was on Northwest Native American culture. The J-Term course specifically focuses on Makah culture. The goal is to help students learn to recognize
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ACS Scholars Application is Open! Posted by: alemanem / January 9, 2019 January 9, 2019 The ACS Scholars Program is a renewable scholarship for African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American undergraduate students pursuing bachelor degrees and careers in chemistry-related disciplines. Each year, between 100 and 150 new scholarship recipients are selected from across the country and receive anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 per academic year in addition to mentoring, networking
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, students are influenced by residential experiences, interactions with peers, and events and activities on campus. Do students of color feel like they belong at PLU? Data on retention and graduation show that students of color are less likely to return to PLU for a second year and less likely to graduate within four or six years. This is especially true for African-American, Asian-American and Native American students. One of the challenges in investigating these trends is the small number of students
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