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MediaLab presents the premiere of their documentary Beyond Burkas and Bombers: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America at 7 p.m. April 11. The film will be streaming live at plu.edu/soac. More We wanted to help shed light on the moderate American Muslim voice to help counter the negative message by the extremist minority who have hijacked the religion of more than a billion followers worldwide. And to do so, you must also acknowledge the hurt and pain that has been inflicted over the years by this minority
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, the Cluster Munitions Treaty and the Mine Ban Treaty. In his current job, he is responsible for the Burma and Libya portfolios, as well as three new offices: policy, partnerships and training. He co-chairs the State Department’s sub-working group on religion and conflict mitigation. For White, the choice was to not lament or slip into depression, but eventually set his life on a course that would reach out to others who experienced similar disasters. His passion for eradicating landmines
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programs, Europe will host four groups of students this winter. With a German Studies class going to Germany, an Education class to Hungary, and Literature and Religion classes to Greece, students will explore all corners of the continent. In Europe, students will experience everything from student teaching in Budapest to home-stays in Berlin and weekend trips to the Greek islands of Santorini and Rhodes. North America J-Term Study Away programs don’t always mean students are leaving the country; they
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district I grew up in,” Helle says. After several years of teaching, she became a learning specialist, then an assistant principal and principal. She moved to Northwood Elementary, the school she attended as a child and where her son Dane also attended school. He’s now at PLU, majoring in communications and minoring in religion, with plans to graduate in December 2023. One lesson Helle took away from PLU — something she also hears about from her son — is the value of collaboration and working together
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English Writing, with minors in Music and Philosophy. She wrote this article as part of her work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Previous The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion Read Next Indivisible: English Faculty Members Join the Anti-Trump Resistance 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
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Geistesgeschichte and has two further articles currently under review with the Journal of Austrian Studies. Clayton Regehr is a senior English / Writing major, also completing minors in History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He completed this article as part of his work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Next The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May
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the minor but is also a general education course open to all PLU students. Professors from the history, English, German, religion, social work and Hispanic Studies departments worked together to create the course to allow students to investigate the intersections of dehumanization, violent oppression, cultural destruction, and war. “We wanted to highlight the interdisciplinary and global focus of Holocaust and Genocide Studies beyond studying the history alone,” remembers PLU English professor and
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of any prejudice.LISTEN: Examining White PrivilegeA discussion about white privilege among host and PLU alumnus Jonathan Adams ’16, Associate Professor of Sociology Teresa Ciabattari and Dean of Humanities and Associate Professor of Religion Kevin O’Brien.“I don’t try to talk people out of (white fragility),” Ciabattari said. “I try to empathize.” Part of that process, she noted, is acknowledging that she is learning along with them. “I don’t pretend to have it all figured out,” she said
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and symbols with her mentor — Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, professor of religion and culture — got Hall thinking about her own culture more than ever before. Samish tribal members dance during protocol, a ceremonial sharing of stories, songs and dances during the Power Paddle to Puyallup, this year's annual tribal canoe journey hosted by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) Soon, Crawford had Hall working with the group that established the Native American and Indigenous
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Previous Law school-bound Jasneet Sandu ’23 is passionate about global studies, anthropology, computer science and religion Read Next Communications and psychology double major Alex Reed ’23 explored film and storytelling at PLU 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
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