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  • from PLU’s School of Nursing and has continued to be active as an Alumni serving on the Nursing Alumni Association Board, Gender Diversity Board, and Guest Speaker in Advocating for Gender Diverse Patients. Dawn’s family inspires her to advocacy. With a homosexual son, a heterosexual son, and a transgender son she hit the jackpot in the gender diversity lottery with her awesome family. Rigby Alger is currently working on his Masters Degree in Art Education at the Art of Education University in Iowa

  • , leadership, and needs of minoritized identities inclusive of those who identify as people of color, LGBTQIA+, undocumented students, first in the family, and those interested in diversity, justice, and sustainability. The Diversity Center is committed to empowering the PLU community to engage in dialogue, programs, and initiatives that promote and enhance equity, agency, and action. Communities for all interested in diversity, justice, and sustainability Student success resources for students of color

  • , there is generally a low-cost fee.  Social Media can be a great way to stay connected with friends and family back home, as well as keeping in touch with new friends after your program ends.  The Wang Center loves to see what students are up to during their programs. Tag pictures and posts with #lutesaway. You can find us on  Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  Blogging Blogging while abroad is a great way to journal and share your experiences with your friends and family. Rather than updating all

  • rest of her Samish canoe family paddled their final strokes through the Hylebos Waterway, Hall did something no one in her tribe had done for many years.“I’m the first tribal member in decades to speak the language while coming to shore,” she said during a break from annual canoe journey festivities. Hall, a language specialist for the Samish tribe, says she’s witnessed an increasing number of people speaking their native language — both during last week’s Power Paddle to Puyallup and in everyday

  • the Fife school district. It has an important meaning to my family and me. I love Fife — it’s a great community. I am actually student teaching with my past fourth-grade teacher, so I have enjoyed seeing the other side of it. Fife just feels like home and that I have always been here,” Knapp said. After completing his practicum earlier this school year, Knapp will spend six weeks in a fifth grade general education classroom and nine weeks in a third through fifth grade special education resource

  • Learn More: Bwa MaskWith a population of about 300,000, the Bwa live in both Mali and Burkina Faso. The Bwa are governed by a council of elders. Unlike many surrounding cultures, the masks are not owned by secret societies. Masks are owned by entire families, but are in the care of elder men. The masks are accessible to everyone in the family, men and women, although only the young men wear them in the rituals. The rituals preformed are mostly to communicate or tell stories of encounters with

  • . Pastor Jen featured in the Chicago Sun for her historical ordination Having grown up in the Lutheran church, Pastor Jen was “steeped in our theology, which is all about grace and unconditional love and justice.” Her father and other family members are pastors, and she was a leader in her church group. She jokes that “it’s the Lutheran Church’s fault that I… adopted these and believed these values, these commitments.”  Since queer people could not be ordained in the ELCA until 2009, as a young person

  • generation disciple of Chen Style Taichi, studying under Chen family successor and world-renowned Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei since 1998. No previous Tai Chi experience is required. 2019 Fall Quarter Class Dates (this will be the LAST session of Tai Chi class CIWA will offer on UW campus—take your chance!): All classes will be held in HUB 332. 11/1/2019 Fri 12:00 -1:00PM (Yang style) , 1:00-2:00 PM (Chen style) 11/7/2019 Thu 6:00 -7:00PM(Yang style), 7:00 PM-8:00 PM (Chen style) 11/15/2019 Fri 12:00 -1

  • Relations70OctoberPI Athletic Awards Banquet AthleticsOctoberPI Fall Preview Day Admission & Enrollment Services600OctoberPI, CP, PS Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture Division of Social Sciences150-200OctoberPI Internship, Volunteer, and Job FairCareer ConnectionsOctober Board of RegentsOffice of the President70OctoberPI, CP David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture Religion Department150-200OctoberPI Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationHolocaust and Genocide Studies Programs350Fall 2016PI Family Weekend Office of

  • a lot. It’s had different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation Studies, PLU students will now get to explore what the concept means conceptually, historically and as a process that builds businesses and unlocks human potential. “We study a range of fascinating topics but our main focus is on social innovation, which is all about making the world better,” said Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair and the