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‘The holy cow’ moment As Clarice Swanson ’89 walks in the barn located on her family’s 400-acre Walla Walla cattle ranch, her mind isn’t on the hundred or so Herefords and Black Angus chewing on new grass just down the road. It’s on the tiny…
before they are ready for processing and end up on a dinner plate. That’s compared to 15 months in a feedlot, Joel Huesby said. But the trade off is worth it. Once the land returns to its natural cycles and is weaned off expensive and corrosive pesticides and fertilizers, the soil is more productive. In turn, the animals are healthier, he said, with all the fervor of a revivalist preacher. For Keith and Clarice Swanson, returning home to Walla Walla was part of the natural cycle as well. Both
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Congratulations on your admission to PLU! We’re excited that you’re joining the MAE program. Below you’ll find a list of steps to take now that you’ve been admitted.
“SEVIS fee.” You must pay before you can schedule your Visa appointment with the US Embassy. It is easiest to do this online if possible, with a credit card or debit card. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are accepted. Have your I-20 available. You will need it to fill out the form. Make sure you are able to print from your computer, as you will need to print your receipt Go to: I-901 Fee Processing website and follow the prompts. You can link this link to watch a video about how to pay the
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Pacific Lutheran University’s Center for Media Studies serves the community by providing assistance with communication and media related projects.
projects. The Center, housed within the College of Professional Studies, leverages outstanding programs in journalism, public relations, advertising, and art & design to provide unprecedented student learning opportunities through addressing the communication needs of on-campus and external clients.Quick Links Make a Gift MediaLabOrigins and MissionOriginating in PLU’s College of Professional Studies, the Center is intended as a collaborative effort that spans a wide range of departments and
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PLU’s 2012 United Way campaign LIVE UNITED and participate in PLU’s United Way campaign , which helps unify efforts to break down challenging social and economic barriers, strengthen vital community bonds and provide solutions to our community’s most pressing needs. Find out how to participate…
, life-changing charities such as United Way.” Pledges this year can be made through United Way’s secure campaign website on eWay using a provided campaign code, username and password. Donations can be given as a one-time gift or donated through payroll deductions (deductions will begin January 2013). For more details, visit www.plu.edu/human-resources. The campaign runs through November. Read Previous Honoring our veterans Read Next Follow your dreams and say “yes” to opportunities, Patricia Krise
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Native American and Indigenous Studies is an interdisciplinary program grounded in a partnership between students, faculty, staff and local communities, with a global Indigenous focus centered in
opening the university to the possibility of other epistemes and ways of knowing. So Indigenous ways of knowing are a gift that can help the university better realize its mission. (Rauna Kuokkanen, Sámi)(6) Engagement with Indigenous communities is an important part of NAIS. Here students learn from Indigenous activists during the Learning From Standing Rock event in February 2017. (1) Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin.” In In Zoltán Grossman and Alan Parker, eds. Asserting Native Resilience
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1. These guidelines are intended to provide employees, who are authorized to travel on behalf of the university, with adequate means of transportation, lodging, meals and other services necessary to
employee business expenses, see IRS Publ. 463, Travel, Entertainment, Gift and Car Expenses). Per this publication, “To be an accountable plan, an employer’s reimbursement or (expense) allowance arrangement must include all of the following rules:1. Your expenses must have a business connection—that is, you must have paid or incurred expenses while performing services as an employee of your employer. 2. You must adequately account to your employer for these expenses within a reasonable period of time
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Dr. Elizabeth Brusco speaks at the Women's Center's 20th Anniversary Gala on March 22, 2010.
should not be limited by gender, race, sexuality, class or access to education. Each spring the scholarship will be awarded to a PLU student committed to support the mission of the Center for Gender Equity through research or programming. The lead gift for this scholarship endowment was donated by Anthropology Professor and founding chair of PLU’s Women’s Studies program and the Women’s Center, Dr. Elizabeth Brusco, in honor of her grandmothers Katherine Kandel and Elizabeth Oleksak. The scholarship
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PLU’s mission to support the education of our students and larger community on issues of diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
. Issues of distortion and denial make the process of reconciliation and healing less likely and serve as an insult to the memory of all those whose lives were destroyed in the Holocaust. Conference ScheduleCheck out this year’s conference schedule. ScheduleRegistrationNovember 6-8, 2024 RegisterDonate OnlineSupport the conference and the Holocaust education. Make a Gift
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The Commencement ceremony is a celebration of the Pacific Lutheran University community and all it represents.
and the beginning of the Convocation ceremony opening the new academic year. The ceremonial ringing of a replica of the Centennial Bell is repeated at the time of Commencement to announce the graduation of the class. The Centennial Bell was dedicated on May 27, 1990, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pacific Lutheran University. It was a gift from the 11th President, Dr. William O. Rieke, and his wife, Joanne Rieke. The Centennial Bell and its replica were created by sculptor Tom Torrens
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Dr. Andrea Munro didn’t design Chem 103: Food Chemistry in order to teach students how to cook — but everyone agrees it’s been a pretty tasty side effect. Munro, an associate professor of chemistry, intended the general education summer term course to appeal to students…
? Well, there’s a lot of science that takes place in the kitchen: ingredients transforming on a molecular level through a variety of chemical and physical processes like heating, chopping, mixing and freezing. Cooking IS chemistry, on a fundamental level. “What (my students are) doing, then, is getting kind of a base chemistry background — so learning to think like a chemist and about the scientific method,” Munro explained. “My department loves food and all the chemistry and the processing that goes
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