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help prevent homesickness, it is a good idea to bring personal items such as pictures of your family and friends, small gifts, traditional clothes, maps, posters, music, and items that represent you or your culture. These items will be helpful for you to introduce yourself and your country to people who you meet here. These items will also help you feel close to your home. There will be events on campus in which students are encouraged to share their cultures and traditions through demonstrations
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the plate big time.” East Campus’ annual holiday party was revamped this year. In the past, only about 25 percent of the families were touched by the traditional holiday workshop, which allowed parents and children to pick out gifts for all members of their family. The children in the Head Start program were left out because a parent needed to be present at the workshop. This year, signed parental permission slips allowed the Head Start children to participate in the Dec. 17th holiday party
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professorship in Holocaust studies at PLU in 2007. The gifts secured the university’s position as one of the premier centers for Holocaust studies in the nation. The donors are Kurt and Pam Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Natalie Mayer-Yeager, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they have given more than $1 million and have committed to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million endowed chair. The professorship honors the memory of their family and friends who were
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, Anderson recognized three people, who over the span of a decade, made this dream, a reality. The idea was first conceived in the mid-1990s, when Richard Svare and his sister, Betty Svare Parrot, made plans to honor their father, Trygve Svare, with the creation of an endowed faculty position. The senior Svare had taught at PLU (then PLC) for more than three decades spanning the 1920s to the 1940s. When the brother and sister passed away in 2004 and 2005 respectively, they left their promised gifts, but
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Anniversary Recognition Revised October 2009 In appreciation for their long-term service, faculty and staff of the university who are regularly employed in a with benefits status (.5 FTE or more) will receive special recognition during major anniversary years: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and more. Anniversary awards (pins, certificates, gift cards as outlined below) are typically presented at the university’s annual Christmas Celebration. At that time, recognition and gifts are given to
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technology, with a smaller footprint. Dr. Hay’s course there offers students a sense of community, an opportunity to unplug, and an experience of sustainable practice. Hopefully, this helps to initiate changes for the future. Waist-Deep in MudRevisiting the Visiting Writer Series Read Previous Waist-Deep in Mud: Engaging with Tradition through a J-Term Course in Honolulu Read Next The Parkland Literacy Center LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in
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community. PRISM 2021Un Remedio Read Previous Educator and Cheerleader: Dr. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Read Next Un Remedio: Confronting the Challenges of Distance Learning 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, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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