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April 27, 2012 William Foege ’57 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama By Barbara Clements, University Communications Dr. William Foege received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, where President Barack Obama called him a leader in “one of medicine’s greatest success stories.” Obama noted – aside from the 6-foot, 7-inch Foege being “pretty tall,” – that the epidemiologist had President Obama fastens the Medal of Freedom
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soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. A faculty member at The Juilliard School, he also founded the Summit Brass Ensemble. This fall at PLU Mr. Alessi will lead a virtual masterclass on audition preparation for all music students. www.alessimusicstudios.com Patrick SheridanFrom the White House to the Hollywood Bowl, Patrick Sheridan has had a diverse career as a tuba soloist, guest conductor, instrument design consultant, and band leader. Mr. Sheridan has performed in more than 50 countries with
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Encouraging Biliteracy Through Online Learning Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Camilla SumnerDr. Bridget Yaden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, served as the President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for the very eventful year of 2020.ACTFL is a national organization of language teachers, with a membership of more than 13,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate
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critical work into what they called a “special edition of The Journal of Frankenstein Studies,” complete with illustrations, book reviews, and responses. Other faculty engaged the wider community outside the classroom. For example, Associate Professor of English Rona Kaufman, her husband, and their daughter Juniper built community in their neighborhood. Juniper had the idea to share eggs laid by the family’s chickens with neighbors, and started leaving them on a stand at the end of the driveway
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-white institution and Eurocentric curriculum had damaged her own cultural understanding due to lack of representation within textbooks or classroom leadership.“In middle school, I disassociated with being Asian. In high school, I had to work harder to be confident in my cultural identity,” Chan says. “I reflected on what I’d been through, the microaggressions that piled up.” Students asked if she ate dogs; a teacher asked her to contribute thoughts on China. The language arts curriculum presented
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perspective rings true to business and sociology double major Allisa Ouanesisouk ‘21. “My classes have the perfect balance of learning about how businesses are run and how to make the most ethical decision-making,” she says. “With my core business classes, I am able to learn how the systems are implemented in order to make a successful business. In other classes, I am able to have discussions on how to come up with the best decision method or how to be a supportive leader or manager.” A critical
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production, and studio art. Keep reading to learn more.“As a Filipina, as a woman of color, it’s been interesting for me moving in these spaces where it’s been predominantly white. But it’s allowed me to build resiliency and show up authentically,” Gines says of her high-profile career in the public arts sector. “Sometimes folks feel like they have to code-switch a little bit or put on a persona to get to the professional goal. Or people tend to erase a little bit of their personality to fit some sort of
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Student. A Q&A session and book signing will follow her lecture.“Erin’s lecture speaks to the fundamental need of being seen, a necessary topic at a critical time,” said Wendy Gardiner, Ph.D., PLU’s Jollita Hyland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. “Less than 7 percent of children’s books published in recent years were written by authors of color. This is another area of invisibility that Erin’s work addresses–creating vivid characters, writing about friendship, family, adventure, bravery
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Notes on Design-Centered Innovation at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: halvormj / January 26, 2018 January 26, 2018 By Michael Halvorson. Halvorson is director of Innovation Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. Design has become an integral component of the innovation process. Leading businesses such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, Disney, Dyson, and Airbnb are all recognized for their award-winning designs that strive to communicate the benefits of products to users and meet actual
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students at PLU, the client project serves as a program-culminating project that pairs them with industry clients for a deep dive into real-world marketing. MSMA students begin their project in the fall and finish with presentations and white paper submissions in May. For the nine months in between, students are immersed in both their project and the program’s classroom-based learning. “Real-world problem-solving is required by the MSMA curriculum,” says Assistant Professor of Marketing Kyoungnam
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