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  • Shoebox Sharing: how one PLU alumna comforts those in need What if, by donating just an hour of your time, you could change someone’s life. Twenty years ago, while still attending her Central California high school, Kristina Garabedian heard about a pastor’s intriguing invitation. The pastor asked church members to reach under the pews and… December 23, 2019 Alumni, Internships, Career

  • which aspects are most relevant to our time and to them personally.  Professor Parker is particularly passionate about working with students who might not fit stereotypes of the “traditional” college student. He enjoys working with first generation students, students of color, and representatives of other marginalized groups, and he believes that the Classics can resonate with these students and empower them to engage and to change the dominant culture.  Classics, Parker explains, need not be

  • this is either natural or standard. For many of my students, my classes were the least important aspect of their lives, so providing content for them in an accessible, humane and positive way was essential for their wellbeing and success.” Encouraging BiliteracyAll Tradition is Change Read Previous The Adaptation of Learning Read Next Greetings from the Dean LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues

  • PLU Psychology Professor Regarded as a Pioneer in Crowdsourcing Science TACOMA, WASH. (June 27, 2019) — Dr. Jon Grahe’s reach extends around the globe as an open science ambassador. Nearly a decade ago, Dr. Grahe declared that he wanted to change how we study social science. Because of his tireless efforts, a new approach to… June 25, 2019

  • Industrial Truck training. The following are guidelines to consider when supervisors select employees who will be allowed to receive the required training and then go on to be certified as an approved Powered Industrial Truck operator. 2.1 Authorization Only trained and authorized employees shall be permitted to operate a powered industrial truck PIT. The procedure for becoming an operator is as follows: Your supervisor must request authorization from the Facilities Management Maintenance Manager to use

  • , which builds Artificial Intelligence (AI) hardware for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) maker projects. His top-secret plan for global change is to build things that help build more engineers. He is a recovering academic; as an Assistant Professor at Rice University his research was on distributed algorithms for multi-robot systems, which is software that produces complex group behaviors from the interactions of many simple robots. Previously, McLurkin was a Lead Research Scientist at iRobot and was the 2003

  • fundraising wasn’t enough, that education was a big part of seeing a change. That has been our motivation for our educational events which included a professor panel on the healthcare proposals by the presidential primary candidates (McCain, Clinton, and Obama), our screening of “Sicko” by Michael Moore, and our recent debate on healthcare reform with the PLU Democrats and Republicans. We, as well as our members, are very proud of our involvement with the club and the groups success. Progress is

  • social progress. Mentored at the University of Washington by PLU alumni Connie Kravas ’67 and Eric Godfrey ’70, Zeno’s goal is to empower communities to solve their own challenges through shared learning and mutual benefitting activities. For Zeno, this practice of active listening and community equipping, aligned with a university’s strengths and resources, is the most powerful way to create real, lasting societal change. As UW’s chief community builder for equity and inclusion, Zeno developed

  • . WAYS TO ENSURE YOU ARE PREPARED FOR YOUR CLINICAL ROTATION: CPNW.org – this website is going to continue to grow and change. Currently there are 8 education modules that must be completed on the site. These modules have been developed in collaboration with all of our health care partner agencies and will ultimately decrease the amount of orientation material you will need to review for each individual site. Please make sure you have completed all 8 modules or you will not be able to be processed

  • : Abortion stories from the 1 in 3 campaign” March 3 and 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts. Tickets can be found here. “Disagreement: Strategies for Talking Across Divides” March 5 at 7 p.m. Currently booked for AUC 213, but likely to change. “Can you really be pro-woman and pro-life?” March 6, 6:30-8 p.m. Xavier 250 “Stand with (unplanned) parenthood” March 9, 7-9 p.m. Xavier 201 “Let’s Talk About Planned Parenthood” March 9, 7-9 p.m. Hauge 101 The string of events kicks