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our summer follow-up. Lenny ReisbergCollege BoundCollege Bound Summer 2014Thanks so much for all of your help meeting our needs with this event! We had a great experience, as did our guests. The PLU staff were helpful with communication and accommodating with last minute requests. Best, Darcy Nelson Program Coordinator, Youth Education MDC Making a Difference in CommunityTacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services ProgramTacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Volunteer Legal
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efforts in making inclusive excellence a core value of PLU. We seek to foster a community that goes beyond tolerance of difference to one that is guided by the principles of equity, social justice, cultural competence and engaged citizenship. This comes through in our academic work including our annual Holocaust Education Conference, and this fall will also mark the beginning of a Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, one of only a few in the nation. It comes through in our commitment to studying
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for granted or aren’t aware of it. But it is an incredible gift for which we should be grateful and which we should seek to use on behalf of a world in desperate need of it. Remember that the Lutheran Reformation began in a university. Martin Luther was a teacher committed to making sure people could read and write and study the Scriptures in their own language so that they could learn for themselves about the same steadfast and loving God that Solomon prayed to. That commitment to critical study
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More. First MSK Graduate Class: Kallan CampaWe had the opportunity to speak with Kallan Campa, one of the five students from the first graduating class of the MSK program. Kallan Campa, who earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in kinesiology from PLU, shared about her experience pursuing the master’s in kinesiology. Read More. Making a Career Change? Consider These 6 Graduate DegreesIf you’re ready to switch careers, Pacific Lutheran University’s graduate programs can set you up for success in a
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// Go Back How did your major at PLU help you choose and succeed at this? “I learned at PLU to be comfortable feeling uncomfortable. You’re not going to be successful if it’s easy; you’re constantly struggling. If you are doing your best and impacting the life of one person, you’re not feeling comfortable and complacent.” What’s your best advice for an incoming PLU student? “The people here are so invested in each other and in making a positive difference in the community. (Your experience won’t) be
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will start making an immediate impact on the world—mostly because they already have done so much at PLU. Here’s a look at just a few outstanding members of this year’s graduating class.Greg HibbardMajors: Geoscience and Economics. Hometown: Olympia, Washington. Accomplishments at PLU: NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient, two-time Capital One First Team Academic All American (first male student-athlete in PLU’s history to receive this honor twice), 2014 Football Team Captain, football player all
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. I’m a second-class citizen here with the set of struggles that come with that. To this day I experience racism essentially wherever I go in America. People making assumptions about me before they even meet me. Having this color of skin is a death sentence here when it comes to leading a normal American life. I can’t even go down the street on a nice day a lot of times without someone thinking I am a dangerous person. This color of skin isn’t associated with good things in America. Though David
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,” Moore said it was an “extraordinary stroke of genius” to depict a menorah as Jesus’ family tree. “Those spiritual traditions often have more in common than things that divide us,” she said. I always come back to the first illumination in The Saint John’s Bible when people ask why I was in Collegeville learning about a Bible; it summarizes the book’s narrative in a neat little package. The story: Creation. The task: creating an image of the story without making anyone mad. No easy feat, but it seems
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spectrum of ideas and access to learning for all—a hallmark of the Protestant Reformation. “You want a diverse array of perspectives and upbringings and opinions that challenge one another, that bring you closer to the truth,” Franco says. He stresses that this isn’t just about bringing many voices together; it’s making sure those voices talk to each other. “Diversity is the mix,” he says. “Inclusion means the mix works.” Julian FrancoAssistant Director of Admission for Equity and Access“The more
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