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motivated by your personal histories, intellectual curiosity, economic pragmatism, or a desire to serve, we are confident that you will thrive in our program and its mission-driven curriculum. Students at Café Mayapan, a collective space for community empowerment (El Paso, TX) What is Latino Studies?Often described as “a border discipline,” Latino Studies is an interdisciplinary field that aims to foster and advance knowledge about the US Latino experience through the critical lenses and methodological
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lecture for first-year students and a symposium through the Wang Center. Published in 2015, the awards won by the author for Between the World and Me include the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. It was also a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The committee would like to continue to highlight the following themes in Between the World and Me: 1. Constructions of race: the social, political, economic and cultural
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culture, sexual orientation, religion, and even economic factors. “Diversity doesn’t mean you have to look different,” she said. “What we are trying to do is gather people who are diverse in much more complex ways than appearance.” To see why other PLU Diversity Advocates care about social justice, click here. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are
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challenges, driving new political, economic, and environmental realities across the globe. In Water, Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity’s earliest civilizations through the steam-powered Industrial Revolution and America’s century. Charles Fishman, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water (Free Press, 2011) “As Charles Fishman writes, ‘Many civilizations have been
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Dolan ’22. Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics, is in the midst of a prestigious summer internship at the Analysis Group’s headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. A leading economic consulting firm with offices around the world, Analysis Group’s internship positions are highly coveted and the application process is highly competitive. One thing that helped Dolan stand out from the crowd was his connection with a PLU mentor, Bruce Deal ’87. “Mentoring is one of the most interesting
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Services & RequestsListed below are some of the services and support provided by Instructional Technologies. Use the tabs at the top to access: Topics – Topical listing of services; click the Topic to expand it A-Z – Services listed alphabetically Search – Enter one or more keywords Make a Service Request To get assistance with services we provide, click the button below to create a Help Desk ticket. You’ll need an active PLU ePass to create a ticket. Create a Help Desk TicketTopicsA
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nanocrystals in the LSC matrix. Thus far, Mn:ZnSe/ZnS quantum dots with exchanged ligands are a promising dye for increasingly efficient LSCs. 3:30 - 4:00 pm - Departmental Group Photo (Morken Atrium) and Liquid Nitrogen Dippin' Dots Preparation4:00 pm - Keynote Speaker (Morken Center for Learning and Technology 103):Capstone Keynote: Applied Chemistry in Renewable Energies and Nanoparticle Synthesis Eric Brauser, Ph.D., (and PLU ’10), TerraPower A recent economic downturn in traditional hydrocarbon-based
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FAQ's - Faculty Advisory Committee and Rank and TenureThe Rank and Tenure and Faculty Affairs Committees have partnered to create this FAQ sheet, as well as a list of Best Practices for Obtaining Course Feedback.). There will be a transition period as we all get used to this new system and form, and instructors may notice changes in the response rate and/or comments that students provide.Who else will have access to my course results? Approximately two weeks after the evaluation period ends
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Services & RequestsListed below are some of the services and support provided via the Help Desk. Use the tabs at the top to access: Topics – Topical listing of services; click the Topic to expand it A-Z – Services listed alphabetically Search – Enter one or more keywords Need help with your question or problem? You can Make a Service Request online. You’ll need your PLU ePass username and password to log in. If you’re having trouble with your ePass, phone 253-535-7525 or email helpdesk@plu.edu
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buildup to the Beijing Olympics. Franklin Foer, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (Harper Perennial, 2005) A fascinating read about globalization and the role of culture by looking at soccer as an expression of national identity, economic and political power in various communities around the world, especially South America and Europe. Richard Hoffer, Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics (Free Press, 2009) Story of the
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