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to better understand what sorts of strategies immigrants living on the US/Mexico border have developed to determine their own circumstances, often in the context of injustice, social inequality, geographical displacement, and human rights violations. Our program also included visits with Kate Pritchard (PLU ’14) and Brian Erickson (PLU ’09), two PLU Hispanic Studies alumni who are currently working on supporting and advocating for immigrant communities on the US/Mexico Border. Border Patrol
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lives,” says Speer, who has spent her entire career working for nonprofits, previously serving at the American Lung Association of Washington, United Way of Pierce County and the Tacoma Community College Foundation. “There is a great sense of accomplishment in working as a team along with dedicated educators to provide positive learning experiences for children and youth in need of extra academic and social/emotional support,” explains Shultz. Prior to joining CIS in 2006, Shultz served in a variety
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that matters to people, we’ve got to get better at speaking a different language.” “Intellectuals should ‘go public’ and demonstrate the relevance (of scholarship and research) to social and political concerns,” urged Young. “We need to change the system from the inside. That is happening, but slowly.” Chavez used her talk to shed light on the millions of young people in the United States who are currently locked out college classrooms, a byproduct of what she referred to as “the de-Americanization
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excitement has worn off for most in and around the suburban city that’s just a stone’s throw away from Pacific Lutheran University. But for one economics professor on campus, it’s finally getting interesting. Associate Professor of Economics Martin Wurm and his research partner Neal Johnson, a former PLU Economics faculty member, are the social scientists charged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) with determining the economic impact of the U.S. Open on the local, regional and statewide economy
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spirit of social justice lives on through a legacy scholarship established in his memory. Read More Going Places Kristina Walker ’02 first discovered Copenhagen and its hundreds of kilometers of bike routes as a PLU study-away student. When she returned to Denmark more than a decade later, it was as executive director of Tacoma’s Downtown on the Go. Read More The Reboot of Outdoor Rec Back in the 1990s, campus outdoor recreation programs were roughing it due to a lack of organization, leadership and
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Selectant: 2019 The Scratch In-Pencil Staged Readings New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Regents Professorship (2016) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Exemplar Award (2012) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Retention and Advising Award (2011) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Outstanding Faculty (2008) New Mexico State University Social Justice Award (2008) Robert J. Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting (Drinking Habits) ATHE PlayWorks Winner (for
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elected President. This, alongside her longstanding personal and scholarly commitments to social justice, motivated her to help found Indivisible Gig Harbor. The group, which has a Facebook page with more than 500 members, began as a meeting of like-minded people at a coffee shop. That initial group formed separate local organizations, one of which was Indivisible Gig Harbor. The group nominated co-chairs and began holding regular meetings at the Gig Harbor library. Indivisible Gig Harbor’s mission
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. Robinson-Bertoni says, “I am interested in the way that people are taking care of each other and the ways that people are creatively addressing social problems. Using poetry. Using theatre. Using singing. Using these things that bring out so much of a human experience that is bigger than just the empirical measurements. They’re immeasurables.” At the heart of this, for Robinson-Bertoni, is connection. Religion is all about connection. A connection with God, a connection with oneself, a connection with
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students through tutoring. The Assistant Directors all study different disciplines, but they were originally drawn to the PLC for a lot of the same reasons. In particular, they observe how the PLC provides an opportunity for them to invest in the community by supporting student learning and by creating a comfortable social space where students are encouraged to learn. PLU is vocal about its engagement with the community and the PLC is a visible point of contact with our immediate neighbors. Susan, a
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