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community engagement as my students begin to ask who is shaping their perceptions of what should be valued in life as life is lived within a particular economic fabric (capitalism: the unimpeded pursuit of personal or corporate wealth) and American individualism (the autonomous self alone holds value). Does anyone oppose charity? Thirty years ago, one might have said, “Not most people.” But such is not the case today as many members of Congress, along with emerging candidates for the presidential race
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strategic planning and big-picture thinking that’s vital but often unseen, serving back to back as chief financial officer for two major nonprofit health care systems in the Pacific Northwest — first for Tacoma-based MultiCare and more recently for Legacy Health in Portland. So, it was a pleasant surprise to Loomis when South Sound Business magazine shined a spotlight into her corner of the corporate world, naming her CFO of the Year for her work with MultiCare. “CFOs are generally more in the
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wrong. Loomis has shouldered a lot of strategic planning and big-picture thinking that’s vital but often unseen, serving back to back as chief financial officer for two major nonprofit health care systems in the Pacific Northwest — first for Tacoma-based MultiCare and more recently for Legacy Health in Portland. So, it was a pleasant surprise to Loomis when South Sound Business magazine shined a spotlight into her corner of the corporate world, naming her CFO of the Year for her work with MultiCare
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StadiumA sunny September morning in 1963 saw US president John F. Kennedy touching down in Cheney Stadium, arriving amid an eager crowd of as many as 25,000, according to News Tribune estimates. Kennedy met Pacific Lutheran University and University of Puget Sound presidents Robert Mortvedt and R. Franklin Thompson, and was flanked by two rows of university professors as he exited the helicopter–a security strategy and an opportunity for these faculty to get close glimpses of Kennedy. He took the
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Law school-bound Jasneet Sandu ’23 is passionate about global studies, anthropology, computer science and religion Jasneet Sandhu had planned to minor in global studies. But soon into her PLU experience, she decided to double major in it, along with computer science. She added anthropology and religion as double minors—as part of a strategy to enjoy her college experience at a… May 16, 2023 Computer Science
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worked as a high-powered corporate lawyer–and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upended all her carefully made plans.” — book jacket Katherine Dunham : dance and the African diaspora (GV1785.D82D44 2017) “One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled audiences the world over. As an African American woman, she broke barriers of race and gender, most
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love. The payoff often comes in the midst of the commotion. Read about four local educators who are embracing the challenges after pursuing continuing education opportunities through PLU’s School of Education. Read More Barista Creations It didn’t take long for Hansel Doan ’17 to find the perfect place to photograph his “barista creations.” Read how the MSMR grad turned break-time Instagram photos into a corporate dream job. Read More Wall Street State of Mind A younger Pape Samba ’18 watched
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alumni at Alaska Airlines corporate headquarters. Opportunities like this are all about making connections, and it’s reflected in our new name: Alumni & Student Connections — the integration of the former Alumni office and Career office that forms a dynamic hub for mentoring, career development and vocation for alumni and students. “This may seem like an obvious pairing — alumni and student careers,” said PLU President Allan Belton. “But the fact is that most small colleges don’t do it well because
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? They really peaked my interest in reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which is a landmark text in the field of critical pedagogy. I believe that through the ‘tomas,’ the students are building a critical pedagogy. A cost-free education is imperative and would be a monumental step in the student movement. However, if an affordable education continues to produce subjects who are obedient to corporate orthodoxy, then it wouldn’t result in the kind of changes that many of the students want
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