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PLU hosts international speech and debate tournament On December 5 and 6, 2014, PLU hosted 38 schools and more than 700 students from all over the Pacific Northwest (including Canada) for the return of the TOH Karl Speech and Debate Tournament. The tournament allowed students to improve vital public speaking, critical thinking,… December 9, 2014 Debate

to better understand their strategic efforts to date. Through these conversations, she will serve as a mirror to reflect back to us what she hears us saying about ourselves. We also expect Dr. Killen to use her accumulated wisdom from her time as a PLU faculty member, PLU provost, and former provost at Gonzaga University to inform critical questions she might ask us to deepen our thinking about our work. What emerges from those conversations will feed into the creation of a university vision

Press. Melissa has published Living on the Borderlines, a collection of short stories interspersed with flash fiction, and critical articles. She has finished Broken Blood, a collection of creative non-fiction essays, and Along the Hills, a novel. She has also written poems not yet submitted for publication. Each genre has led to another over her writing career. She specializes in writing that has to do with thinking about the future. No one specific genre fits this specialization. But Melissa does

develop skills in oral and written communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, and community engagement and application. Our graduates are making positive changes in the way gender, sexuality and race are understood globally in the 21st century. Graduates from the last 5 years: Their jobs Social Service Specialist, Department of Children, Youth and Families Refugee Service Program Assistant, Lutheran Volunteer Corps Legal Advocate, YWCA Pierce County Education Assistant, Washington

Thinking about Graduate School in the Natural Sciences?Are you passionate about research and interested in advancing your education beyond your undergraduate experience? It is our goal to support and encourage your efforts to continue your professional development in graduate school. This page will provide some useful information and contacts for you as you start your journey. You will find information on: What can you do now to prepare for your application to graduate school? Finding the right

peers. Sarah Cornell-Maier ’19 What is Social Innovation? Social innovation differs from other types of innovation in that it uniquely works to solve issues that communities face in the social realm. At Pacific Lutheran University, we begin by investigating political, social, environmental, and economic challenges, and then we apply attributes like critical thinking, inventiveness, and sustainable business design to imagine solutions to the problems. Social innovations can challenge human rights

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