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  • In recent years, it has become clear that in order to achieve equity in healthcare access and outcomes, the U.S. needs to intentionally increase the diversity of its healthcare providers.

    care topics, coaching and community service activities in an interprofessional framework. Premedical Urban Leaders Summer Enrichment Program (PULSE)– The primary goal of PULSE is to provide students from underrepresented and/or educationally and financially disadvantaged backgrounds exposure to medical professions. Health Professions Advanced Summer Scholars Program (Health PASS)– Des Moines University’s Health Professions Advanced Summer Scholars Program – Health P.A.S.S. – is a great way to

  • The PLU School of Business is a community of compassionate faculty, staff, and administrators who provide an excellent business education in a student-centered learning environment grounded in the

    Business. The course introduces students to historical and emergent perspectives on business and social justice. Students will learn to see their role as future business leaders and , in particular, explore historical and present case examples of inequity in business. Students will also explore the issues of diversity and justice through interaction and engagement with community and business leaders and seek to address inequity and inequality in business. A certificate will be awarded upon the

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    Washington University. Her current research focuses on representations of the developing world in the humanitarian industry and decolonial approaches to international studies and pedagogy. Previously, Dr. Shah conducted research on urban change and identity in Nigeria and India. At PLU, she teaches courses focused on contemporary global issues, global development, and international relations for Global Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, and the International Honors Program.Tom SmithTom Smith

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    Politics and International Economics) from George Washington University. Her current research focuses on representations of the developing world in the humanitarian industry and decolonial approaches to international studies and pedagogy. Previously, Dr. Shah conducted research on urban change and identity in Nigeria and India. At PLU, she teaches courses focused on contemporary global issues, global development, and international relations for Global Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, and the

  • For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    my life in. My PLU experience: My PLU experience has been nothing short of transformative. When I arrived at PLU, I was a caring, but largely apolitical, person. After four years of learning about the extent of inequality and injustice that exists throughout the world, I have been motivated to learn more about the forces underlying oppression, and to struggle against those forces. This intellectual and political transformation is a result of my participation in the global studies, Hispanic

  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    important factors helped me choose that PLU was the place for me. First, I wanted a culture change and to far be away from home. Growing up in rural Montana where everybody knows everybody and they all happen to be your fifth cousin, I wanted to get away from the small town life and experience an urban area in a controlled environment. The PLU “bubble” was exactly what I was looking for. Secondly, I was looking to play soccer for a university in the Northwest Conference and I knew that the program was

  • its relevance for understanding contemporary issues of economic inequality. In my talk, which was entitled “Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the Cultivation of the Moral Sentiments,” I focused on Smith’s suggestion that many of our everyday commercial behaviors threaten to erode our virtues in ways that would lead us to violate the economic liberties of others, leading to an increase in economic inequality that would, in turn, further erode our virtues. I then explored both Smith’s and

  • Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, speaker, and naturalist whose work is at the forefront of the movement to connect people with nature in their everyday lives. She is the author of Rare Encounters With Ordinary Birds, winner of the Washington State Book Award; Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks; and Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award

  • ). 4 semester hours of a 400-level SOCI course. Choose from 410, 494, or 495. Plus: 8 semester hours of SOCI electives not used above. Choose from 210, 240, 287 (ST in Sociology), 330, 332, 336, 378, 387 (ST in Sociology), 391, 410, 494, or 495. Major in Criminal Justice 40 semester hours, including: SOCI 101, 201, 232, 336, 413, 495, 499 STAT 233 4 semester hours of a SOCI Inequality Elective course. Choose from SOCI 210, 240, 332, or 410. 4 semester hours of a Criminal Justice Elective course

  • I – Botany – NEON Project – Wisconsin – posted 10/31/18 The Field Ecologist I is a biological sampling lead performing seasonal and periodic sampling activities and sample processing. Seasonal field sampling is conducted with the assistance of temporary field crews under the guidance of the Field Ecologist. Arborist – Seattle Parks & Recreation – posted 10/31/18 The Parks Arborist requires an advanced professional knowledge of the theory, principles and practices of urban forest management