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John Evanishyn ‘21 studied environmental science on campus—and in France and Costa Rica—during his four years at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / May 10, 2021 Image: John Evanishyn ‘21 on the CIEE (Council On International Educational Exchange) campus in San Luis Alto, Costa Rica. (Photos courtesy John Evanishyn.) May 10, 2021 By Ernest JasminPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterJohn Evanishyn ‘21 grew up in Tacoma, exploring Point Defiance Park, Ruston Way waterfront and other urban green
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generosity of an anonymous donor deeply invested in PLU’s commitment to global education and international partnerships, Wells and her peers returned to Namibia as seasoned teachers, four of them national-board certified. Each teaching pair focused their dialogue on a pedagogical issue they faced—such as learner engagement, classroom management or social-emotional learning. But nothing can quite replace seeing these strategies in action, Wells said. When Eva Dumeni, a first-grader teacher at M. H. Greeff
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place around the globe. This idea of migration as a global and international phenomenon was something I was conscious of based on the experiences I had working at Tacoma Community House with Immigration Services, taking HISP 423 Special Topics in Spanish Literature, going to volunteer workshops for organizations such as AID NW, and more. But it was not something I felt or had a deeper connection to. Program students at IMUMI during the joint presentation of IMUMI and Clínica de Acción Legal. Photo
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is too late to honor those who died before, and too soon to promise the living an end to organized death. But let us not forget that November 11, 1918, signified a beginning, as well as an end. “The purpose of all war,” said St. Augustine, “is peace.” The First World War produced man’s first great effort in recent times to solve, by international cooperation, the problems of war. That experiment continues in our present day – still imperfect, still short of its ultimate goal, but it does offer a
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, presented at the prestigious 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27, among more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants (including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran University). Chaired by Jenny M. James, PLU Assistant Professor of English, and including Michael Benveniste, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound, the panel in which Davidson participated reconsidered the legacy of civil rights in the university literature
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. The Square was nominated for an Academy Award, won the Directors Guild Award, the International Documentary Award and became the first film to ever win the Audience Award at both Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival. Noujaim continues to work in the US and in the Middle East as an executive producer for such films as Encounter Point and Budrus, which premiered as one of the ten films in the Why Democracy series that focused on contemporary democracy around the globe. For her filmmaking work, she
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education. ACTFL’s mission is to provide vision, leadership and support for quality teaching and learning of languages.As President of ACTFL, Dr. Yaden runs board meetings, writes for the organization, and advocates for language learning in Washington DC. She had also planned to travel to about 30 different national and international conferences. Many of these were either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. This meant that, instead of traveling around both the country and world, Dr. Yaden
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Clallam County, worked with Therapy Dogs International, attended the Sequim Community Church and conducted background investigations for the FBI throughout Western Washington on a part-time and contractual basis for 14 years. Todd Alan Brandoff ’71 Todd died in comfortable peace and without pain with his family and many friends near him on March 25, 2017. Todd was born Aug. 14, 1942, in Freeport, New York, to Carl and Adeline Brandoff. By age 16, he started his own small business doing salvage diving
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faith in someone out of the country.”“They were so kind,” Sabet-Kazilas said. “They didn’t give up on me, and I was so happy that I found a place that has faith in someone out of the country.” PLU graduate admission staff emailed the embassy on her behalf and uncovered the long-lost visa, just 10 days before orientation began. Shiva Sabet-Kazilas '13 at international student orientation in 2011. “It was a marathon at that point,” Sabet-Kazilas said, laughing. Rapid packing. Buying a replacement
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faculty member at the University of Puget Sound advising the student newspaper, The Trail. Rustin Dwyer, videographer Rustin Dwyer joined the Marketing and Communications department in December 2014 in a desperate bid to avoid another bitter winter in New York City. He spent his last eight years there working as the staff videographer at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. He has also worked with Disney, ESPN and the International Federation of Competitive Eating. John Froschauer, photographer
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