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president for diversity, justice and sustainability. She said students of color at PLU are “hypervisible” and sometimes they want and need to be in a space where they are like everyone else. It’s how they recharge, she added, in order to bear some of the big questions about social justice that they have no choice but to confront on a daily basis. PLU is having an ongoing conversation about trying to create more of these spaces, Hambrick said. In addition, Taiwo said PLU must hire more staff and faculty

it. Put down roots in your WHY (why are you here at PLU, getting a degree, working here, living according to certain values, etc.).   Find or reconnect with “your people.” Who are your academic and social supports? You are not alone! Make a plan for the overall wellbeing of mind, body, and spirit. Fall 2023 Rooting eNewsletter (sent 9/6/23)What is rooting and why is it important?Philosopher Simone Weil said, “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul

to complete the deficiencies during your first year at PLU. Beyond the above two subjects, we require that students meet state graduation requirements and are able to provide proof of a diploma/GED before entering PLU. Typical Washington State requirements: English – Four years Social Studies – Three years Science – Three years Visual or Performing Arts – One year Electives – Three years (selected from the areas listed above, as well as courses in additional college preparatory subjects. Courses

a masculine artistic medium, mapiko deals with matters of gender and social structure; until recently women were not involved in the process at all. (Bortolot, Revolutions). Mapiko serves as a way for the Makonde to find and assert themselves in a world that has been fast changing. The masks that are made are easily recognizable as Makonde because they have facial ornamentation such as tattoos, dindona (pl. lip plugs), and chipped teeth; all are representative of puberty initiation rituals. As

especially during the Portuguese Colonial period from 1920 to 1974. This had a major impact on their society and molded much of their art into what is seen today. The Makonde are an agrarian kin-based and matrilineal society. They adhere to an ancestrally based spirituality, despite pressures to convert religiously and adjust economically to the capitalist market. Their matrilineal social structure, meaning ancestry is traced through the female line, is rooted in their creation story, which speaks of the

during the Portuguese Colonial period from 1920 to 1974. This had a major impact on their society and molded much of their art into what is seen today. The Makonde are an agrarian kin-based and matrilineal society. They adhere to an ancestrally based spirituality, despite pressures to convert religiously and adjust economically to the capitalist market. Their matrilineal social structure, meaning ancestry is traced through the female line, is rooted in their creation story, which speaks of the first