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worldview. Assessment for Student Learning: Uses multiple approaches in the assessment of and for student learning, promotes student self-reflection, and modifies instruction and support accordingly with intentionality around the data collected. Classroom Environment & Culture: Creates a safe, positive, Jesus-centered learning environment where students are known, valued, and celebrated, and where learning time is consistently maximized so that each student can develop a learning posture, growing in
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” at PLU too – though the circumstances were obviously better. Even as a first-year student he got involved and started the Lute Explosion African Dance Group. He handles public relations for the International Club on campus and is an ASPLU senator for international students. He helped organize the Campus Carnival in 2008, which emphasized the culture of Tobago and Trinidad. Big steps for someone who, a little more than a year ago, saw his life’s possibilities change in a taxi cab. PLU can do that
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of Washington’s program. “(So) let’s all get together on this and make a difference,” he said. “We have everyday opportunities to help shift the culture.” Changing attitudes about not being engaged in the issue is a huge step in prevention. And small steps like wearing a T-shirt that speaks against violence or wearing a white pledge ribbon are ways to begin the conversation, Grove said. “It’s just a really easy way to do something that really requires very little time or effort but goes a long
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helped her to expand her understanding of herself and the world around her.Aziza speaks to the importance of interfaith work on campus as a way to advocate not only for students but also for faculty and staff. She shares that interfaith work has given her the ability to practice critical pedagogy and take steps towards changing the campus culture in a way that gives everyone the ability to show up as their full selves — whether it’s within or outside the classroom. Join in on a conversation about
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Their Art : the Spirit of Equality Gendered Vulnerability : How Women Work Harder to Stay in Office Blood Letters : the Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao’s China Black Diamond Queens : African American Women and Rock and Roll Mothers of Massive Resistance : White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy AfroLatinas and LatiNegras : Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective Women and Borders : Refugees, Migrants and Communities Liberating Hollywood : Women Directors
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women since it meant they were innocent and subordinate, she instead uses this quality against prescribed gender roles. The choice to cast Mary McKenna-Bruce intentionally aligns the character with an actress who, until recently, was a child star in the popular British children’s show Tracy Beaker Returns (2010-2012) and its spinoff The Dumping Ground (2013-). Don’t be fooled into thinking Disney Channel would air these alongside Raven’s Home (2017-) and reruns of Hannah Montana (2006-2011
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which the intellectual historian Leonard Krieger, in his recent book Time’s Reasons: Philosophies of History Old and New (1989), speaks of a contemporary “crisis” of faith in the notion of historical truth. He writes: The most potent contemporary influence on the discipline of history . . . is the challenge to the very substance of the historical approach to life that has been mounted by antithetical agents of the general culture. What is new and especially lethal in the current rejection of history
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middle school, I disassociated with being Asian. In high school, I had to work harder to be confident in my cultural identity,” Chan says. “I reflected on what I’d been through, the microaggressions that piled up.” Students asked if she ate dogs; a teacher asked her to contribute thoughts on China. The language arts curriculum presented just two books for her Asian identity, more specifically her Chinese culture — through “Joy Luck Club” and “Born Chinese” — but in-depth classroom discussions on
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diversity of culture, artistic sensibilities and commitment to service that define PLU. Below are just a few examples of this month’s events, for a complete listing please visit plu.edu/calendar.University Concert Band May 6 at 8p.m. Lagerquist Concert Hall Under the direction of Dr. Ronald Gerhardstein, the University Concert Band will perform selections including: “Kirkpatrick Fanfare” by Andrew Boysen, Jr.; “Earth Song” by Frank Ticheli; “Hypnotic Fireflies” by Brian Balmages and more. Free admission
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starting new businesses. “I want to help them with branding, business strategy, and storytelling, which are essential for a business to thrive,” she says. Applying Innovation to the Everyday Ambachew wonders how Mexico’s women’s co-ops might succeed in Ethiopia, which she says has a culture similar to Mexico’s regarding gender roles. “I’d love to see more co-ops in Ethiopia, where women can benefit from having a platform to sell goods and bring in income.” As a career peer advisor at PLU, Ambachew
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