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participation in a community that teaches life skills. “Debate is about talking; it’s about making connections with some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet. It’s all about finding a community, and we’re making sure that community has a place for women,” Tinker said, the student coordinator of this event. Debate helps individuals gain confidence and learn how to communicate their thoughts. These skills give individuals a leg-up in the workforce, politics, or wherever life takes you. Much like the debate

made in the entire book. Not bad when accounting for the potential for human error with a project of that scope. Even the Bible’s mistakes were beautiful, treated as artistic opportunities rather than errors, an homage to humanity’s imperfections. A Year with the Bible PLU welcomed the Gospels and Acts volume, as well as several framed illumination prints, Sept. 15 to begin its year with The Saint John’s Bible. The event included a presentation by Moore, the illuminator from Vashon Island. Moore

the vaccine was manufactured using samples obtained in the Soviet Union and that he now had Soviet antibodies in his body protecting him from the flu,” Foege said. The Congressman was not amused, but others were. On a more personal note, Foege once caused a ruckus at the Gates Foundation when he invited me—a journalist—to join him when the philanthropy opened its new campus in downtown Seattle. I knew the event was supposed to be for select staff only, no media, and so I suggested this might cause

since been an annual event, encouraging thousands of Christ-followers to live out the message of Jesus, and thus transform their communities by making justice a way of life. In 2016, the conference will be held in Chicago for its second consecutive year. We have deliberately chosen Chicago because it is the center point on the map of America’s history, with an eye on the future that’s informed by a deep respect and understanding of the past. www.thejusticeconference.com Financial Scholarships Act

Palmer college graduates who celebrated at the June event were students Jackson recruited during his first sojourn with Palmer. Jackson first got involved with Palmer Scholars in 2014, serving as a program director, mentor and board member. He worked as executive director of the Fair Housing Center of Washington, director of development at the Foundation for Tacoma Students and several other nonprofit organizations before returning to lead Palmer Scholars in 2018. Jackson, a Washington native, grew

, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by poverty, violence and abuse. Cushman was one of several speakers who discussed resilience, in the seventh biennial event at Pacific Lutheran University that aimed to stimulate serious thinking on the global challenge. Cushman told attendees that his negative experiences as a

resource management and a review of examples of HR practices in P-12 school systems. This course extends what building leaders know and understand about HR and looks at it through a district and superintendent role. There will be an examination of human resource planning, development, and utilization in modern organizations. Topics include: recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal, collective bargaining, contracts, benefit programs, relationships, and role of the human

said of the program, which launched this semester. (In a good way, he added). Zylstra’s the director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service, which houses the new program. The study away experience, the newest Gateway program through the Wang Center for Global Education, is the result of three years of intensive planning. It started with an idea in the early 2000s to provide living and learning re-entry for students who study away and gain a rich new perspective. In 2003, Zylstra said

Trends in Special Education Provides special education undergraduate candidates with specific, current, and relevant information regarding students with disabilities who required specialized programming. This course will explore topics related to specialized supports and plans pertinent to academics, behavior, mental health, and social-emotional needs. This course will also cover topics related to transition planning for students and collaboration with outside community agencies. The course will also

student. (1 to 4) ENGL 599 : Thesis One-on-one correspondence with a professional mentor in a genre of genres of choice. 3 mailings. Emphasis on organization of creative thesis (book-length manuscript), final revision, planning for public presentation (class or lecture). (8)