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Response to NYT article: ‘Is a Degree Still Worth It? Yes, Researchers Say, and the Payoff Is Getting Better’ Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 During Fall Conference this week, I talked about some of the misconceptions around the student loan debt debate. In particular, I pointed to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York study that found that the return on investment for all college degrees has held steady at roughly 15% annually for more than a decade, despite rising
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wanted to build on that good work by endowing a lecture series that addressed what she saw as a growing need — the spike in racist and anti-Semitic acts across the United States. The inaugural Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, taking place on May 2, hosts language scholar and international expert Dr. Lid King, who will discuss how hate speech has flourished on the internet and detail how we must work to build a counter narrative. “My (hope) is to have scholars and artists come to
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serve as a keynote speaker at major conferences and workshops. Underwood’s exceptional problem-solving skills and humble and patient approach have substantially modified our understanding of early Universe dynamics and garnered him an international reputation. The nomination packet for Underwood included letters from PLU colleagues and research scientists worldwide offering their enthusiastic support. One colleague observed that Underwood has “made advances in cosmology research worthy of an R-1
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the essence of nursing by reflecting caring as a nurturing way of relating to others toward whom one has a professional commitment and by unifying the diverse knowledge, skills, and processes of nursing into an integrated whole. In the context of “informed caring for the well-being of others” (Swanson, 1993, p. 352), nursing exists as a profession that directs its diverse, integrated elements in a person-centered manner toward assisting persons to achieve health, quality of life, well-being, and
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evening keynote lecture entitled “Jesus as Champion, Sacrifice, Lover, and Tree of Life: The Christian meeting of history and metaphor.” Dr. Ramshaw’s scholarly research on religious language continues to open up the meaning of Jesus Christ for those who live in a pluralistic and increasingly secular culture. Through presentations, conversation, artwork, new publications, and the open exchange of ideas, participants in this third Lutheran Studies Conference will be inspired to consider the question
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process voluntarily. Sexual ActivityIntentional contact with the breast, buttock, groin, or genitals, or touching another with any of these body parts, or making someone touch another person with or on any of these body parts; any other intentional bodily contact in a sexual manner. Intercourse (anal, oral, or vaginal), however slight, with any object. In the context of this policy, Sexual Activity may also include the conduct preliminary to or involved in Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation, and
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Jake Taylor Jake learning some Tzotzil from children in Chiapas, Mexico PLU Class of 2009/2010 Spanish and Global Studies Double Major Studied away in Oaxaca, Mexico; Wang Grant in Ecuador Completed Peace Corps in Panama Now working on Masters in Latin American Studies in the Netherlands I’m currently enrolled in a MA Latin American studies program with public policy emphasis at Leiden University here in the Netherlands. It’s the only program in Europe outside of Spain offered entirely in
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Summer Research Opportunities at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Arkansas Posted by: alemanem / December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 Summer research opportunities are available at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Jefferson, Arkansas. Selected individuals will train alongside NCTR investigators who conduct FDA mission-critical, translational research that provides a scientifically sound basis for FDA regulatory
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globally focused university.” Sobania noted the focus on global scholarship began more than 30 years ago, when PLU became one of the first universities to establish a Global Studies Program in 1977. Now, more than 40 percent of the students participate in at least one study-abroad program before they graduate. This compares to the national average of 3 percent, and puts PLU among the top comprehensive masters-level universities in the country with the percentage of students studying abroad. When
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& Melinda Gates Foundation launch and rapidly expand its revolutionary mission in global health—a mission that without question has transformed the global fight against many diseases of poverty. Others may recall that Foege was head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Carter Administration and into the first part of the Reagan Administration when a strange new disease emerged on the scene: AIDS. Learn More About Lutes in Global Health Bill Foege ’57 Obama awarded Foege the
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