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mothers and fulfilling the expectations of women within society. One of the most important events in the society is the girls’ coming of age ceremony, which takes place when the girls have completed their training and have successfully entered womanhood. This means that the girls are eligible for marriage and motherhood. According to Boone, this ceremony signifies the liminal change in which the Mende girls “give up their old life and begin a new one.” One of the most prominent aspects of the ceremony
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mothers and fulfilling the expectations of women within society. One of the most important events in the society is the girls’ coming of age ceremony, which takes place when the girls have completed their training and have successfully entered womanhood. This means that the girls are eligible for marriage and motherhood. According to Boone, this ceremony signifies the liminal change in which the Mende girls “give up their old life and begin a new one.” One of the most prominent aspects of the ceremony
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of athletics, many sports have come and gone. Here are three that are remembered fondly. Captain Ball (Photo: PLU Archives) The 1938 women's captain ball team. +Enlarge Photo Field Hockey (Photo: PLU Archives) Members of the women's field hockey team on Foss Field in 1972. +Enlarge Photo Wrestling (Photo: PLU Archives) A Lute wrestler (bottom) flips his opponent during a match in 1981. +Enlarge Photo ALL IN THE FAMILY Legendary PLU football coach Forrest “Frosty” Westering, who led the Lutes from
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2017 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationThe 10th annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education “Synagogue & Church” will take place November 1-3 at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will dive into the controversial role of the Roman Catholic Church and its relationship to the events of the Holocaust. The speakers will present on the heated debate about the role of Pope Pius XII, examine the role of Catholic antisemitism, inaction by many Church leaders, and
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Marriage & Family Therapy Curator: Magdalena Stickel, PLU CGE Confidential Advocate On Exhibit: Resources about Acknowledging and Respecting Indigenous Languages and Land This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the traditional caretakers of this
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career during her senior year in high school. She knew she wanted a career and healthcare and nursing seemed to fit. And since Tachibana loved to study, and loved working with people, becoming a nurse and going to college – the first in her family to do so – took hold. It didn’t take long before Tachibana discovered that this was her life’s passion. Still, she didn’t realize the impact nursing could have on an individual’s life until she began working closely with patients. Nursing has a tremendous
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Calendar Spotlight Series The Inauguration of Allan Belton Allan Belton became Pacific Lutheran University’s 14th president the same way he became the first in his family to attend college: unexpectedly. Cover story Our mission does not succeed because of any one individual. We are a community, called and empowered to serve our neighbor so that all may flourish. President Allan Belton Clinical Learning and Simulation Center A state-of-the-art facility will give the PLU School of Nursing room to grow
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inherit the BRCA 2 gene. However, men can get breast cancer as well with the mutated harmful BRCA 1 gene, though it is rare. The most affected by inheriting a harmful variant of the BRCA 1 gene are people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. They have a 2% chance of having the inherited BRCA 1 gene. Different geographic and ethnic populations have different variants of the same harmful mutated BRCA 1 gene. There are many ways to treat cancer. Some ways are through surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, targeted
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Many relationships and opportunities for students arise while in the clinical setting. Maintaining professional boundaries and relationships is essential to ethical practice. Students are requested to refrain from accepting employment and socializing outside of the clinical setting with clients or a client’s family while maintaining a professional relationship. Students may not care for family members, significant others, friends, or close acquaintances during clinical rotations as this poses
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groups. A number of minor changes were also made to meal and snack plans, like serving waffles instead of salads at the annual move-in day picnic and recruiting staff to serve them so students and their family members wouldn’t have to worry about sharing serving tongs. “Each person is on their own individual journey with their comfort being back on campus or being back in certain-sized crowds,” says Takla. “Some people were beyond excited to be back and see a big bustling campus and see lots of
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