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The Global Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University recently established a chapter of the Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies. PLU is just the second university in Washington to become a member of the prestigious organization. Sigma Iota Rho works to advance the…
supporting my students’ research, publication, internships, etc. I hope our students will find it as helpful as I have,” said Shah. PLU students will have the opportunity to join the chapter once achieving junior standing. To be eligible, students must be majoring or minoring in global studies, have a grade point average of 3.3 or higher in all courses, and a grade point average of at least 3.4 in international relations courses. Nineteen PLU students have been accepted into the new chapter thus far. The
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Cover art Good Samaritan by Dr. He Qi Intersections, Number 53, Spring 2021 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of…
Christ Chapel on Yom HaShoah: Reflections on Interfaith Relations at a Lutheran College Sarah Ruble Down and out: First Year Students Encounter Lutheran Theology Lindsey Leonard (Re)Defining Vocation: Gladly Challenging a Vocational Giant Drew Tucker Vocation Outside of Career: Discovering Purpose Through Comics Maria Evelia Emerson Leadership in a Pandemic: Grace-Filled Lessons in Unprecedented Times Marc Jerry Unconventional Wisdom and Talking About God: A Review of Beckstrom’s ‘Leading Lutheran
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Dr. Amy Young, professor of communication, explains at this year’s TEDxTacoma What comes to mind when you think of the word “intellectual”? If you type “intellectuals are” into Google, the top three responses are “stupid,” “useless,” and “annoying.” Dr. Amy Young, professor of communication, argues…
Saturday, March 21 at 3pm. “I would argue, we seem irrelevant because we are lousy at talking about what it is we do, what it is we study, and why it matters,” Young says. Young researched this phenomenon in part of her new book, Prophets, Gurus & Pundits: Rhetorical Styles & Public Engagement (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014) where she describes the following. Until the early part of the 20th century experts, or “public intellectuals,” could translate expertise for audiences outside of their
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Emma Stafki grew up on Washington’s Key Peninsula, hearing stories about a tragedy in 1968. In nearby Vaughn Bay, her grandparents witnessed the heartwrenching capture of Hugo, a three-year-old orca whale. Southern Resident orcas typically stay with their mothers their whole lives; losses echo throughout…
PLU after finishing two years of Running Start in high school. “When I visited the campus, I loved how welcoming everyone was,” she says. Although she loved all of her classes and instructors, she particularly appreciated Marnie Ritchie’s multimedia production class, which launched her documentary. And Amy Young‘s advertising and PR class offered Stafki new concepts, such as how to market and advertise her documentary. Stafki is currently an intern at the video production company Meraki Agency
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reThinking how sustainability is taught at PLU using a novel approach at reDesign House. The art of sustainability By Chris Albert Across the street from the Martin J. Neeb Center sits an old house – not built to the exacting LEED environmental standards of Neeb,…
in a given month. To get the word out, the students focused on chalk advertising, putting different messaging in chalk drawings – including a chalk mural – throughout campus. During UnPLUg students meet the challenge to reduce their energy consumption from the previous year. The goal was to create effective messaging that reduced use from the previous year’s event by about 20 percent. It was a way of getting the designers at the front of the effort, not just “prettying up” the message at the end
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The selectee for this position will serve as a Physical Science Technician in the Radiological Control Office of PSNS and IMF. **This position will require successful completion of a 22-26 weeks of off-yard training in Norfolk, VA. A Continued Service Agreement for the off-yard training…
on reactor plant systems. ◦Performing measurements with instruments that detect radiation. ◦Checking work sites within ships and facilities to ensure proper care of radioactive materials. ◦Advising workers regarding controls for handling radioactive materials. Relocation expenses are not reimbursed. GS-04: Have 6 months of general experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-03) in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector service performing support duties
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Pediatric Oncology Education Program with St. Jude The Pediatric Oncology Education program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is funded by the National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute. The POE program offers a unique opportunity for students preparing for careers in the biomedical…
Cancer Research Opportunity 2020 Posted by: nicolacs / September 26, 2019 September 26, 2019 Pediatric Oncology Education Program with St. Jude The Pediatric Oncology Education program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is funded by the National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute. The POE program offers a unique opportunity for students preparing for careers in the biomedical sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, psychology, or public health to gain biomedical and oncology
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“Tyranny of Oil” author to appear at PLU A nationally-known expert and critic of Big Oil will speak at PLU on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Xavier Hall, Nordquist Lecture Hall, off Park Avenue South. The address is free and open to the…
October 13, 2008 “Tyranny of Oil” author to appear at PLU A nationally-known expert and critic of Big Oil will speak at PLU on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Xavier Hall, Nordquist Lecture Hall, off Park Avenue South. The address is free and open to the public. Antonia Juhasz has exposed an industry that thrives on secrecy and described how it hides its business dealings from policy makers, legislators, and most of all, from consumers to get what it wants through money, influence and
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The 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University. This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the…
, Canada. Grabowski’s research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. This year’s conference will also include a screening of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” a film based on the book by Glenn Kurtz, Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film. “This year’s conference explores the rich and varied history of Jews in Poland,” Beth Griech-Polelle, Kurt Mayer Chair of
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Perspective: Rethinking the global citizen The field of Subaltern Studies came into existence to address a perceived problem with the way that existing scholarly paradigms in anthropology, Latin American studies, and many other fields, had understood the “objects” of study: people in cultures other than…
partly, have a voice in describing themselves, rather than always being described as the Others by the dominant culture. Subaltern Studies has sometimes been misused by scholars, who have used it to give blanket explanations of power relations within a given society, rather than doing the careful work of examining the complexity of these relations in detail. However, it nevertheless proved useful to me and to my students when, as part of the 2008 PLU Fall Gateway Program in Oaxaca, we partnered with
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