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Peace Corps is a US government organization that sends volunteers around the world for two years of service.
the exciting opportunity to not just experience another culture, but to develop deep, significant relationships with people in a place that is likely different in many ways from the United States. Volunteers only serve in countries that request them and Peace Corps works with governments to determine how volunteers can best help meet countries’ needs. Peace Corps is currently serving in over 60 countries. Peace Corps service also provides additional benefits, including reduced tuition at over 90
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The theme of the Wang Center's major China symposium was building bridges, but founder Peter Wang also sees the mission as opening gates and windows.
and work together. Speakers say that is key to healthy relationships. “We need to know each other. We need to know each other more,” said Ambassador Wang Yunxiang, consulate general of the People’s Republic of China, who is based in San Francisco. “Both the United States and China are very important and great nations in the world.”
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Alumni mentorship helps student land dream internship in Boston Hard work pays off. Networking is key. Relationships are everything. While this advice might sound cliché, people give it often, and for good reason. Just ask Pacific Lutheran University’s Keegan Dolan ‘22. Dolan, a double major in philosophy and economics, is in the midst of… September 2, 2021 AcademicsCurrent StudentsEconomicsInternships
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The Intercultural Development Inventory is a 50-item questionnaire available online that can be completed in 15–20 minutes with complete confidentiality.
strategies across diverse groups. Request more information on how this program can impact your employees and organization by contacting the PLU CE Program Manager. The Process and Outcomes 1) Introduction to the IDI®In this 1.5 hour session, all participants gather to learn about the Intercultural Development Continuum and how it can be used to improve relationships within the organization. Instructions on how to complete the assessment survey are covered as well. Create a community agreement and set of
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Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce the winners of The Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation, established by alumna and regent Carol Quigg, whose endowment funds the awards. The Quigg Awards provide support for faculty, staff, and students who have demonstrated unusually…
-Pierce School District in a mentorship program that goes beyond a student’s academic needs. Instead, program organizers will focus on developing a connection between a PLU student and a student residing in the Parkland area, emphasizing positive relationships’ powerful and restorative nature. For PLU students, it will be an opportunity to understand the surrounding community, as many are not from the area. For Franklin-Pierce students, it will be an opportunity to see beyond their worldview and
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I first met Claire in 2003 when she was a student in my course on the history of early Christianity (50-600 C.E.).
created an ethic of care that was quite attractive. Students in the course were engaged in service learning in order to study why and how contemporary Christian groups continue these social initiatives through assisting the growing population of hungry people in Pierce County, protecting women and children who had left abusive relationships for “safe” houses, and caring for persons struggling with HIV-AIDS. Claire had chosen a food distribution center as her service learning site, that is, until the
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If you think that anthropology is limited to the study of stones and old bones, think again! Though anthropology does look at stones and bones, it also examines the politics, medicine, kinship,
relationships with your professors,” said Emma Holm ’17, who worked this year on the project. “I really wanted to take advantage of undergraduate opportunities.”
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PLU Campus Ministry is a community that welcomes, celebrates and engages the diverse spiritual and faith traditions of PLU students, staff and faculty members.
PLU Campus Ministry seeks to cultivate a vibrant and diverse spiritual ecosystem where students experience sacred belonging, engage in spiritual growth, explore purpose, and meaningfully contribute toward creating a more just and loving world. Our Core Values: Cultivating a spirit of genuine hospitality and welcome. Creating authentic relationships built in love and grace. Encouraging ongoing spiritual exploration, reflection, and development. Embracing diverse religious and spiritual stories
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Two PLU communication professors, Dr. Justin Eckstein and Dr. Amy Young, received top paper awards at the recent National Communication Association Conference in Washington, D.C. of Forensics Dr. Justin Eckstein’s paper, “Yellow Rain: Radiolab and the Acoustics of Strategic Maneuvering” highlighted what Eckstein calls “the…
organization in the discipline of communication. NCA “promotes the widespread appreciation of the importance of communication in public and private life, the application of competent communication to improve the quality of human life and relationships, and the use of knowledge about communication to solve human problems.” Read Previous Art and the Holocaust: Understanding Aesthetic Experience as Empowerment Read Next PLU professor pens definitive book on college debate LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi
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Department of Art and Design opens free workshop to the public The doors of the classroom are swinging wide open. On Monday, February 22, from 6-8pm, Pamela Belyea, the co-founder of Gage Academy of Art, will be teaching the tools of the trade and how…
. Working Artist Workshop: DIY tools to building your Art CareerThe Working Artist: Balancing your art practice and your business practice – vision, planning and practice Crafting you Career Tools: From inventory software to marketing and taxes, including all those handy documents you should have in your pocket. Gallery Relationships: Where to begin, when to end and everything in-between, including getting noticed & getting represented. Sustaining your career: Resources and recommendations to broaden
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