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, Africans and African-Americans relations, and critical service-learning as a pedagogical practice in peace education.DR. ROBIN DiANGELORobin DiAngelo, Ph.D., is director of Equity for Sound Generations, Seattle/King County, and a consultant and trainer for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice. Growing up poor led her to explore class oppression and how her experience differed from others in poverty because she is white. Her work on “white fragility,” a defensive response to real
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from reaching their potential. The second is that I want things to be fair. As a white, hetero, cis-gendered, able-bodied, upper-middle-class woman, there are many things that I unfairly benefit from. The process of learning about that privilege and what it has afforded me has been challenging and eye-opening but is also a call to action. Thankfully, my profession of public health aligns with my value of fairness and centers the importance of addressing the disparities in where people live, learn
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When the pandemic cut her Peace Corps service short, Margaret Chell ’18 enrolled in medical school Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 25, 2021 October 25, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsDuring her senior year at Pacific Lutheran University, Margaret Chell ’18 decided to join the Peace Corps after a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer visited her global development class. She soon met with PLU Peace Corps advisor, Dr. Katherine Wiley to learn more. She was excited about the
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Rock, Washington, says. “Music is very important for our brain function, mental health, and sometimes physical health, but when there’s such limited access because of hardships, it’s hard for the kids to connect to it.” "I wanted to create a place where kids could come and have a lot of fun and also learn all these cool musical things."- Madison Ely ’23 Many of the campers represent Parkland’s Franklin-Pierce School District, where students typically receive about 45 minutes of music class per week
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of the body, whether theirs or someone else’s, in both good and bad ways,” she says. In recent years, religious beliefs have argued for or against COVID-19 vaccination or for or against end-of-life decisions. PLU students planning on going into health often enroll in this class. “If you can understand how religious ideals shape decision making, it can help you be more sympathetic to patients in moments of crisis,” Llewellyn Ihssen says, and more empathetic versus simply dismissing decisions
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Town). Pueblos Mágicos is the name for a federal program whereby small towns are able to receive federal funding to create tourism programs, especially ecotourism, as a way to provide income to the community (and in some instances, create a stream of tourism that ends up being destructive and detrimental to the community). About two weeks ago, my Biology class had the opportunity to travel there to learn about the town’s unique natural resources management program, called UZACHI. Here is a photo of
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empowerment and how they are transforming American politics and society. Likewise, students will engage in an in-depth examination of contemporary realities for Latino professionals, including ideas on how to increase the numbers of Latino professionals. Finally, the class will provide an intersectional framework for examining how, in addition to race, other identities such as gender, "illegality", and sexuality shape the political experiences of Latinos in U.S. society and politics (4) POLS 287 : Special
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, I-707C, admission letter, airport pick-up information and print out of your class schedule. Step 3: Arrive at PLU for the international student check-in and orientation Remember, you cannot move in any earlier than the first day that the residence halls open. Again, you must let us know when you plan to arrive. We have limited staff, and we must plan ahead in order to assist you to the level we would like. Note: Items to take care of or before you leave for the USA Schedule an appointment with a
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staff, current students and alumni even write birthday cards, holiday cards and emails when a student shows success in activities. Admission staff make it their business to get to know each student. Marilyn Knutson Professors know their students, too. PLU has a smaller average class size than most area high schools — a student-faculty ratio of about 12 to 1. Coria-Islas, a double major in Hispanic studies and elementary school education who is also minoring in French, said his instructors can sense
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within the minutia. On bad days, she reminds herself to acknowledge what she can’t see — something she learned navigating her own educational journey. “You see these kids sitting in desks every day, and there’s not always a visible explanation for why they are the way they are,” she said. “No one wants to fail.” That understanding came in handy on one of the bad days, when a student swore at her in class. She wrote him up and kicked him out into the hallway. “I was very dramatic about it, to make
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