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make an impact on our community,” Brown wrote in an email. “Luckily, I was the most vocal on our leadership team, and as I thought about my community, I remembered how much PLU and the great game of basketball gave me. I thought that this would be a great way to help the young men on the PLU team understand that a sense of community and helping the less fortunate can potentially give them an even greater experience at PLU.” Brown had worked with EFN before and is consistently impressed with its
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, will reflect on the intersection of art, Earth and spirit that informed their successful advocacy for environmental remediation by a mining company in the Cascade Mountains. The Wang Symposium concludes with Justin Spelhaug, who will deliver the 16th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Spelhaug leads the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies. He’ll explore the role that technology companies are taking in global efforts to fight inequality, eliminate poverty
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operations of MultiCare Behavioral Health, Greater Lakes and Navos. She’s still passionate about clinical work, and admits there are days she misses the gritty, heartfelt work of client care. However, she understands how her current role has a substantive impact on the quality of the mental health services her organization provides. “I take a lot of pride in developing leaders below me,” Card says. “If I can ensure that they are respectful and compassionate towards people with mental illness or mental
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appreciate that we can be one-on-one, that I can just be with a child,” she said. Though education in Namibia is often teacher-centered, rather than student-centered, Wells said it was quite the opposite in Dumeni’s classroom. “I feel really honored to have Eva here,” Wells said. “I’m such a relationship person. My kids work hard for me because they love me and I love them. With Eva, I felt it was very similar. Her kids love her.” To build on the high-impact experiences of this year’s cohort, Weiss will
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staff hired before December 31, 1996. Nonexempt staff are not eligible for phased retirement. Phased retirees receive supplemental retirement compensation from the university for a certain period of time. As part of the phased retirement application and approval process, specific payment arrangements will be made. These supplemental wages are considered earned income by the IRS and therefore will likely impact the phased retiree’s Social Security benefits. While they receive this compensation
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Teacher. The NBCT process consists of four parts, involving analysis and reflection in writing as well as submitted videos and student work samples. Applicants also submit documentation of impact and accomplishments as education professionals. Kline said PLU’s Department of Education prepares students well for this process, as they go through intensive writing work, analyze their work through video and develop a strong content knowledge. “If you don’t know how to do a bubble sheet right, you can’t do
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classroom. While the theme of the conference, which addresses issues of race and its impact on education, was “What NOW is the Work of Education and Justice? Mapping a New Critical Conscience,” Davidson drew on a very personal experience for her presentation, “We are Here to Participate: The Latino Civil Rights Narrative-in-the-Making in Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation. ” “I became interested in presenting on this topic during a U.S. Latino/a Literatures seminar that I taught
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Frequently Asked Questions from Students Applying to Study Away During the 2024-25 Academic Year (Pre-Decision)What may impact students’ ability to study away during the 2024-2025 academic year and beyond?Post-pandemic, study away remains an essential component of PLU’s global education focus, which advances the Wang Center’s mission of “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable, and peaceful world, both locally and globally.” As we learn to live with COVID-19, there is less of a chance
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Global Opportunities for PLU FacultyA hallmark of PLU’s global education profile is the high level of participation of its faculty. To sustain this level of participation, the Wang Center is committed to supporting faculty through research grant activities, study away program leadership opportunities, collaboration on co-curricular programming, and resources for the development and implementation of high-impact teaching opportunities such as study away course offerings, experiential learning
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My Language. My Choice. Words Mean Things My Language. My Choice. Anti-Racist Anti-Blackness Decolonize BIPOC Discussion Questions References Support Facilitator’s Guide My Language. My Choice. Words mean things We choose the words we use to communicate with others. Intentionally or unintentionally. The words we choose can have a negative impact on others. They can be experienced differently given context. We must have the courage to learn in public. Quick jump to a section: Anti-Racist Anti
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