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What it Means to be First What it Means to be First https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/05/admin-fif-cover_final-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/04/kari-plog.jpg May 1, 2018 May 22, 2018 There’s something about Laree Winer’s chair. I knew writing a story about first-in-the-family college graduates meant talking about my parents. I didn’t think it meant crying about

, past and present, to join the cohort of heritage Spanish speakers. She’s also one of many first-generation college students to enroll. The small, seminar-style courses are designed to hone participants’ Spanish skills: academic writing, grammar, vocabulary and awareness of “linguistic registers,” or the way that language shifts based on context or communication goals. They also introduce students to the broad histories and cultures of Hispanic countries around the world, as well as the U.S

: Social Justice: Personal Inquiry and Global Investigations GLST 387: Indigenous Tacoma ENVT387: A Spring Break Experience: Civil Rights & Environmental Justice For community members who are not students in the spring, we will invite you to continue learning about these issues with us through a variety of on-campus (and livestream) events. View Calendar Why did the organization form/why was the group needed? Emily Davidson ‘98: A couple of amazing students in the Spanish program, Anne Marie Sorenson

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.” Saiyare Refaei ’14 was awarded a Wang Center grant in 2013-14 and used it to return to Oaxaca, Mexico, where she previously studied away for a semester. She examined the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the formation and continuation of artist collectives there. “My Wang Center research grant enabled me to expand the areas of interest I had in my Hispanic studies courses and semester in Oaxaca with my personal interests,” said Refaei, who earned a degree in environmental

was nominated for two Documentary Emmy Awards in 2014, one for best feature length documentary and for best writing. Murry Sidlin began his career as assistant conductor at the Baltimore Symphony, and then became the resident conductor of the National Symphony in Washington, DC. Before joining the Oregon Symphony as resident conductor, he was Music Director of the New Haven and Long Beach orchestras. As a guest conductor he has led the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and St. Louis Symphony

was nominated for two Documentary Emmy Awards in 2014, one for best feature length documentary and for best writing. Murry Sidlin began his career as assistant conductor at the Baltimore Symphony, and then became the resident conductor of the National Symphony in Washington, DC. Before joining the Oregon Symphony as resident conductor, he was Music Director of the New Haven and Long Beach orchestras. As a guest conductor he has led the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and St. Louis Symphony

always wanted to share these things, but this is scary. Writing it down makes it real. I want to be straight, which is terrible to say, and I have only ever said to a few people. Life is scary enough as is. I always said I would come out if I ever dated a girl. I don’t think I could get a girl, so that was the plan, stay straight. Lies aren’t funny and mess you up mentally, so here I am. Listening to Mitski, drinking iced coffee, avoiding intrusive questions, and being generally confused. Happy Pride

. The decision to bring this program to campus was easy. After mapping out the Peace Corps certificate requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not