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June 15, 2009 PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on and off campus to engage the world and the international community. PLU is the first and only private college in the West to have received this honor. “This kind of recognition confirms a
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home and a school system that didn’t encourage her to pursue higher education. She didn’t know the questions to ask regarding that pursuit. “It informs the research I do,” she said. Now, Chavez’s past struggles and successes will inform her talk at the annual Pave the Way Conference, where she will serve as one of three featured speakers. She will present to hundreds of educators, policymakers, and nonprofit and industry partners about the opportunity gap in Washington state. The conference focuses
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a future in which higher education was valuable or even possible. Instead, the hardships he endured were his instruction. “I was first educated in the adult world,” Cushman said, adding that domestic violence, drug abuse and gang violence were his teachers. “These experiences taught me that unless I worked as hard as I could to get out of where I was, I would only repeat what was being shown to me.” (Video by PLU) Determined to break the cycle, Cushman thus motivated himself to earn his diploma
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experience as humbling, enlightening, and a privilege to experience. Luke currently works for IREACH (Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health), a division of Washington State University, where he is a Research Study Assistant for three research studies that pertain to community health within American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Pacific Islander communities. He aspires to get a Master’s Degree in Global Health or International Development. At PLU, Luke majored in Environmental
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Akiko Nosaka Associate Professor of Anthropology Phone: 253-535-7664 Email: nosakaaa@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 247 Office Hours: (Off Campus) Mon: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (On Campus) Tu & Th: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (Off Campus) Tu & Th: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997 M.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1993 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1990 B.A., Chuo University, Tokyo, 1986 Selected Articles Nosaka
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-- select a category to move to -- Students Show more information about these links First-Year PLU purposely integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement. About 2,800 undergraduate students are enrolled at the university. Transfer PLU offers a number of direct transfer degree opportunities from community colleges, that provide automatic junior status upon enrolling at the university. Graduate Graduate programs include offerings in Business, Education, Fine Arts
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December 1, 2011 A western region of the nation’s largest association of student life administrators in higher education has presented its President’s Award to Loren J. Anderson and its Outstanding New Professional Award to Amber Dehne Baillon. Awards signify a dedication to students By Greg Brewis A western region of the nation’s largest association of student life administrators in higher education has presented its President’s Award to Loren J. Anderson and its Outstanding New Professional
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experiences that are put into action immediately,” said Mark Mulder, Dean of the PLU School of Business. “Our high ranking in U.S. News & World Report, and previous ranking from the Princeton Review, demonstrates we are successfully providing the high-quality education and global experience that industry, and our students, strongly desire.”Business education has always been a fundamental aspect of PLU. Throughout the university’s history, the business programs have upheld their quality and commitment to
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New York Times best-selling author Tami Charles to speak at annual Jolita Hylland Benson Lecture Posted by: Ava Edmonds / March 20, 2024 Image: The 14th annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will take place on April 15th at 7:00 p.m. March 20, 2024 By Ava EdmondsPLU Marketing and Communications New York Times best-selling author Tami Charles will deliver Pacific Lutheran University’s 14th Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture on April 15 at 7 p.m. Charles’ lecture will be
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Lutheran higher education. You’ll see this emphasized on banners around campus, and you can read more about it in the “Core Elements of Lutheran Higher Education.” The first core element is “critical questioning,” insisting that we can always learn from rigorous inquiry that considers multiple possible answers to every question. For example, one might begin an argument that a Catholic Bible should be the main feature of PLU’s magazine by considering why it shouldn’t. Lutheran higher education is about
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