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to harmful forces such as disease and witchcraft. They are holding one or both arms up. Bateba bambar are called paralyzed bateba because they depict a man or woman with their legs stretched out in front of them, mimicking a paralyzed person. These protect children and elderly people from paralysis. Again, it is impossible to generalize between all of the Lobi peoples and some villages will have different meanings and uses for their bateba. (Rand African Art) – Brock Martin ’18, Environmental
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resounding message stressed the role of education in meeting the sociopolitical and environmental problems facing the nation. Kennedy’s optimism energized the crowd, as when he sketched out his rosy vision for the coming years: “I want to see…the best brains we have meeting the most difficult problems this country has ever faced.” He described his tour of the American west as a “trip of conservation” and urged “the talented and able people of this state [to] make the judgments on recreation and
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bodies, all equally valued, is demonstrated through many individual courses taught across the curriculum and strong support through the Center for Diversity Justice and Sustainability, Campus Ministry, Veterans Affairs, International Education, and Office of Accessibility and Accommodation. Care for the earth is honored through Environmental Studies and through PLU’s commitments to sustainability in buildings, waste management and recycling, composting, and its long time membership in the Association
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credited with securing funding and providing a high standard of care to patients. Kohler has co-managed the East Campus Christmas party, providing 300 families with a happier holiday, and helps connect patients to services in the community. Schaps was identified as a person who lives PLU’s mission of service to others in her interactions with students, co-workers and the greater Tacoma community. Along with working on programs for the admission office, Schaps serves on the environmental coalition for
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important event to hold, she explained, because it reaches the 60 percent of PLU students who aren’t able to study away and exposes them to the food, dance and history of Trinidad and Tobago. In her own study away experience, Hughes spent a month researching the environmental impact of copper and nickel mines in Botswana’s villages. During the rest of the semester, she and 16 students from across the nation, lived in local villages, learned the San language and went on safaris. “I was able to cross the
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developed their global awareness by learning about the society, culture, history, politics and environmental concerns of this island nation. SCOTLAND Social Psychology of Ghosts and Hauntings As one of Great Britain’s most haunted cities, Edinburgh, Scotland, is an ideal place to apply social psychological principles to paranormal occurrences. Through knowledge of social psychological concepts and theories, PLU students constructed accounts for the seemingly “unexplainable” at places such as Edinburgh
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century, where whales or hunters slaughtered the birds by the thousands for their pelts and meat, it means that now, when humans visit with a more benign purpose, researchers are able to get incredibly close to the birds. “They’ll go up and nibble on your shoes while you’re taking notes or photographing them,” he said. Although whales are not hunting them, the birds are still threatened by global warming, environmental degradation and human overpopulation. “They get pushed around quite a bit,” he said
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from PLU with a degree in recreation and environmental studies, spent some time working in the Student Life offices on campus, before spending one year in Kenya working with a non-profit. He then completed his master’s in educational leadership from Miami University in Ohio. Read Previous A calling to teach Read Next A unicycle, persistence and passion take alum to Nike, then to Olympics COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker
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service in Congress in 1977 and served continuously until 2013. He now serves as a senior policy advisor in Ness Van Feldman, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle. PLU was in Dicks’ Congressional district for a good share of the time he was in office, but even when the district boundaries were remapped and the university was not in his district, he and his office were always helpful to the university. Throughout his career, Dicks led the way in key educational and environmental
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