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lives, now and in the future.” She is able to empathize with the challenges facing her patients with cerebral palsy as she too has the disorder. “Dr. Jan,” as her patients call her, has established several adapted sports programs and founded the Pediatric Neurology Cerebral Palsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and 1 CP Place in Plano, Texas, where she currently practices. How did studying Biology at PLU help prepare you for medical school? The Biology and other science curriculum at PLU

Answerability Dorothy Roberts Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the 21st Century Linda Tuhiwai Smith Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples Catherine Walsh and Walter Mignolo On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis Want to learn more? Academic programs These featured academic programs give students essential tools, interdisciplinary resources, and language needed to examine identities and examine expressions of power. Native American and

was struggling in class.” Other students presenting at the research symposium backed up Waite’s findings on mentoring. Megan Longstaff ’19 and Justin deMattos ’19 conducted observational astronomy research with Katrina Hay, associate professor of physics, and Sean O’Neill, visiting assistant professor of physics, at the W.M. Keck Observatory. They found that they shared their mentors’ passion for bringing science to wider audiences. “We loved the precedent that had been set for us,” Longstaff said

2006, Mooney moved south, to the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where she researched seawater chemistry and earned a Master of Science in biology. In 2014, following stints at Hawaii’s Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and the University of North Carolina, Mooney moved to Washington, D.C., first to work for NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, then at the agency’s Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. Saving the world, Mooney says, is the goal of many environmentalists

Transfer degree (AAOT) from an accredited Oregon community college, or an Associate in Art for Transfer degree (AA-T) or an Associate in Science for Transfer degree (AS-T) from an accredited California community college before matriculation at PLU will be granted junior standing and will have satisfied all General Education Program elements except for three requirements: The Academic Study of Religion (four semester hours), Global Engagement (four semester hours), and the Culminating Experience (one to

literature, music and political science, history and business, or geoscience and philosophy. To see a list of past Peace Scholars and their majors, please go to www.peacescholars.wordpress.com. How many Peace Scholars are selected?There are two Peace Scholars selected each year. What are the costs of the program?Airfare to and from Norway is paid. In addition, lodging, food and tuition are paid by the program while students are in Norway and costs would be covered if an event occurs in the U.S. Any

has she had a book published with a PLU professor, but Henrichsen also has recently been published by UNESCO and was accepted to the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania for her Ph.D. Henrichsen, a Communication/Political Science double major with an emphasis in Conflict Resolution and a minor in German, learned at PLU that she was passionate about justice for journalists around the globe. As an undergraduate student, Henrichsen interned at the United Nations; was

born to Clyde and Gloria Glassman on January 14, 1956 in Seattle. He was a proud 1974 graduate of Ingraham High School. He obtained degrees in political science and economics at Pacific Lutheran University before graduating from the University of Puget Sound School of Law in 1981. After practicing law for 13 years, John moved on to be a high school drug and alcohol counselor, a chief information officer, a member of several boards, and graduate school professor. He will be remembered for his heart

of Latino youth.” Listen to the PLU Podcast “Did you know the American Dream is not accessible to 5 million Latino youth?” asked the Associate Professor of Political Science. Drawing on research published in her book Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth , Chavez detailed the denial of educational resources to the children of undocumented Latinos and proclaimed the injustice of the lack of equal opportunity to higher education in the US. “We are a

English and German translation.Michael ArtimeConvener: Michael Artime, Assistant Professor & Department Chair, Political Science, PLU. Bio: Michael Artime, Assistant Professor & Department Chair, Political Science, PLU. Michael has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is interested in the intersections between new media and political behavior, voting and elections, and the institutions of American government. Conference ScheduleRabbi Haim Dov BeliakPresentation