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cultivate relationships through cross-cultural exchanges. The university has frequently produced volunteers, who have served in places such as Mongolia and Namibia.As a result of PLU’s deep commitment to Peace Corps work, the organization approached university administrators to launch the new Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which debuted in the spring. PLU is one of just three universities in Washington state to offer the program. It combines hands-on experience and coursework that prepares
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About Peace CorpsPeace Corps is a US government organization that sends volunteers around the world for two years of service. Volunteers work to support Peace Corps’ three goals: To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. Volunteers receive up to three weeks of intensive training
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Peace Corps Alums Sarah Slinker Haley Ehlers Bonnie Nelson Colin Hartke
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Environmental Studies with minors in Spanish and Social Work. Colton Heath '14 BA in economics with minors in math and sport psychology PCV in the Republic of Georgia (2014-2016) Colton Heath ’14 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Georgia (2014-2016). He served as a Community and Economic Development volunteer, working for a small NGO that focused on social engagement projects with youth and vulnerable elderly communities. His work also included helping to run a LIFE Camp, a leadership and
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Ksenija Simic-Muller Coordinator of Peace Scholars Program Full Profile 253-535-7034 simicmka@plu.edu
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Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.
information about all the laureates. (Photos by John Froschauer, PLU) Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey '74 was in the middle of a war. “I was a Coast Guard reservist,” he recalled of his deployment to Kuwait in 2003. “In the desert.” Heavey — who was elected president of the Sons of Norway in Tacoma just before he left — couldn’t believe he was on the ground at the age of 52 aiding the Iraq invasion, the beginning of an armed conflict that eventually
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‘A Peace of My Mind’ explores humanity’s interconnectivity Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / March 14, 2018 Image: Photographer John Noltner’s exhibit, “A Peace of My Mind,” is on display at Olson Auditorium and the upper levels of Mortvedt Library until March 16. March 14, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardPLU Marketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (March 14, 2018) - The foundations of peace are built on people. To John Noltner, an award-winning photographer from Minnesota, those people's stories are
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Associate Director of the Peace Corps Visits PLU Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 2, 2014 May 2, 2014 Associate Director of the Peace Corps, Helen Lowman, visited PLU this week. PLU ranks 3rd nationwide for Peace Corps volunteers with 16 undergraduate alumni currently serving. Read the story here. Proud to be a Lute! *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Vice President for Student Life & Dean of Students Announcement Read Next Response to New York Times Article: ‘Bryan College Is Torn
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March 5, 2014 PLU Peace Scholars leave for Nobel Peace Prize Forum Juniors Andrew Larsen and Amy Delo will be attending the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize forum this year in Minneapolis. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Dr. William Foege ’57 is a keynote speaker at the event By Barbara Clements Content Director, Marketing and Communications Two Pacific Lutheran University students fly off to Minneapolis the week of March 3 to begin fulfilling their dreams of someday working in the Peace Corps or working on
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