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is the first in her family to earn a Ph.D.—and the only African-American faculty member on tenure track in UC-B’s College of Natural Resources. “And it’s 2014,” she said. Following a State of the University address by Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas W. Krise, Finney explored the intersection of diversity, justice and sustainability (“DJS” at PLU), three pillars vital to PLU’s mission of educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people
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& Festival was founded by the Tacoma Ministerial Alliance to be a celebration of family, community, and, in particular, fathers who are present and nurturing in the lives of their children. “Because our men and boys are imprisoned at a disproportionate rate, this march is a tactic to shift focus and instead encourage and uplift men who are taking care of the home, raising their children and serving in the community,” explained Toney Montgomery, Pastor of The Father’s House Church in east Tacoma
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percent—but its newest semester-long Study Away program puts students just a few miles away. The Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (T.I.E.S.), offered for the first time in spring 2017, aims to “promote a deep and nuanced understanding of how thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care foster collaborative engagement” toward a more “diverse, just and sustainable community.” “(T.I.E.S.) provides an opportunity for students to dive deeper into the local community with the same focus, interest
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center many of the concepts she learned at PLU. “The programs, students and staff on campus put an emphasis on service and care,” she says. “That’s what drew me to PLU, what kept met at PLU and what has sustained me.” At PLU, she majored in both communications and Hispanic studies. “I took my first Spanish language class in 10th grade, and I fell in love with the language from the start,” she says. Following graduation from PLU, she earned a master’s degree in translation from Kent State University
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…” As Americans, we know the great contributions that immigrants and refugees make to our nation’s culture, history and economy, enriching our life together. Welcoming the stranger is at the heart of the American story and at the heart of PLU’s mission to “educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.” Concerned students can find support and helpful resources in the Campus Ministry Office and the Counseling
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran World Federation, PLU is connected to an international consortium of institutes, schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, and study centers in which education for leadership, service, and care for others and the earth shapes a common life and mission. Lutheran Studies at PLU welcomes students, faculty, staff, and alumni into this global network, into the significant dialogue between cultures as we engage the pressing economic, political, and
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), Captain, 3rd year player, Handler“Why should you play for PLU Reign? Well first it’s an amazing opportunity to meet people around campus of all different majors and backgrounds. Everyone is super inclusive and the team is a bunch of powerful ladies that love to play Ultimate! I made so many of my closest friends through frisbee. PLU Reign plays hard but we also make sure we are taking good care of our bodies. We participate in SO many tournament’s, so we are always playing. Due to that, we try to
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, leadership, and care while empowering their peers to do the same. At that moment, my PLU experience came full circle and, while I came in a blank canvas, unsure of who I was and what I was capable of, I left a masterpiece ready to leave my mark on the world. Previous Post Class Notes Next Post Arrived with dreams. Left with passions. More Story Class Notes Let Us Know tay tuned for an all-new batch of bigger and better Class Notes in November—and in the meantime, tell us what... September 1, 2014
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care and, honestly, through their simple basic Luteness . Some of those world-changing improvements are subtly meaningful; others reverberate across a community, a country and even a planet. From Tacoma education pioneer Willie Stewart ’69 to Android co-founder Nick Sears ’87, ’95 and from Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden ’83 to Metropolitan Opera superstar Angela Meade ’01 , Lutes are making big differences and creating legacies that command large-scale attention. Office of Alumni & Constituent
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Manager for Town Hall Seattle. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has volunteered at the Washington Soldiers Home & Colony (and maintained the website SoldiersHomeStories.com) since 2009. Previous Post Lutes in Healthcare Next Post National Teaching Achievement More Story Lutes in Healthcare Recent PLU Graduates on their Careers, Convictions & Passion for Health Care TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over... January 20, 2015 Volume 2, Issue 2 RESOLUTE
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