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spiritual teacher, a tireless advocate for equity and inclusivity, and a beloved and integral campus leader.At ELCA institutions like PLU we talk a lot about our Lutheran commitment to being “rooted and open.” How do you think about this call and how does it show up in the work of Campus Ministry? I think rooted and open has always been a Lutheran value. I always tell our students that Lutherans aren’t that concerned about being right, or about getting people to believe all the same things. Rather
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her life to mentors like Palerm. A Latina woman born to an immigrant father, Larios has been fighting against stereotypes her whole life. Neither of her parents finished high school and she didn’t learn to speak English until kindergarten when, after becoming lost during a spelling lesson, she started taking English language acquisition (ELA) classes. “Our school nurse was actually the teacher and she would sit the three of us down — me, my cousin, and my uncle, who was in the fifth grade — two to
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of Nursing — giving back to a community they’re a product of. Jodi Erickson '12 “Having been taught by people who are very passionate about nursing in a setting where students and faculty are encouraged to develop a rapport, it helped me realize what it is to be a good teacher,” Erickson said. “We are creating people who are going to go out and take care of other people, so it’s good to have a nurturing environment.” For Kathleen Richardson ’06, assistant professor of nursing, the nurturing
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second degree, Bachelor of Education, in 1951. For the next two years, Hauge served in active duty in the United States Army. After returning to the Northwest in 1953, Hauge began a long career in education, starting in the Clover Park School District as a teacher, principal and administrator. During this time, his three children — Jan, Steven and David — were born. Always wanting to advance his education, Hauge completed his master’s degree in education from Pacific Lutheran University in 1962. From
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Employee must report any information about Prohibited Conduct to their supervisor or directly to the Title IX Coordinator on-campus. Responsible Employees on the PLU campus include all part and full time faculty/staff/administrators, including Campus Safety student employees, Teacher Assistants, student Athletic Trainers, and Campus Life Residential Assistant student employees. Title IXTitle IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination. This includes
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skills and have a commitment to public service. Includes targeted awards for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. Award/Stipend/Benefits: up to $7000 for academic fees and networking opportunities.JuniorsAAUW Educational Funding and AwardsIn the 2015-2016 academic year, AAUW provided more than $3.7 million in funding for 241 fellowships and grants to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations. Review AAUW’s website for more information on its fellowship and grant programs. Community Action Grants
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searching for suitable spouses in 19th century Britain. In contrast, Ibi Zoboi’s 2018 reinterpretation Pride centers on Afro-Latina protagonist Zuri Benitez as she comes of age while trying to make sense of the gentrification happening in her Bushwick neighborhood. Because each character has a different understanding of what constitutes being privileged or happy, their unique positionalities ultimately inform the choices they end up making over the course of their respective novels. Over the course of
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Gates Sr. were looking for something to do with all that extra money. The Gates family had looked into supporting various philanthropic efforts in education, libraries and, on the global scale, population issues. But ultimately it was the simple vaccine – or more accurately, the lack of childhood immunizations across much of the world – that gave the Gates Foundation its primary mission. And so the revolution in global health began. Dr. William Foege ’57, former director of the U.S. Centers for
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Recent PLU Graduates on their Careers, Convictions & Passion for Health Care Posted by: Zach Powers / December 18, 2014 Image: Candis LeBaron, Tacoma General Hospital, Dec. 18, 2014. [Photo: Zach Powers/PLU] December 18, 2014 By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over the world, Pacific Lutheran University alumni are serving in a wide variety of roles in hospitals, clinics, research centers and public-health agencies, sharing a steadfast commitment of
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friendship.A seemingly bland statement Sally made during our last dinner together clarified for me this shared vision. Our conversation with her economist husband had been tracing the jagged edges of the stock market when Sally suddenly bailed out. Changing the subject, she declared that whatever she’s worth in stock, her greatest wealth and that of her family was in their education. At the time, I thought that was demurring to the lowly undergraduate teacher and humanist sitting across the table. But upon
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