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have a negative effect on birth mothers who had been promised secrecy by social workers at the time they had relinquished their babies. My earlier research was ambivalent on this issue, there not being sufficient evidence to support a conclusion, one way or another. But the paper I delivered in Sydney, based on new research in Great Britain and Australia as well as the United States, addressed this issue. My paper was the first one to test empirically how safe birth parents and adopted adults were

only PLU gateway program that has its students live with local families for a majority of their time. The other gateway programs offer apartment-style student housing.) His family treated him as … family. They would always include him in activities, meals – everything. He loved it. It was more than just a good way to enjoy the traditional hospitality of Mexico. It was also a great way to really learn the language and explore the social culture of Mexico. “I even went with them during the Day of The

Jared Wright ’14 discusses working on refugee resettlement, impactful internships, and more Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 2, 2020 Image: (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) March 2, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2020) — Jared Wright ‘14 arrived at PLU eager to engage in community work and excited to study social justice. He didn’t have specific plans and didn’t know what it would all look like, but he can clearly remember the excitement he felt

system, with an eye on how they represent themselves and their experiences in foster care. She interviewed youth currently in foster care as well as those who, like herself, had aged out of the system. The research culminated in a series of theater productions featuring actors with foster experience alongside those without. Benge strives to challenge existing narratives and assumptions about foster youth. Because most of our understanding comes from social workers, psychologists, and a slew of bleak

PLU alum returns to Namibia to research infections and teach marimba Posted by: vcraker / November 17, 2022 November 17, 2022 Biology major Elizabeth Larios ’21 was awarded a Fullbright scholarship for her work in Namibia. When she was in fourth grade, Larios wanted to be a neurosurgeon. That’s when her class took a field trip to a science museum and Larios saw an exhibit about the human brain. Returning home that day, she told her mom: “I’m going to be a neurosurgeon!” In the following years

into my home it was just so beautiful,” Saucedo says. “Her class kicked my butt! I had never thought that deeply about things before.” Saucedo may have felt challenged in the classroom, but Ramos says she noticed in Saucedo a tenacity and an open-mindedness for her fellow classmates, attributes that helped her to thrive in college. “Although she got excellent grades, it was clear to me that she was not in class for just the grade but to learn and seek new connections,” Ramos said. “When she finds