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“Study Washington” to attract international students. – Assisting numerous corporations, not-for-profits, and individuals build worldwide connections and communications with similar overseas organizations, including planning 17 International Study missions that have been taken by more than 1,500 Puget Sound leaders in various parts of the world. – Introducing the world to the Puget Sound region by hosting more than 1,200 visiting delegations and international leaders to our region
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. “This gives me an opportunity to discuss topics that otherwise, I may not know about,” said Briggs, who added that many contestants brush up on issues covered in The Economist before appearing at “worlds” as the contest is commonly referred to among the debating crowd. Often, judges pull topics covered in the UK-based publication for the contest. Debate gives one an understanding of the importance of what you say, as well as how you say it, said Skinner, a communications major from Covington, Wash
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November 2, 2012 PLU President Thomas W. Krise talks about the importance of sustainability at the university after signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment agreement in October. (Photos by John Froschauer) PLU reaffirms its commitment to leading the way in a commitment to sustainability By Barbara Clements University Communications Global warming is real. Humans have caused it. And it’s our responsibility to do all we can to mitigate and if possible, reverse
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March 20, 2014 Professor Mark Mulder works at a well during one of his recent visits to Central America. (Photo courtesy of Mark Mulder.) Nicaragua: Lutes Get Their Hands Dirty for Clean Water By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Instead of lazing around on beaches during Spring Break, or going on a road trip to Disney Land, 10 Pacific Lutheran University students headed south to Nicaragua on March 22 to dig a well and assist in giving a village the gift of clean water. Under
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March 26, 2014 PLU Sustainability Program is a Finalist in Nationwide Competition This is a still photograph of one of the opening slides of PLU’s sustainability video. (Photo: Katherine Martell / PLU) Voting on PLU’s stop-motion video begins April 1 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications An innovative Pacific Lutheran University program that links Study Away and campus sustainability has been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards. Watch
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April 15, 2014 PLU President and Mrs. Krise Announce Endowed Internship Fund PLU President Thomas W. Krise, left, and Patricia L. Krise announce an endowed internship. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The benefits of a summer internship—even an unpaid one—are unlimited and undeniable: Students can apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to real-world situations, network with people in the industry and gain valuable work experience and insight (and sometimes even a job
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September 24, 2014 PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Distinguished Professional Practice Award. There have been only six previous recipients of this award since its inception in
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October 6, 2014 How ‘Packaged Pleasures’ Changed America At the 2014 Benson Lecture, Prof. Gary Cross Will Explore Consumer Culture and its Impact on our Lives PLU Marketing & Communications From the candy bar to the cigarette and from records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the end of the 19th century set up a colossal shift in human consumption and sensory experience. As corporations such as Campbell’s Soup and Wrigley chewing gum introduced new techniques to capture and
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October 12, 2014 Nursing Students With—and on—a Mission PLU Nursing students Madison Gatterman, left, and Sarah Jamieson taught basic healthcare and dental hygiene to young children at a Haitian orphanage. (Photo courtesy of Gatterman and Jamieson) Juniors Return to Haiti to Teach at an Orphanage —and Encounter an Actual Medical Outbreak By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker PLU Nursing students Madison Gatterman and Sarah Jamieson recently traveled to Quanaminthe
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PLU’s Visiting Writer Series Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary Posted by: Marcom Web Team / November 6, 2014 November 6, 2014 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—In 2005, two new professors in the Pacific Lutheran University English Department came up with an idea for the Visiting Writer Series (VWS). This year, the series celebrates its 10-year anniversary—with a dedicated budget from the Provost’s office and a group of new writers
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