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better community.” Part of that effort to give back is giving himself a public voice capable of effecting change. Sablan ran for elected office for the first time in November, challenging the incumbent for Franklin Pierce School District’s Director 5 position. While Sablan didn’t win, he drew in a little more than a third of the vote in an impressive effort.CCESWhat is CCES at PLU?PLU Center for Community Engagement and Service serves as a resource for students, staff, and faculty who want to learn
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to begin applying to medical school. She hopes to be accepted to the Johns Hopkins University public health MD/MPH program. Read Previous Student-athlete finds a community more than 2,600 miles from home Read Next Suit Up for Senior Year: The College Search Process LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic
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than the use of he face masks. When, in this male dominated part of Makonde culture, the men wear these masks, they take on not only their own identity – a man in a mask – but also the dramatic depiction of a character and the incarnation of an ancestral spirit. Men make the masks in secret and talk of them in public is prohibited in order to maintain the separation between reality and the spiritual realm of the mapiko. As a masculine artistic medium, mapiko deals with matters of gender and social
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performances. In funeral services, masks act as witnesses for the ancestors ensuring that proper burial rites are being observed. In this capacity, they do not perform or dance. They accompany the body from the funeral to the burial location occupying a secondary role in the ritual. However, they do perform during an annual memorial for those that died during the past year. They dance to music made by whistles (wiré) and long wooden drums (gangaado). When they are not being used in public ceremony, masks
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Post-Graduate Service OpportunitiesIf you are interested in a term of service after graduation, there are many host organizations. Alumni & Student Connections can help in narrowing down which service experience may be right for you. To learn more, set up an appointment with an advisor. AmeriCorps AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps programs move
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costs for Stuen and Ordal was approximately $2.1 million. A benefit cost analysis, using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) modeling tool, results in more public benefit than cost making the projects eligible for funding. Funding was granted to PLU in 2012. With this funding, PLU has retrofitted these buildings to a Life-Safety structural engineering standard, meaning it has improved the buildings’ abilities to withstand earthquake shaking and damage that would otherwise result in
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: departmental approval and consent of mentor. Can be repeated up to three times for credit for a total of eight semester hours. (2) KINS 592 : Special Topics A seminar-style course focused on a particular topic of relevance to the field or a current issues, challenge, or trend in the discipline. (4) KINS 595 : Final Project and Defense This course encompasses the completion of the final written project and the public defense of the project. (4)
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with Alcohol is on file with CEVT and PLU Catering is providing food and non alcoholic beverages for the event and alcohol and service of alcohol are contracted with 208 Garfield. Student organization, office, and departmental functions for students, staff, administrators, and faculty of Pacific Lutheran University. These events must be private and may not be advertised or open to the general public and may not include participation from members outside the PLU community. These events may not be
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off and on since the early 80’s, in a variety of settings. I’ve had some career detours from teaching, like, coaching a swim team, and owning a biker bar, and being a rural librarian, and a few other wacky things. I follow my curiosity. Through it all, I have been a prolific maker, I have documented my stories and adventures. My work can be found in over 90 public collections and art museums throughout the world, including the Victoria and Albert, the Library of Congress, The Getty Research
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comprehensiveness of our platform. The website also includes a collection of resources, aimed at educating the general public on the systemic issues that disproportionately affect marginalized groups in the US. These resources also provide victims of hate crimes with essential information on seeking help and connecting with others who have experienced similar trauma. The platform is created using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Firebase, while the maps use APIs from Mapbox and Geoapify, in conjunction with
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