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shared two ways to consider cultural adjustment below: Intercultural Competence: Before using the term Intercultural competence, first it must be acknowledged that it is not possible to become completely competent in someone else’s culture. Instead, focus on the lifelong learning that begins with understanding of one’s own cultural positionality. So what is intercultural competence? It’s a set of cognitive, affective and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate
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math major is excited about teaching in his community LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024
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By Genny Boots ‘18 and Kate Williams ‘16 Soon Cho is from many places. She was born in Seoul and has lived in Houston, Philadelphia, and Federal Way. Most recently, she spent the last ten years teaching at Texas State University in San Marcos, and Baylor University, but returns home to the Northwest to teach high voice at PLU. What is your background? I began my musical training as a pianist and a violinist and never had aspirations of being a professional classical singer (I was a pre-med
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AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED EDUCATION Applications now being accepted. FALL 2023 TEACHING PARTNERSHIP WITH PLU ALUMNI AND NAMIBIAN EDUCATORS: Affirming PLU’s commitment to educational partnerships, the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education in collaboration with the Office of Alumni and Student Connections, is in the second year of two-year project to support collaborative opportunities with PLU Education Alumni and Namibian educators. The Uukumwe (togetherness) Pilot Fund aims to
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bad things microbes do. In a short time, the good long outweighs the bad, she noted. “We wouldn’t be here without microbes,” she said. Her fascination with the critters started first as an undergrad at UCLA and then when she travelled to South Africa, where she received a double major in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Capetown, and her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington. After she received her doctorate, Billharz had a decision to make: teaching or
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VALEDICTION LECTURE BY SAMUEL TORVEND, PROFESSOR OF RELIGION Crumbs from the rich man's table In this public lecture, Dr. Samuel Torvend will narrate how a student’s crisis significantly shifted his teaching and research. Livestream (3/3 at 7 p.m.) Crumbs from the rich man's table: How a poor, single-mother Lute changed my lifeValediction Lecture by Samuel Torvend, professor of religion Thursday, March 3, 2022 | 7:00 p.m. (PST) | Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center
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funds to help all members of the university: seminars for faculty on the vocation of teaching and mentoring students; workshops and seminars for staff on mentoring students in vocation; workshops for PLU alumni; and events for students that invite them to ask Big Questions about the meaning and purpose of their lives beyond a major or minor. This is a distinctive dimension of a PLU education that few schools in the Pacific Northwest offer. In 2011, the PLU faculty established the Wild Hope Center
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Yingqi Zheng Teaching Assistant Phone: 253-535-7490 Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 220 K
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languages are encouraged to continue their language studies at PLU. Before enrolling in a language course, students should consult with Language Placement Guide found on the Language Resource Center webpage. Application Procedures Students are admitted for either a fall or spring semester start. Acceptance to the fall semester carries permission to attend the previous summer sessions. Acceptance to the spring semester carries permission to attend the previous J-Term session. PLU has four transfer
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increasingly valued resource. As long as there are economic and cultural activities between the United States and China, there will be a need for the kinds of learning programs which CIWA supports.How is CIWA different from all other Confucius Institutes in the United States?CIWA is unique as the only institute in North America founded by a sitting Governor of the state–Governor Gregoire–with the explicit purpose to support the economic development and cultural ties between China and the United States
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