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concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology could not tell professors in English how to go

began supporting schools through taxes, a concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology

health and wellness. The department offers two degree programs: the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Kinesiology (B.A.K.) with teacher certification option, and the Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology (B.S.K.) which offers two different pre-professional concentrations: exercise science and pre-physical therapy. Students completing these degrees often go on for further graduate study in physical therapy, sport psychology, athletic training, exercise science, recreation, public health etc., or enter

people become better young people,” he said. “In the process, they become better basketball players.” Dickerson hopes that message — one he’s worked to build for 14 years at PLU — continues after he’s gone. He started as an assistant, coaching alongside his former college roommate. He came to PLU after retiring from public-school coaching in Ohio — a run that included facing a young LeBron James, before the NBA megastar was drafted. “I wanted to keep my toe in coaching,” he said. Dickerson took over

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Management Supply-Chain Management Technology and Innovation Management Learn MoreBrooke Brown named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year Brooke Brown ’06, an ethnic studies teacher at Parkland’s Washington High School, was recently named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Brown engages students in her classroom by centering each student’s rich experiences to encourage them to recognize the values in

* identities to the portrayal of gender in children’s books and the implications of museum design for identity work. In the words of Sara Ahmed, by merging this research with these modes of public engagement, our capstone cohort has truly been “doing feminist theory” during a time when the world really needs it. I’m very proud of all of them! Maggie Cannon-Match Dating Apps: Adding Tinder to the Flame of Weight and Race Based Discrimination OnlineAs discussed by Lisa Marie Cacho in Social Death, the

executive director of Missoula Medical Aid, which leads groups of medical professionals to provide public health and surgery services in Honduras. In Missoula he has worked with the Missoula Writing Collaborative, teaching classes on short story writing in high schools, and the 406 writing workshop. For many years he worked as a fishing guide on the Smith River and raised cattle on his family farm in Wisconsin.Jenny JohnsonJenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet, published by Sarabande Books in