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have programs and courses about vocation. We have Days of Vocation. We even joke about it (which is how you know its part of the culture!) “How am I being called to serve my neighbor using the gifts, passions, and opportunities that I have been given?” That is a very Lutheran question that we ask all the time at PLU. In fact, we believe that if more people asked that question, the world would be a better place. As our President, Tom Krise, likes to say, “The world needs more PLU.” There are some
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back home, as well as keeping in touch with new friends after your program ends. Don’t forget to take lots of pictures to share once you return. Whether it be your morning coffee, a historical site, or a picturesque Instagram moment featuring yourself; try to take a lot of pictures of what you are doing while abroad. The Wang Center loves to see what students are up to during their programs. Tag pictures and posts with #lutesaway. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Blogging
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experience as a first-generation student, mainly because I was unaware that it was remarkable. Still, I always felt like I was on an island. At the time, I failed to articulate why I struggled to relate to my peers. Now, I understand what made me different, and I envy the first-in-the-family students who can see themselves modeled — and celebrated — in the administration. “Not only are there a lot of us, we don’t try to hide our identity,” Frey said. “We invite and we normalize that first-in-the-family
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and develop teacher trainings, community programs, exhibits, and classroom resources. Ilana received her B.A. from the University of British Columbia and M.A. at the University of Connecticut. Ilana is a recipient of the Pamela Waechter award for Jewish Communal Service, an Alfred Lerner Fellow from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, a Jackson Leadership Fellow, and has participated in numerous Holocaust education programs nationally and internationally. Ilana has helped to plan and lead
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: Dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away programs, on-campus programming on pressing world issues, and a commitment to best practices when engaging with education partners, both locally and globally. Contact: wang.center@plu.edu and 253-535-7577. Wild Hope
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Your Residence Hall (您的宿舍) South HallYou will be living in South Hall, an apartment-style complex on the south edge of campus. It has many amenities, such as a laundry room (with free washer and dryers), a fitness room, lounges and study rooms, and a beautiful front lawn. You’ll share these with PLU students in undergraduate degree programs. Each apartment has a common kitchen and living room space, 2 bathrooms, and 4 individual bedrooms. You will have 1-3 roommates in your apartment. You are
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millions of dollars worth of research and prevention programs throughout the world. The list of such new “global health” projects goes on and on, with new ones coming on line all the time. But success always brings with it the seeds of failure. There are lots of reasons why these attempts to improve the health of the world’s poorest might fail. There are just as many reasons to hope they succeed, if only because failure on this front would be to accept ongoing tragedy and disenfranchisement for one
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doing stories on all platforms.” A statue of a newspaper reader sits outside the Aftenposten building in downtown Oslo. A statue of a newspaper reader sits outside the Aftenposten building in downtown Oslo. Aftenposten is doing that and then some. In addition to the web and print versions of the daily product, the company produces several magazines, podcasts, exclusive events, television and video programs, livestreamed press conferences and concerts, and more. The company even produces Aftenposten
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building peace. Prerequisite: COMA 101 or consent of instructor. (4) COMA 342 : Communication Inquiry An investigation of research methods critical to professional and academic communication. Key methods and constructs include informational interviewing, database search, survey and focus group design and administration, and basic data analysis. Prerequisite: COMA 215 or consent of instructor. (4) COMA 343 : Media Writing Introduces students to various professional methods of writing across multimedia
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connected we are, the better able we are to improve society. Diversity in profession and education benefits everyone.” Chávez said her speech at the conference focused on the findings of her most recent book project, which is due out in 2019. The book, titled Latino Professional Success in America: Public Policies, People, and Perseverance, explores how first-generation Latinos became professionals, their experiences as professionals amid the country’s institutional racism, and the policies and programs
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