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  • research, evaluating sources, integrating source materials into their own writing, and attribution of sources through the use of a style guide. Below are suggestions for sequencing assignments: Use readings to help generate ideas, as models, and as resources for the vocabulary and tools of the larger conversation; you might sequence readings to move from expressive and personal pieces to analysis essays to argumentative and synthesizing articles. Sequence assignments to build on rhetorical strategies

  • in the world in science and engineering. UMBC was founded in 1963, the year Hrabowksi — a wide-eyed ninth-grader who loved learning — participated in what’s known in history books as the Birmingham Children’s Crusade. Commencement 2018Learn more about the ceremony and related events“For 50 years, it’s been an experiment,” Hrabowski says of the institution he’s led since 1992. And the experiment is working. UMBC leads the country in producing black students who complete science and engineering

  • (similar to current general education requirements) provides you the opportunity to explore a variety of liberal arts disciplines within the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and the Arts. A Minor in Anthropology, English, History, Languages, Philosophy, Religion, or one of our Interdisciplinary Programs. For some students, this minor could develop into a double major. Cornerstones has an intentional focus on PLU's missionYou may already know PLU’s mission is “to educate students for lives

  • PLU Jazz Day in Seattle May 3 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsJazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is known for its energy, creativity and ingenuity. Its iconic founding fathers and mothers are revered as some of the greatest improvisational artists in modern history. No performance stage is too grand or too modest

  • January 31, 2013 Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist regime with a Utopian dream, decimated its own country. Like the Holocaust, the history of Cambodia needs to be remembered.   The Cambodian genocide is part of a larger story of human atrocities in the 20th century

  • NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) Posted by: nicolacs / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 The NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) is designed to provide a unique opportunity for highly motivated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) focused undergraduate students to solidly connect with NIEHS and receive training in biomedical research. Students in NSCP have an opportunity for hands-on mentored research experiences, as well as professional and personal development. NSCP is

  • Password ChangesPasswords are used to protect personal and possibly sensitive information on your computer. They will only keep your information secure if you, in turn, keep your passwords secure.  Do not give out your password to anyone.Password Rules Passwords must be at least 8 characters long Include at least one upper-case and 1 lower-case letter Include at least one number Include at least one of the following characters: [ . ! ? – _ ] or a space Must not contain ” ‘ : ( ) & \ or a comma

  • I volunteered to serve because of 9/11. On September 11, 2001, I was attending high school in a city where many of the inhabitants commute into New York City for work, a beautiful city that looks right across the water into Manhattan. My dad worked in the city and the majority of girls attending this small, private school had at least one parent working in the city as well. I was standing by the window during the break period between classes, waiting to start History class (of all things), when

  • PLU professor curates an Oxford Univ. museum collection at the intersection of religion, medicine and disability In April 2023, PLU religion professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen , Ph.D., attended the Natural History Museum Late Night with PLU students at the University of Oxford. At Late Night events, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum host tours and various evening activities offered… February 13, 2024 Equity, Faith, Justice

  • . Photo by Irene Takizawa Because Hawaiʻi is seen as a tropical vacation spot, many people come and go, ignoring the complexity of the cultures and peoples who struggle daily to foster and practice their religions. For Katherine Sinclair, a senior nursing student, this course offered the opportunity to dig into the history and diversity within Buddhism. Specifically, she learned how hard Japanese sugar plantation workers fought “to keep their religion prevalent” and “how many variations there are in