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Learn More: Bamana MaskThe Bamana are a large and powerful ethnic group in Mali, West Africa. Both Islamic and traditional religious views are entwined in Bamana culture. The political structure is patrilineal, meaning positions are inherited and handed down through the male side of the family. Political leaders also control the group’s religious arrangement. Adulthood is earned through the process of six major initiation societies, collectively called the jow, which are used as both a
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PLU names Peace Scholars for 2017 Posted by: Kari Plog / April 17, 2017 Image: Cate Rush ’19 and Austin Beiermann ’18 were named Peace Scholars for 2017. Rush and Beiermann will leave June 17 for a seven-week program in Norway. (Photo by Molly Ivey ’20) April 17, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 17, 2017)- The last time anyone from Austin Beiermann’s family left the country, it was to fight in a war. This summer, he is going to do the exact opposite. “I
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power over the forces of nature. The basic familial unit is the yiri. A single adult male, the yirisoba, heads the family and lives in a rectangular building surrounded by various circular houses with conical straw roofs that are occupied by his wives and their children, as well as any older, unmarried children. Each male head of an extended family, the zaka, lives in a compound containing a similar layout. The height and state of repair of a compound’s surrounding mud-brick wall is indicative of
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Major Minute: Business When you pursue PLU’s business degree, you'll gain knowledge, skills and experiences to be a successful leader and change maker in the global economy. Posted by: mhines / September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 PLU’s School of Business is among the nation’s most outstanding business schools, according to the Princeton Review. Hear from one of the School of Business’s distinguished professors, Dr. Somaye Nargesi. Read Previous First day of school tradition at PLU Read Next
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in this e-mail interview. PLU alumna Kelsey (Dawson) Goodson, ’08, accompanied her husband and U.S. soccer player, Clarence Goodson IV, to South Africa to represent the U.S. team at the World Cup (Photo provided by Kelsey (Dawson) Goodson ’08) Describe what it was like being up in the stands for those games. Did everybody come in red, white and blue face paint? What was the strangest getup you saw? About two hours prior to each match, over a hundred U.S. family members, staff and, of course, U.S
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number of students who transfer or drop out in their Junior or Senior year do so because of this gap. As little as $2,000 per student can tip the scales so more can complete their degree at PLU. After gift aid, federal loans, and work study, many first year students still face “gaps,” which they fill in a variety of ways – additional work outside of PLU, family assistance, and sometimes private loans. This gap typically grows each year the student is at PLU, given that tuition typically goes up 2-4
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students. Alazadi’s family comes from Iraq, and fled to the U.S. in the1990s, during the Gulf War, Her parents were initially nervous about her coming to PLU, which they feared would be populated by “white Lutherans.” Not quite the case, she discovered. Instead she found a welcoming community. “This school is very tolerant,” said Alazadi, decked out today, in a pink hijab, pink PLU sweatshirt and pink top. Meanwhile, Sandoval, 21, a sociology major, was on his own spiritual journey. He was raised
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Lewis–McChord is the world’s fourth-largest military base. Home to more than 200,000 people and 25,000+ active-duty service members, the base serves as a training and mobilization center for all military services. The most requested military base in the Army, JBLM comprises a 90,000-acre campus that includes 5,000 family housing units, 12,000 barracks spaces, 10 child-development centers, six elementary schools, nine chapels, and 11 dining facilities. The JBLM population is an important economic
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transitioned to social worker and family support specialist for Communities in Schools, which links community resources and public schools. That job launched her lifelong love affair with the world of education. She attended the University of Washington Tacoma to earn a teaching certificate, then earned a master’s in education from Antioch University in Seattle. She started teaching elementary school in Tacoma, then became a principal in 2008 and, in 2013, the Tacoma Public Schools early learning and Title
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yourself up,’ ” says Stacia Vierra ’12, a social worker for MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine who previously served as the director of a shelter for survivors of domestic violence. Vierra first experienced a calling for social work and advocacy while working at PLU’s Center for Gender Equity. Psychology classes taught her to stand up against injustice and oppression, center inclusivity, and amplify the voices of historically marginalized community members. Since earning a master of social work degree in
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