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students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning opportunities. For instance, MBA students participate in a 10-day, embedded International Experience. As members of a global community we value the benefit our students gain from stepping out of the United States and exploring other countries. For the Marriage and Family Therapy program, students have access to The Couple and Family Therapy Center. This on-campus clinic allows you to train as a student therapist with a faculty member as your
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and another who will study Economics in graduate school. In the past 20 years, 12 Economics graduates of PLU have gone on to earn Economics Ph.D.s, more than nearly any other private university in the Pacific Northwest. One of those, 2012 Economics graduate Jordan Adamson, will visit Harvard University this week to present to the International Society for New Institutional Economics (June 18-20). Currently a Ph.D. student at Clemson University, Adamson will present his paper, “Politics, Resources
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also dedicates time to work as an international peer advisor at PLU where she helps international transfer students navigate their new environment. Although her naturalization process was difficult, Huang looks forward to the next steps in pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor. “That’s all I want, I just want to help people because the world is very unequal,” Huang said. “I feel like I can support the people who get left behind.”OTHER PLU PERSPECTIVES ON CITIZENSHIP Thomas Kim '15Learn about his
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WriterTACOMA, WASH. (April 13, 2020) — Six teams of PLU students, the university’s largest-ever cohort, participated in the 34th annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling on Feb. 13-17 — an international competition that challenges students to solve real-world math problems over the course of a grueling four-day event.Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Application (COMAP), the event allows student teams of three roughly 100 hours to solve an open-ended problem that challenges their mathematical
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international interests while staying near her family and community.Pursuing the personal and politicalSandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s
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Instructor Steve Sobeck, a recognized artist in Puget Sound, made about twenty of those. When the bowls are gone, they’re gone. In the past PLU has donated to local food banks, which have included Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland and Fish Food Banks of Pierce County. Now in its fourth year, the project has donated close to $2,500, and looks forward to continuing for years to come. “Empty Bowls” is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Any group that deals with feeding the hungry can be
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both within our community and on an international scale. The event is presented by the newly formed, student-driven organization Network for Peace and Conflict Management (NPCM). NPCM is dedicated to supporting the PLU community in pursuing conversations and practices in peace building and conflict management. While the leadership and the growing membership have various majors and minors, each is dedicated to understanding peace, engaging community and helping to manage conflict. Conflict Studies
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, with potatoes from the PLU Community Garden (Vegetarian), and a Lentil, Sweet Potato, and Squash Soup, featuring squash from the Community Garden (Vegan). Students can take pride in the achievement that each empty bowl they sell fills one up for those who need it most. This year, money raised will be donated to the Trinity Lutheran Church Food Banks. Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Any group that deals with feeding the hungry can be the recipient of the
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Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Internationally, I have been heard in Europe, Mexico and Canada, including performances at the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music in Almería, Spain, the Simón Bolívar Amphitheater in Mexico City, and the Bibliothèque de Dinan, in Brittany, France. Upcoming events/performances? I’ll be playing one of the piano parts in the upcoming performance of Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle” with the Choral Union on
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Porter, Organist Widely known as a performer in the United States and in Europe, Dr. Porter has also achieved international recognition for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles, ancient and modern. Read Previous Elise Rodrigues ’15 voted Eatonville School District Teacher of the Year Read Next A PLU Christmas, Winter Rose LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024
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