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Growing into her own: Sarah Davis ’23 discovers her passion for plant biology at PLU Posted by: Zach Powers / April 26, 2023 Image: Sarah Davis ’23, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, was drawn to PLU for several reasons — both her parents are alumni, the study-away opportunities were exciting and the community was welcoming. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterSarah Davis began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine
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budget. “It’s a vote of confidence that will allow us to support more young people in our community,” says Bridget Yaden, PLC co-director and PLU professor of Hispanic and Latino studies. “It will make an immediate impact.” When it opened in 2019, PLC offered tutoring for reading, writing, and language acquisition. Center leaders quickly recognized that more was needed. “We challenge the notion that literacy is just reading and writing,” says Scott Rogers, PLC co-director and PLU associate
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to better understand what sorts of strategies immigrants living on the US/Mexico border have developed to determine their own circumstances, often in the context of injustice, social inequality, geographical displacement, and human rights violations. Our program also included visits with Kate Pritchard (PLU ’14) and Brian Erickson (PLU ’09), two PLU Hispanic Studies alumni who are currently working on supporting and advocating for immigrant communities on the US/Mexico Border. Border Patrol
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Pacific Lutheran University's flagship magazine, published twice a year, with an extra online-only update in September. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Building 29 Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Discovery Alumni News Class Notes Calendar Credits Contact Recent Posts Billboards September 8, 2014 Lutheran Studies Conference September 8, 2014 The Art of Diplomacy September 8, 2014 A Decade of Distinction September 5, 2014 Archives > < Winter 2018 Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Winter 2017 Fall 2016 Spring 2016
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about this Lute poet who acquired more than a master’s during her MFA studies. Read More MBA to CFO Anna Loomis ’14 spent the past 15 years with MultiCare, the largest community-based, locally governed health system in Washington state. She wore many hats, culminating in her role as CFO the last four years of her tenure. Read about her decision to enter PLU’s MBA program and the skills she gained en route to senior leadership. Read More 'Building Humans' Teaching can be the toughest job you’ll ever
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power of global travel to inform and illuminate as we make our way in a troubled world. Read More Power Paddle to Puyallup Kelly Hall ’16 found a new connection to her native Samish tribal culture through her studies at PLU, then gave voice to her people as part of the revival of this traditional Northwest canoe journey. Read More Strong Link of Three People remember Panago Horton ’12 for his quiet leadership, devotion to family and passion for access to education for marginalized students. His
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Chile’s school of architecture, urban studies, and geography. Through interviewing thirteen students and a professor, I found that in addition to mobilizing to universalize access to education by redefining it as a social right, students have appropriated their campuses as a way of questioning the production of knowledge. Inspired by Paulo Freire, students are asking what do we learn, how, and why? They desire to build a critical pedagogy that converts education from a method of reproducing the status
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, even after they’ve been exposed to Christianity for decades, they [the Sámi] still believe in the pagan gods and spirits, so it’s that lasting belief that really sets the missionaries off.” Professor Brown has returned “back home” to PLU after having spent five years at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has one year left on his dissertation in Germanic studies. Professor Brown graduated from PLU in 2010 where he earned a major in German and a minor in Norwegian. He met his wife at PLU
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Learning and Teaching with Professor Xi Zhu Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 Image: Xi Zhu, Visiting Instructor of Chinese May 7, 2020 By John Evanishyn '21Environmental Studies & English MajorYou may have heard professors say that they still feel like students, learning every day. But Visiting Instructor of Chinese Xi Zhu is a true embodiment of this idea.You may have heard professors say that they still feel like students, learning every day. But Visiting Instructor of Chinese Xi Zhu is a
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