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On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…
studied away in South Africa, where she focused on the effects of community-building on the lives of women. On a semester-long comparative study, she researched how communities managed conflict related to issues of water in informal settlements in India, Senegal and Argentina. She interned at a law firm and mediation center and became a certified mediator. In Northern Ireland, she became a trained dialogue facilitator and studied the peace-building process. Her peace philosophy: “Lead by example
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PLU Student-Faculty Research on Health Care and High Technology A conversation with 2016 Benson fellows Marc Vetter and Matthew Macfarlane The following excerpts were gathered from a May 26, 2017 conversation between Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson and the 2016 Benson research fellows Marc Vetter…
Tribal Health Authority. I visited the Puyallup location many times, and through the process I interacted with several people there. Under Dr. Grosvenor’s direction, my faculty adviser with expertise in politics and public policy, my paper became a kind of health care public policy paper, which showed the changing landscape of Native American health care within the U.S. system.” Marc: “Professor Halvorson, you were also helpful to me as I got started with the fellowship! You told me about what was
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Originally published in 1999 My lifelong commitment to the liberal arts took root in the fourth grade, when I met my classmate and dear life-long friend Sally. During that entire year, Sally rode her bike to my house, and after school, we both rode our…
meaning to life gave her parents a vantage from which they could pluck those activities that really mattered form the distracting chaos of everyday life. Faith in their neighbor engaged them in local politics and civic groups. And a sense of gratefulness for their modest, middle-class comforts freed them from enslavement to the already rising god of consumerism. Roberta Brown, Professor Emeritus of French For me Sally’s home was nothing less than a temple of peace and inspiration. Like the best of
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All majors must complete one of the Concentrations below. Students may complete more than one Concentration.
Comparative literature: one course (ENGL 214, 216, 217, 232, 233, 235, 235, 334, 348, 394, 395, 396, 397, appropriate seminar) Linguistics or structure of language: one course (ENGL 393) Writing/Composition: one course (ENGL 328 is especially recommended) Prospective teachers may take EDUC 529: Reading and Writing Across the Secondary Curriculum as an elective in the English major. Elementary Education Students preparing to teach in elementary schools following the Language Arts curriculum, must take 24
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When picking a Common Reading book, we consider how the book addresses PLU's commitments to diversity, justice, sustainability, and global education.
otherwise seems like a scary, changing world. For today’s students aware of changing climate, worried about their lives amidst such change, and perhaps wondering if ordinary people can really do anything about such bit issues, this is a compelling and optimistic read, full of science and scientists leading the way amidst the world of politics in Washington D.C. in the near future. Looking Like the Enemy, Mary Matsuda GruenewaldStaff Comment: I believe that this story about Mary a Japanese American and
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Daniel Amster, Senior Capstone Seminar Botryococcus braunii is a green algae capable of producing botryococcene using squalene synthase-like (SSL) enzymes.
Garling, Senior Capstone Seminar Colloidal semiconductor quantum dot properties depend on their surface ligands. Dithiocarbamate ligands are of particular interest due to their potential use in industry. Knowledge of how this ligand is binds to the crystal surface is lacking. TEADMPTC undergoes acid base chemistry in common solvents, producing multiple species in solution. 3:30-3:40 - Break3:40 pm - Insertion of Botryococcus braunii Race B SSL-3 Gene into a pETDuet-1 Vector for the Comparative
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Join the national celebration of international education & exchange. PLU International Student Services and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education invite you to a week of
specialties include Peace and Conflict Studies, African Studies, International Relations, Middle East Studies, Polital Theory and more Study in English alongside Norwegians majoring in Peace & Conflict and International Studies Immerse yourself in Norwegian culture, history, geography, society, and politics with the “Norway—An Introduction” course (not for credit) that includes excursions in and around Oslo Learn MoreBø, Norway: Nordic Studies, Business, Natural Sciences, Environmental Studies
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
: New York University Press, 2012), 6. 8 Cacho, Social Death, 6; 7. 9 Cacho, Social Death, 13.The Collapse of LogicGenocide is not only the collapse of meaning: it requires politics, law, action, and reaction. Logic is useless unless we choose to follow it. Jacques Semelin points out as much: from “the core impulse” of logic which entices genocidal action, we must note that “the process of destruction…is never fully determined.”10 The problem is not logic as logic—genocide is the result of
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
: New York University Press, 2012), 6. 8 Cacho, Social Death, 6; 7. 9 Cacho, Social Death, 13.The Collapse of LogicGenocide is not only the collapse of meaning: it requires politics, law, action, and reaction. Logic is useless unless we choose to follow it. Jacques Semelin points out as much: from “the core impulse” of logic which entices genocidal action, we must note that “the process of destruction…is never fully determined.”10 The problem is not logic as logic—genocide is the result of
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Jump to Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
families are affected by social forces such as the economy, race and ethnicity, gender, and social politics. Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or consent of instructor. (4) SOCI 332 : Race and Racism - A A critical examination of race and racism in the United States. The course will explore the social construction of race and how racism shapes social institutions, such as the economy, education, and criminal justice. Prerequisite: SOCI 101 or consent of instructor. (4) SOCI 336 : Deviance A general introduction
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