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  • Environmental Summer Jobs! Posted by: alemanem / April 22, 2019 April 22, 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT SEEKS CAMPAIGN STAFF IN SEATTLE The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking hard-working individuals with good communication skills and a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this summer. If you are looking to make a difference working to protect the environment and public health, gain real-world work experience and skills you can

  • Why Study History?The discipline of history focuses on critical analysis of text-based evidence from the past and seeks a detailed, complex understanding of individual and collective human behaviors as they have emerged, intersected, and altered over time. Historical study examines and attempts to explain processes of change over time as they pertain to cultures, nations, institutions, value systems, and other major social phenomena. Historians also consider and outline patterns of causation

  • a firm grasp on research design and methods. This advantage of a sociology major provides breadth and the potential for adaptability. Sociology majors who are interested in crime and deviance gravitate toward careers in law, law enforcement, and victim advocacy. Students who especially enjoy research design, statistics, and data analysis seek positions in marketing, assessment, public relations, and organizational research. Courses in race/ethnicity, social stratification, and global studies can

  • perception of taste can serve as a channel for social change. Catering to the students in the audience, Conley will be cooking up something ‘mind-bogglingly easy,’ cheap, and delicious. “The idea would be to connect a simple dish, or two or three, that anyone can make in ten to fifteen minutes (something like fried egg spaghetti) to the new fast food phenomenon, Loco’l,” Conley says. Loco’l’s idea, which Conley is excited about, is to dismantle the existing fast food industry by creating a fast food

  • Institutional Equity and Anti-racism at PLU At the June 17 University Assembly for faculty and staff, Vice President Joanna Royce-Davis shared a set of seven actions the university will take next to “make sustainable change in the experience of our community for our members who experience marginalization.” Words without action are empty, and compromise our mission and our moral and ethical obligation to each other and to our students. Action, along with accountability, truth, healing, and

  • January and/or Spring Break each year. Destinations change annually. The focus of this class is to experience firsthand the global nature of Business and how culture impacts commerce. Below are sample education plans for students who would like to complete their MBA in Management Science & Quantitative Methods in 9 or 21 months. It is possible to complete your degree in 16-months or extend it past 21-months.  Note: Students who begin the program in Spring semester are not eligible for the nine month

  • partner with Palmer Scholars,” PLU President Allan Belton said. “We share the organization’s vision for breaking down barriers for students and equipping them to become change-makers in the community.”  Palmer Scholars’ mission to assist local students of color to pursue a higher education aligns with PLU’s own goal to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care. Initially launched in 1983, Palmer Scholars has served more than 600 young adults throughout Pierce

  • sofa like flocking on the floor, typing away at my Prism contribution and trying to finish up my fall duties as Chair before the holidays have actually passed. Strange, isn’t it? There you aren’t, and here I am; but when Prism eventually gets published – poof! – our places will be reversed. I will not be there, but you and this text will be. Texts are powerful and mysterious creations. They can circumvent and change time. Through even this modest text, the writers in this volume of Prism will reach

  • Climate Research Selected Articles Ackerman, T. P.. "Christian action in the face of climate change." Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith Vol. 66(4), 2014: 242-247. Wood, R. and T. P. Ackerman. "Defining success and limits of field experiments to test geoengineering by marine cloud brightening." Climatic Change Vol. 121, 2013: 459-472. Accolades NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal Leo Szilard Award for Science in the Public Interest, awarded by the American Physical Society Fellow of the

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