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shop owner. A refutation of both ideas was that within the Ugandan market the local price is where the true profit margin is and if you think in the previous two fashions we will continue to perpetuate the stereotype that all westerners have money and are willing to pay a higher price. In shattering stereotypes, our mantra this trip, one of the goals we have now established is to prevent exploitation and the idea that all westerners can be exploited. Read Previous Cross-Cultural Coursework Read
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global strategic environment. The lecture is at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the UC. The lecture is entitled, “A Voyage Around the North Pole: Modern Exploration and Climate Change.” Changes to the environment and climate of the Arctic are offering new opportunities for competition and collaboration among states in its periphery. Dynamism will only increase in the coming decades, as water levels rise, gas and oil reserves are explored, and territorial claims are
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March 5, 2012 Explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson highlights his 80 day journey around the Arctic Ocean. (Photo by John Froschauer) Arctic exploration and climate change By Katie Scaff ’13 Changes in the Arctic have become increasingly visible, according to Norwegian explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson, who, with BØrge Ousland, became the first to sail around the Arctic in one, short season in 2010. “These are the facts,” Thorleifsson said. “This is happening.” The Scandinavian Cultural Center set the
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Fulbright believed that person-to person contact and the resultant cultural understandings that come from that are a contributor to world peace,” Williams said . “I believe that my previous work in Mexico at the University of Yucatan, in public schools in Merida, and at Sol y Luna is an exemplar of that.” Williams has been actively involved with Sol y Luna since he first volunteered there in January 2007. He continued to return to Mexico to volunteer and was eventually asked to help with staff and
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not-for-profit provider of service and care options for older adults. The Meant to Live conference explores the concept of vocation and is sponsored by the Wild Hope Center for Vocation. What brought each of the alumni to PLU varied, but much of it was about finding an environment that fit them and provided an opportunity to explore their passions. “The thing that’s wonderful is there are so many things you can explore,” Foster told the assembled crowd of students in the Scandinavian Cultural
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November 2, 2012 Pål Brekke giving a lecture at the Smithsonian Institution earlier this year. He will lecture at PLU on Thursday at noon about the connection between the Sun and the Northern Lights. Photo: Hanna Pincus Gjertsen Our Explosive Sun — A scientist’s look at the source of the northern lights The Division of Natural Sciences cordially invites you to a unique presentation in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center on November 8, beginning at noon to hear a lecture by by Pål Brekke, PhD
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experience helps recent graduates cultivate highly sought-after skills that will launch their careers in today’s global economy.” College graduates with Peace Corps volunteer experience return home with a competitive edge for 21st-century jobs and advanced educational opportunities: They have cross-cultural, leadership, language and community development skills along with a global perspective. In addition, they give back to their communities in the United States and enrich the lives of those around them
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.“This conference provides a platform for real talk to happen around the messy and murky issues of race that many people tend to avoid,” said Melannie Denise Cunningham, PLU’s Director of Multicultural Outreach and Engagement and TPG’s producer and host. It offers a supportive space for participants to examine their mindset, confront their biases and develop an action plan to be anti-racist,” she said. Lua Pritchard, executive director of the Asia Pacific Cultural Center and a race dialogue
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Mt. Publishing. During McGill’s tenure, dance at PLU has flourished. The annual dance concert has become one of the largest attended annual cultural events on campus, second to the Christmas Concerts. Interest in dance has also expanded, for example, this year more than 100 students auditioned to participate in Dance 2015, with 64 getting placed in the concert. Over the years she developed a course, Healing Arts of the Mind and Body, where students explore the more spiritual aspects of
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including pursuit of thesis studies at a chosen site. This residency requirement opens compelling research opportunities to students and their advisors, including access to unique DOE NNSA experimental and computing facilities. Learn more and apply at: https://www.krellinst.org/lrgf/ Applications due March 17, 2021 Read Previous Scholarships for Graduate Studies at the Institute for Shock Physics Read Next Chemistry Graduate Programs LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Respect (DEIR
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