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fact, my high school in Lacey, Washington had a larger percentage than PLU. I never really had to think about my own skin color and Filipino-heritage until I arrived at PLU and realized there weren’t many like me. At that point, it was very scary. I felt alone, despite being a social person and meeting so many new and friendly people in the first few weeks of school. The late 90s had a particular charge about it due to the passing and implementation of Washington’s Initiative 200 (which sought to
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field studies are an integral part of both introductory and advanced courses in earth science at PLU. The Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River Basalt Plateau, Puget Sound, the Pacific Ocean coast and the Olympic Peninsula are all within a few hours of campus. Longer field trips are taken to geologic sites such as Death Valley, Hawaii, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks. The student/faculty ratio in the Department of Earth Science at PLU allows students
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University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty
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July 11, 2011 Erik Hammerstrom, Assistant Professor of Religion (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU prof awarded prize from Yale University By Chris Albert In late June, the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University named PLU Assistant Professor Erik Hammerstrom the Stanley Weinstein Dissertation Prize winner for the academic years of 2008-2010. “At first I was kind of surprised – there are so many great dissertations,” he said. “It’s a great honor. It fills me with a lot of confidence that
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Amazon drivers, grocery-store workers and nurses. One student was one of 10 children in the family, with a truck-driving father stranded on the road. Another, the child of a nurse, had to live with grandparents for a while. If a child watched the day’s posted video, Zwang counted that as attendance—as did completing homework over the weekend with an essential-worker mom. Zwang addressed social-emotional needs, too, talking with kids about what the virus meant and that it was OK to be scared.In
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academic walls in finance and economics that I could not have without IHON.What was your study away experience like at Oxford? I think it was the best J-term ever. Admittedly, I spent an average of 10 hours a day in one of the Oxford libraries. My tutor pushed me to understand complex social injustices in our world.Looking back, what does the trip mean to you now? All the knowledge I learned and reapplied makes me feel like a more global citizen. I went in not knowing anyone on the trip. The friends I
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bullied, fought, teased and pushed each other, mired in terrible social dramas. Fearing he would suffer a fate similar to on-screen high school life, Jackson dreaded high school.The teacher sat with Jackson for lunch and recess, discussing the student’s concerns and misconceptions. Jackson left the classroom with a sense of relief and renewed confidence. “It made such a difference in my life and how I viewed growing up in general,” Jackson says now of the talk. “I want to be that positive influence
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to support current cohorts until their graduation from the university. PLU and Degrees of Change remain committed to supporting our Act Six Scholars and Seed Teachers as they continue their educational journeys. Financial aid for Act Six Scholars and Seed Teachers will remain unaffected throughout their undergraduate studies. Additionally, support services on campus and through Degrees of Change will continue. PLU shares many values and goals with Degrees of Change. We hope to partner on future
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and her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. At PLU, Marissa has performed the roles of Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Dido in Dido & Aeneas (Purcell), Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica (Puccini), and Minerva in Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach). A Mary Baker Russell Music Scholar and recent Encouragement Award Winner at the Washington District MONC auditions, Marissa is currently in the process of auditioning for Master of Music programs, hoping to begin her graduate studies in
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was broadcast into more than 65,000 homes regionally. Relive the memories with the photo recap below with onstage, and behind the scenes photos of Benaroya and the 125th Anniversary Concert! Read Previous J-term adventures: Keep up with music students around the world Read Next PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending
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