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In the summer of 2016, Rev. Jen Rude and her spouse Deb packed their things and drove two thousand miles West on Interstate 90 to a new home and a new call. Six-and-half years later, Rude is no longer PLU’s “new pastor from Chicago.” Now…
as we pray for the world. What does “centering community” mean to you? I think it’s both a gift and a challenge. The gift is, you’re not alone. There’s a community of people to support you and care about you. It’s not all up to you. Then I think the challenge is that it’s not just about you. It’s about the larger community. We’re interconnected, and we’re called to care for one another. There’s a religious connotation about a centering or a grounding, which is about an orientation. So centering
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Students in Professor Amy Young ’s Fall and Spring Strategic Communication classes created a crowdfunding campaign with Undue Medical Debt that raised nearly $19,000 which, in turn, settles nearly $1.9M in medical debt for our neighbors in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Students researched key audiences…
service to the broader community. Pacific Lutheran University is located in Tacoma, Washington and educates students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care for other people, for their communities, and for the earth. Watch the promotional video produced by Lilla Seitz and COMA 361, Spring 2024 Read Previous PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary Read Next Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local
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Jenna Serr in her kindergarten class at James Sales Elementary. (Photos by John Froschauer) A calling to teach By Chris Albert Jenna (Steffenson) Serr ’06 ’10 takes account of her flock of kindergartners. Her eyes assessing every corner of the room, she sees her students…
engagement, ownership and pride in what takes place at James Sales. Brianna Williamson in her first grade class at James Sales Elementary. The school has many volunteers who come in to work with the students through groups like the Watch D.O.G.S. (Dad’s of Great Students) – more than 200 fathers volunteer their time at the school, helping in anyway they can. A big part of what they do is being present and showing the students how much they care about them, Schroeder said. “These fathers are just so
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Originally Published in 2014 Sometimes being sick isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, what it means to be sick —or to be healthy for that matter— might surprise us. As the growing field of Religion and Healing shows, our understanding of what…
our culture, our religious tradition, and our moment in history. It’s not just PLU faculty who are saying this: increasingly, medical schools and public health graduate programs are recognizing the importance of professionals who understand diversity and spirituality. In fact, many medical and nursing schools now advise that practitioners take not only a medical history of incoming patients, but also a spiritual history as well. Professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen Such shifts in the medical
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PLU can connect you to out-of-this-world professional experiences through internships ! PLU even offers scholarships for internship-related expenses so you can get the internship experience without worrying about funding. Downs is weighing a severely emaciated juvenile Golden Eagle about two weeks after he was first…
, husbandry, medicine, and animal training during this internship, and I will take all of these experiences with me in this future endeavor!What was one of the most memorable moments from your internship, and what did you learn from it?BD: The most memorable moment of my internship was performing a rescue for a juvenile Golden Eagle who fell from his nest, puncturing his right thorax on the way down. After being admitted to our care, we discovered he also has suspected West Nile Virus and Avian Pox. He is
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In both Douglas McGrath’s and Autumn de Wilde’s adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma (1815), Christmas dinner scenes intimate the intersection of the familial love and comfort associated with Emma and Mr. Knightley’s romance. At the same time, these scenes draw attention to Knightley’s often paternalistic…
sister. While her maternal bent is clearly attractive to Knightley, he remains grounded in the threshold between paternal figure and romantic prospect. The scene solidifies how the romantic and the familial come together in his paternalistic care for Emma. Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam) in Douglas McGrath's 1996 film. Following Mr. Knightley’s paternalistic care for Emma in these scenes reveals how the movies position him as the story’s legitimate patriarch. Both
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Stuart Gavidia is a first generation Latino student and spent most of his life in Lakewood and then Spanaway, about 10 minutes from PLU, and he knew he wanted to come here for college, so he could remain close to his family. He also knew…
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Back to Normal By Barbara Clements A sense of relief. That seems to be the common reaction from cab drivers, shop keepers, bureaucrats and baristas around Anchorage when Gov. Sean Parnell’s name comes up. It has been a tumultuous two years for Alaska. Its new…
desk is only covered with a few memos and photos of his daughters and the family dog. For the rest of the afternoon, it’s a tour of the Port of Anchorage, followed up by a tour of a local health clinic in the suburbs. It’s budget season and time for different constituencies to get the ear of the governor before he presents his budget on December 15. Although the day is already into its 10th hour, Parnell listens attentively as staff members take him on a tour through the crowded clinic – which is
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Making Fitness Fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0Q7W7mDaw&feature=youtu.be There’s so much more to P.E. at PLU than chin-ups (although those are healthy, too!) Editor’s note: This package was conceived and produced entirely by PLU Marketing & Communications student workers. Story by James Olson ’14; video by John Struzenberg ’15;…
credit hours of physical education, including the mandatory P.E. 100, which covers the basics of health and exercise. It is important to lead a fit and balanced life, of course, but what works for any given individual varies widely—which is one reason PLU offers such a wide range of P.E. options. As a second-semester senior, I have completed all of my P.E. requirements by now. While I’ve been a student, I have taken Sailing, Scuba Diving and Yoga. PLU also offers courses such as Jazz Dance, Step
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The Center for Computational Sciences at Mississippi State University is accepting applications for its new REU program in computational methods applied to materials science. Learn more at their website: https://www.ccs.msstate.edu/conferences/REU2020/ or see the flyer below.
2020 REU at Mississippi State University Posted by: alemanem / March 10, 2020 March 10, 2020 The Center for Computational Sciences at Mississippi State University is accepting applications for its new REU program in computational methods applied to materials science. Learn more at their website: https://www.ccs.msstate.edu/conferences/REU2020/ or see the flyer below. Read Previous $3,000 Minority Women in STEM Scholarship Read Next A Free Webinar on Careers in Worker Health and Safety! LATEST
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