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New Critical Conscience.” The conference challenges participants to align concepts of education and justice in ways that call for conscience, critique and change—all concepts, in turn, that align precisely with PLU’s mission. PLU participants include: •    Ruth Bernstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Management and Nonprofit Studies •    Callista Brown, Associate Professor of English •    Melannie Denise Cunningham, Director of Multicultural Recruitment •    Emily Davidson, Assistant

consequence of losing her Chinese citizenship. No matter how she looked at it, she felt she was forfeiting a part of her identity. “It’s not that I can’t go back to China ever again,” Huang said. “It’s just – I’m feeling distant now, like an outsider, because my nationality isn’t Chinese but my – everything else is.” Still, Huang says time and reflection has helped change her perspective. Now, she is focusing on the opportunities that lie ahead. The current tumultuous political climate has galvanized more

with Keithley Middle School. I am truly grateful to be a part of this community, and I am so excited to partner with different departments across campus.Center for Gender EquityPLU’s Center for Gender Equity supports, challenges, and empowers students, staff, and faculty to combat gender-based oppression and enact positive social change. Read Previous Jared Wright ’14 discusses working on refugee resettlement, impactful internships, and more Read Next Jeremy Knapp ‘21 talks interning for a state

will be in Kelley Café, after it reopens. All in place thanks to sustainability initiatives led by Hachet.The second-youngest of five siblings, Hachet grew up in Orient, Ohio (population: 252), where climate change isn’t always widely accepted as a fact. After taking AP Environmental Science, Hachet became fascinated by sustainability—and also joined the gardening club. He started “Operation Green,” a student group that collected recycling from classrooms for recycling and canceled school junk mail

working for the government would put him at the perfect crux of policy and action, with the power to institute real change. He landed a job as the El Salvador Desk Officer as a Presidential Management Fellow focusing on development policy in the region. Seventeen years later, nearly all of Carrato’s professional career has been with USAID’s Foreign Service. He has held positions in Colombia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Kenya where he has worked with teams grappling with issues of food insecurity

and related systems must change to alleviate global hunger,” Laurie-Berry says. Before 2015, the original PLU greenhouse functioned more like an extremely hot sunroom built on a black flat top roof. “It got so hot that everything died,” Laurie-Berry says. “The new greenhouse completely transformed what I could do in that class.” Today’s Carol Sheffels Quigg Greenhouse was built in 2015 and named for a former PLU regent, donor and enthusiastic supporter of science education at PLU. The 1,700-square

in four years. That compares to a statewide four-year graduation rate of only 67 percent for Native American students. “CTE is one piece of a big puzzle” that’s helping get kids across the finish line, Nelson says. “It’s exciting to be part of a group of people making change for kids.” The school focuses on guiding students to academic success while embracing their Native American culture, and tribal culture and perspective are woven throughout the curriculum. The school week opens each Monday

them ideal subjects for telescope observation, especially during the summertime in Tacoma. Kop photographed the stars as they underwent their luminous transformations, and by analyzing these images, he could determine the time it takes for the stars to go through their changes in brightness. “My research is on Variable Stars or stars whose brightness is known to change over time. By operating the telescope and utilizing the observatory’s charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, I could image a small set

work right. We want to find the best way to get everyone around the table and create a safe space for a meaningful conversation that promotes real change. Like most colleges across the country, increasing diversity is one of the top challenges facing PLU. 31% of our incoming first-year students this year are students of color, compared to about 24% in 2011; Of those first-year students, 2.64% — only 17 students – are black. For the student body as a whole, 2.63% — 84 students – are black. We must

CDC. How this decision is determined can be found here. If determining factors increase, we will alert campus that indoor masking has become a requirement. (That eventuality would likely be short-term, lasting only until numbers drop again.) Care for suspected and positive cases: Based on current guidance from our partners at TPCHD, there has been no change to the required five days of isolation for a positive case, followed by five days of masking when around other people. Students who develop