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Center; helped plan Elect Her–Campus Women Win, which encouraged women to run for public office or be involved in leadership; and served in ASPLU’s senate. “I’m now working in the Diversity Center as a Rieke Leadership Fellow, and my project this year is to create a Queer Ally network, a training program that will be able to foster more supportive allies on campus,” said Moran, an Economics and French double major. It was while working on the Elect Her campaign that Moran first was introduced to AAUW

directly with co-founder Terry Moore, who specialized in urban economics. Juntunen worked on several hazard mitigation plans, focusing on ways local governments can pay for disaster recovery, along with growth management questions such as whether the supply of land and infrastructure is sufficient to accommodate future population growth. She enjoyed the complexity of her consulting work, along with the impact and the challenge of constantly juggling deadlines. “It requires so much intellectual

artifact, and where imaginative design – focusing more on engagement with theory and concepts, rather than functionality – is encouraged. Students created designs and mock-ups of browser extensions, mobile apps, and other online utilities for users to help determine the credibility of online information.Seley Nemish: TrustMEdia Artist statement: This app mockup outlines the idea of an iPhone app that would identify the 8 Trust Indicators, or lack thereof, of any written article that was inputted into

outcomes below! Flexible Program – may be completed in as few as 14 months, or over the course of 26 months. Classes occur in the evenings and are a mix of traditional and hybrid in design. Theory to Practice Focus – coursework focuses on building an evidence-based practice through rigorous coursework applied to real world situations. All students complete an applied project as part of the program. Mentorship – all students are assigned a faculty mentor who also serves as lead advisor for the applied

, either in law or with a business focus. “It’s taking what you learn in the classroom and pitting it against real life,” Cooper said. “You have to want to be here though. What you learn you can’t put a price on.” For the PLU students they felt they had a strong grasp of political theory and even the practice of public policy, but how that applies to real life was new to them. Decisions about what is important, what is the priority and how to pay for it, certainly changed some of their perspectives

the culmination of a series of creative expression workshops co-taught by Collis and PLU Professor Jennifer Smith. The group of 10 students in the International Honors program visited WCCW four times over several weeks. The class, “IHON 253: Gender, Sexuality and Culture,” will be offered again in the spring.  “This class provides opportunities for students to explore identity in complex ways that are connected to their everyday lives,” Smith said. “We theorize out of experience and apply theory

. “Oregon had a top-notch interdisciplinary philosophy program where I could study consciousness theory from a philosophy foundation.” His PLU mentors — Shore, Dana Anderson, and John Moritsugu — continued to help guide Bell and point to opportunities, like those he found at the University of Oregon. His time at Oregon was “one of the more selfish times of my life where I could just ask these questions that intrigued me so deeply, and really self-search and discover,” he said. Bell planned to try to

may utilize the CREP for meta-analyses and their own research interests. As Dr. Grahe explains, “The advantages relate to both pedagogy and theory in psychology.” Dr. Jordan Wagge, who recently assumed the role of Executive Director of the CREP, described Dr. Grahe’s role in the open science movement as an advocate and educator. “He’s been a tremendous force behind open science and crowdsourcing. He is also a significant actor in getting journals to adopt badges for open science practices and many

“Democracy in Theory and in Practice,” with Michael Schleeter, assistant professor of philosophy. Both PLU faculty members received numerous emails from students concerning attendance of inauguration, prompting a discussion among faculty and registered students a week later to discuss Inauguration Day expectations. PLU students meet with Senator Patty Murray while studying in Washington D.C. during J-Term.× “We’re going to be walking into an epicenter,” Sill told the students, gathered in a Xavier Hall

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