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her being accepted into the PLU School of Nursing and receiving a degree, with help from Palmer Scholars, a Tacoma-based organization supporting postsecondary success for youth of color in Pierce County, Washington. Now, she serves as a nurse at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.A Winding Road Saucedo grew up a military kid in Lakewood, Washington. She attended Western Washington University and Tacoma Community College, before transferring into PLU’s nursing program. “Becoming a nurse
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field. It creates this positive cycle where they feel empowered.” Oliver-Chandler and their fellow Lutes are sharing a diverse view of music through the type of songs they have chosen for the students to learn. In the camp choir rehearsals, Oliver-Chandler is teaching the students the Polynesian folk song “Tongo.” They say the campers have been enjoying the lesson and learning the song. “A lot of music being taught is very western,” Oliver-Chandler says. “I think learning from different cultures
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grow up while still being who you are. You take on bigger challenges and have a wider skill set while still being you at the core.” She incorporated those life lessons into her grown-up job as a staffer and troop leader at Girl Scouts of Western Washington, where she led five troops each week, working with girls on everything from self-esteem to community improvement. Eventually, she branched into other service, including as an AmeriCorps volunteer at the Al Davies Boys & Girls Club in Tacoma. I
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, MUSI 101, 120, THEA 250, 254, 285, 355, 453. At least 4 semester hours must be upper-division (300 or 400 level). Dance (DANC) - Undergraduate Courses DANC 170 : Introduction to Dance - CX An introduction to Western concert dance forms. The course combines discussion and movement practice. (4) DANC 222 : Beginning/Intermediate Musical Theatre Dance - CX, FT Students practice musical theatre and jazz dance technique, musical theatre and jazz choreography, and learn the history of musical theatre and
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? Critical Race Theory and the (De)Construction of the PLU Narrative Dr. John Nunes, the newly elected president of Concordia College in New York City and the first African-American to serve as president of a Lutheran college in the western hemisphere, will give the keynote address, When Grace Meets Race: One Lutheran’s View of Racial Justice. The conference is free and open to the public. Go to the conference website for the complete schedule, presentation descriptions and speaker biographies.October
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Evaluation of Religious Ingroup and Outgroup Job Applicants?"California Lutheran University October 4, 2019Munro Cullum, Ph.D."Concussion: Facts, Risks, and Long-Term Outcomes"University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center September 20, 2019Alex Czopp, Ph.D."From Humiliation to Humility: Responding to the Bias of Others"Western Washington University 2018-19 Colloquium Speakers DateSpeaker NameTitleAffiliation May 3, 2019David C. Funder"Accuracy in Personality Judgment A (very) Long View"University of
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PowellMary Anne O'NeilSophia MahrRebecca WilkinKevin P. SpicerMartina CucchiaraMartin MenkeMark WeitzmanAntonios FinitsisJonathan HuenerBrenda GaydoshKirsten M. ChristensenChristopher BrowningRobert VentrescaPresentation Title: “Responsibility, Accountability and Judgement: Pius XII and the Holocaust” Who: Robert Ventresca, associate professor of history, King’s University College at Western University in London, Ontario (Canada) Bio: Robert Ventresca is an associate professor of history at King’s
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. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. [Countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are excluded, although proven language ability in a European language is recognized as a measure of a candidate’s ability to learn a new language of a country considered critical to the U.S.] Note: special Boren scholarships are available for summer study abroad for students in STEM disciplines. Award/Stipend
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the many benefits of my years at PLU, certainly my times studying abroad stand out as some of the greatest. I spent my entire sophomore year studying German language and culture in Freiburg, Germany. It was during that year that I first encountered significant works of Western Art, both in Germany and across Europe. This was, of course, a profound and formative experience, and one that nudged me- shoved me?!- in the direction I now travel. I credit PLU and professor emeritus Rodney Swenson with
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Politics of Anti-Corruption: The National Supervision Law, Hua Shiping, University of Louisville The Baroque Paradox: on the Western Understanding of Li Shang-yin, Lan Jiang, St. Peter’s UniversityPanel 4C: Overseas Chinese Education (Hauge Administration Building 205) Chair: Daliang Wang Bilingual Education (BE) in the United States, Iris Xu and Feng Rui, Troy University 评《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》中的文化自信问题, Helen Xiaoyan Wu, University of Toronto (Online) Facing World Challenges with Ancient Chinese Wisdom
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