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away who meet artisans will have the opportunity build a relationship and possibly bring the items to store. “This is an outlet for students to get in contact with the community around us,” Valdez said. “Be that Parkland, or be that the global community.” Read Previous Grant supports environmental research Read Next Sustainability Fellows to tackle bikes, recycling COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently
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about the scenes we’ll see this week? Tvedt: It took about three years to shoot it, and many more years to do the necessary research about the topics and finding the right places to shoot. Since it was a low-budget film, we had to do everything ourselves. I personally like “A Journey in the History of Water” which in my mind is even better, taking into consideration that it was made in the mid-1990s. Q: What project are you working on now? Tvedt: I am about to finish a 550-page book on the Nile. I
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Hilltop neighborhood, the Buffalo Soldiers Museum seeks to educate, preserve and present the history and contributions of America’s Buffalo Soldiers through educational programs, historic research, youth outreach programs and exhibits. “The Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Tacoma provides a great chance for Tacomans to understand this important but little-known piece of American history,” Mergenthal said. “It’s wonderful that this museum can both celebrate local connections to the subject and provide an
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International Organization for Migration, a United Nations advisory agency that promotes international cooperation on migration. Traveling under a Wang Center Research Grant, Jackie worked with agency representatives to locate a dataset on Iraqi migration from a survey about access to basic needs such as water and shelter. “It’s really hard for people to look at a giant dataset and identify the main takeaways,” Lindstrom said. “So I was just excited to be able to serve this organization and hopefully give
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the archeological curatorial staff from the Burke Museum at the University of Washington. Two PLU students, Venice Jakowchuk ’23 and Grace Atkins ’23, were trained to prepare and process the items by Brooke Childrey from the National Park Service. Current faculty and staff of the College of Liberal Studies are completing efforts begun by retired anthropology professor Dave Huelsbeck. Recently, the anthropology department transferred a faunal reference collection to the Makah Cultural & Research
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have the privilege of participating in the classroom as teachers and learners, just as our students are! In particular, I benefitted from the insights of two of my students with whom I carried out student-faculty research projects. I worked with Calvin Moore (PLU ’08) on non-lethal weapons and with Peter Joyce (PLU ’15) on jus in bello/rules of war in asymmetric war. Moore and Joyce read and critiqued my work with incisive questions and interesting perspectives that pushed the boundaries of my
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Congratulations to the 2019-20 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients! Posted by: abryant / January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 PLU sponsors Faculty Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments of the faculty in five areas of faculty work: teaching, advising, mentoring, research, and service. The recipients have been nominated and selected by their peers, signifying their high regard among those who know them well. Congratulations to the 2019-20 award recipients! The Faculty Excellence
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Discovery Discovery https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg April 21, 2014 June 10, 2019 Research GrantsLearn more. AccoladesLearn more. Lute LibraryLearn more. BlogsLearn more. Erik Hammerstrom says Lutheran higher education encourages learning about what’s different Erik Hammerstrom, Ph.D., makes interfaith
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workers. If you’ve read about Jane Addams, founder of Hull House; Frances Perkins, first Secretary of Labor; Harry Hopkins, force behind the Social Security Act; or Whitney Young, civil rights activist, you’ve read about social workers. Today social work is a dynamic, growing profession grounded in the social sciences and liberal arts as well as its own knowledge and research base. Social workers are intricately involved in the community, knowing the people, the services and how things get done. Yet
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Wild Hope Initiatives Engaging the mind, shaping the futureThe success of the Wild Hope Center for Vocation was established, in good measure, through the lives of the faculty mentors who engage their students with questions of meaning and purpose—in the classroom, during a casual conversation, through collaborative research, or even by speaking at Wild Hope event. Rooted in the conviction that purposeful learning shapes meaningful living in a complex world, the Wild Hope Center for Vocation
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