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figures of females are also often white-washed with chalk and other sources of pigmentation, again, white being the color of the water spirit in Urhobo society. Additionally, chalk also can represent food and abundance, two things that come from the water spirits. The Urhobo put on giant masquerade-like spectacles to invite water spirits to come into the communities for a time while they honor the spirits, nature, elders, ancestors, and persons of social and spiritual prominence. At the end of these

Bernas, and Jane Davie 2023 Recipients: Kiah Miller & Nick Etzell 2022 Recipient: Sarah Nelson Congratulations! LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDThis award recognizes a graduating student who has served as an agent of change. The individual receiving this award has contributed to increasing the PLU community’s capacity for the awareness and action necessary for justice; prioritized and engaged diversity and inclusion at PLU, local, regional, and/or global communities; and has committed to the

Social Justice in Education, and eager to engage in an ongoing collaborative learning community with other Fellows. Lastly, Fellows come from various experiences and communities. They come together around their shared passion for teaching; through a multicultural lens, eliminating the achievement/opportunity gap in Washington State’s most under-served schools. Award amount: The amount will vary depending on the number of qualified applicants. Deadline: March 1 Number of awards: The number of awards

in the fight against COVID-19. Read more March 23, 2020 Great news from PLU's DNP program PLU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program is ranked among the top 100 best nursing schools by the U.S. News & World Report. Read the report March 1, 2020 SEEKING AMBASSADORS FOR THE NEW CENTER Nursing Ambassadors play a vital role in making sure others know about the new Clinical Learning and SimulationCenter and ensuring the project’s success. They help spread the word through email and social media and

and prepare for successful careers. “It was heartbreaking,” she said. “It was hard, because my friends were all away at soccer during the week and on the weekends. I just tried to become more involved on campus. I tried to enjoy the social aspect of college more.” She wasn’t used to having so much free time, but those newfound hours weren’t all bad. Daly always wanted to get involved in the athletic-training room at PLU, but her soccer schedule kept her too busy. After her diagnosis, she had the

CashCourse10 Ways to Protect your Identity through CashCourse1.  Don’t give personal information over the phone. Tell anyone who calls asking for your Social Security, credit card, or bank account numbers that you don’t give that information over the phone and that they can contact you by mail. 2.  Go paperless. If you haven’t already done so, sign up for paperless billing with your creditors, bank, utilities, etc., to receive billing statements online through secure sites. 3.  Shred everything. Shred or

CashCourse10 Ways to Protect your Identity through CashCourse1.  Don’t give personal information over the phone. Tell anyone who calls asking for your Social Security, credit card, or bank account numbers that you don’t give that information over the phone and that they can contact you by mail. 2.  Go paperless. If you haven’t already done so, sign up for paperless billing with your creditors, bank, utilities, etc., to receive billing statements online through secure sites. 3.  Shred everything. Shred or

sabbatical plans? The project that I proposed and received approval for research is the history of a musical instrument in my possession. It’s a 7′ grand piano made by the Henry F. Miller Company of Boston in 1910. Miller made instruments at that time of a very high quality. The maker’s intention was to compete with the finest artist pianos of the day, especially Steinway. This piano would have been an expensive instrument at the time, not likely to have been found in the average working or middle class

types of classroom activities occurring in a science classroom. This tool can quickly and inexpensively measure the extent to which students are asked to work in groups, think independently, and actively engage in the learning process during class time. DART can take classroom recordings and with ~90% accuracy identify if and when a single voice (e.g., lecture), multiple voices (e.g., small group work), or no voices (e.g., silent thinking or writing) are occurring throughout a class session. PLU