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situation like Darfur is occurring, Pertnoy said. “Begin with small steps, and it can have a collective impact.” Kimenyera, Pertnoy and Kleiman all agreed Thursday evening that education was key to changing the events that lead to an act of genocide. Also, Kleiman added, “get to know the people around you.” That advice was echoed at the Scandinavian Center about 12 hours later on Friday, as Carl Wilkens, the only American to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide that claimed 1 million lives in three

interview he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when he arrived at PLU, except to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Albert Schweitzer, the German philosopher, doctor and humanitarian who did groundbreaking health work in Africa. During that 2006 interview, the lanky, 6-foot, 7-inch Foege, credited much of his success with the help of others, and his time at PLU. “It’s such a nice place to get an education,” he said. “People who go there do not appreciate how good it really is. “I went to the UW

years, less than nine percent of credit hours were taught by part-time faculty teaching individual courses without benefits, or taught as private hourly music instruction.  According to data gathered by the Chronicle of Higher Education, universities in the Puget Sound area pay approximately $2,300-$5,000 per course.  PLU’s per course pay ranges between $4,200-$5,600 per course.  The only faculty members paid hourly are those who provide private music instruction. They are paid $51.00 per hour.  For

story of Christ’s passion, the “greatest story every heard.” And hopefully, with this great new work, we will communicate it to our audience in a way that will be profoundly moving. Read Previous First-year student pulls from roots, helps introduce religious diversity to PLU through lecture series Read Next MediaLab receives national prize for latest documentary film about higher education COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

great trainings, particularly for women, that are a great way to learn, build a support group and meet great people. It takes a village. I couldn’t have done it without an incredible campaign team, a supportive partner, my parents and sister, and many, many friends, new and old, who propped me up along the way. It was really, really important for me to have a support group of other women running to bounce ideas and frustration off of. “Everyone deserves access to an education, a good job, and a

her things and leave that day. Chell says she barely had enough time to say goodbye to her host family and close friends before leaving.  “There was no closure,” she says. “Something I’ll wrestle with is just the highlighted privilege of I’m there to be a public health education volunteer and the moment a pandemic comes, I leave. That felt really awful.”Serving during the pandemic Chell made it back home to South Dakota safely. But she found it difficult to hunker down as many were doing to ride

. Ambassadors are individuals that for whatever reason cannot be released back into the wild. At that point, their options are euthanasia or becoming an ambassador and spending the rest of their lives in captivity where they are used for educational purposes. Ambassadors are an essential part of wildlife education because they allow the general public to develop a relationship with an individual. Numerous studies have shown that relationship greatly increases the likelihood that individuals will do

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