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Events:Chong Wa Education Society Since Time Immemorial (STI) Workshop and World Language Teacher Networking Do you know about the new PESB regulation regarding Indigenous studies? What is STI? How do you incorporate Indigenous studies into the curriculum? Join us to find the answers! Who: Pre-service and In-service teachers What: A teacher networking event & workshop on the new PESB regulation by Dr. Tara Haskins & Dr. Donita Torres with PESB guest Leiani Sherwin Where: Online When: Saturday

so few people know about the indigenous group. However, she enjoys having the opportunity to teach her PLU classmates about her heritage. Mathilde Magga '20 (left) and Elle Sina Søerensen '20 speak during a panel event on Sámi National Day in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU on Feb. 6. Both students are wearing their traditional Sámi garb. Magga and Søerensen both acknowledge that they experience microaggressions related to their Sámi background, about “how Sámi they really are” or “why

Introduction to School Nursing School Nurse The school nurse serves in a pivotal role that bridges health care and education. Grounded by standards of practice, services provided by the school nurse include leadership, community/public health, care coordination, and quality improvement (NASN, 2016a). A student’s health is directly related to his or her ability to learn. These school nurses address the physical, mental, emotional, and social health needs of students and supports their

more. Zylstra said the program offerings encourage students to stay connected to PLU, while keeping one foot off campus. “We want the pivot foot to be in the community,” he added. TIES is Easley’s first study away experience. She said she appreciates all the opportunities PLU has to offer, but noted that staying at PLU all day every day was a challenge. “I was feeling a little squashed down,” she said. “I wanted to get off campus.” The Hispanic studies and sociology double major from Seattle wants

Latino Studies Learning Objectives1) Through the analysis of a wide array of Latino cultural productions (literature, film, music, visual arts, socio-political studies), students will be introduced to Latino Studies as a field, its history from the Civil Rights era to the present, its spaces of engagement (community, academy, political, cultural), and main theoretical contributions. 2) Students will complicate their understanding of US history, geography, and dominant narratives about Latinos

Identity Programs & CommunitiesStudents of ColorPrograms, retreats, communities, and resources that center and celebrate Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color at PLU.Student of Color Retreats The Students of Color Retreat is for students who identify as students of color or non white identify students. This is a space to explore cultural conditioning around race, validate experiences pertaining to race and other intersecting identities and cultivate community. This fall it will be on

Ridge Forest Reserve before concluding with the music, food and vendors of Sunday School — an open-air night market and street fair. All told, a whirlwind seven days of cultural immersion that inflamed old memories and friendships while kindling new ones. Take in the sights of Trinidad and Tobago “You don’t know what relationships are until you come here. This is a real, relational place,” said Hambrick, who regularly returns to the islands as PLU’s J-term faculty leader. “People know us, they know