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approaches, the science behind them and how they can be easily and lovingly enacted with great results. Behavioral Approaches: Dr. Vanessa Tucker, Associate Professor of Education, Pacific Lutheran University Neuropsych and Medical Approaches: Holly Galbreath, PhD, Owner of Dr.HG Services, PLLC 2:30-3:30pm – “Race, Racism, Trauma and Anxiety”Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., Founder/Program Director for the global White Privilege Conference (WPC) 3:30-3:45pm – Short Break 3:45-5:00pm – “Anxiety as a Generational
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PLU. She encourages current and prospective candidates to take responsibility for their education, ask questions, and network. “Right now I work in Digital Strategy and Marketing Analytics for Metabolic Research Center. It’s a weight loss company that focuses on a long-term lifestyle change (rather than quick or temporary weight loss). We have over 100 locations across the United States. I support and maintain our national Facebook page. I also work very heavily managing Facebook advertising for
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, spearheaded PLU’s first Caribbean Carnival celebration in February 2006, and received the Leaders of Distinction and Inspirational Woman awards. Read Previous Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Read Next Grads charged to be global citizens COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named President of
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double major in math and Spanish. “There was just no way I could pass that up,” Pfaff said. “Math and Spanish? That’s who I am!” Every student has a different reason for wanting to study away. And for every one of those students, and every one of those reasons, PLU makes it easy. There’s a reason, after all, why more than 40 percent of PLU students (versus 3 percent nationally) study away at some time in their academic career. PLU has an office, called the Wang Center for Global Education that, among
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of the estate he had created,” he said. “Karen was not the kind of person who ever called attention to herself, particularly regarding the size of her estate. I think she would like to be remembered for her heart for education and for the values of young people who have the ideals and the commitment to build lives,” Meyer said. Phillips’ Mercer Island neighbor, Ron Stevenson, agrees. “I recall Karen speaking in just loving terms about PLU. She would talk about the young men from the college who
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March 24, 2011 Jessie Klauder finds a swimming regimen that treats the whole student By Nick Dawson Jessie Klauder ’11 made the decision a year ago. During J-Term of her senior year, Klauder would participate in the School of Nursing’s first study away program in China, where she would take a class called Traditional Chinese Medicine. As a nursing major, Klauder figured that the class would help round out her education in understanding and treating the whole person. The decision to spend
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learned in these early stages of the competition is that everything depends on everything else. This has made me understand the complexity of the business environment and how a team of executives truly manages a business.” —Iren Atemad There are two more student groups that will be participating in competitions this spring: The G.A.M.E (Global Asset Management Education) Forum, and the CFA Institute Research Challenge. This past spring, Boeh and five members of the Student Investment Club traveled to
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. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Croft) With family and friends, the couple founded PlayUp, and with the board ran a weeklong soccer-empowerment program for 200 children in Namuwongo in Kampala, Uganda. (Before running out of funding, PlayUp also ran a supplemental education program in Namuwongo elementary schools for two years.) “I fell in love with the game again—and with why I fell in love with it,” Croft said. Back in the states, in the winter of 2012, Croft accepted an offer to train with the Tacoma
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the child-welfare system. The topic is a natural fit for PLU—even beyond the Spring Spotlight Series theme. PLU Benson Family Chair in History and Professor of History E. Wayne Carp is a noted historian of adoption and residents in the area whose lives were affected by post-WWII adoption practices pertinent to indigenous children, and Jacobs’ lecture also ties in with the 2015 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, held on campus March 4-6, whose topic is “Children’s Voices.” “Up until
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students nationwide, and it’s our duty to stand up for these indispensable members of our classrooms and communities. The statement reads, in part: “These young [people] are some of the finest and most resilient students at our colleges and universities, often exhibiting unique character forged in the fire of adversity. They overcome major obstacles just to gain and retain eligibility without access to the federal financial assistance needed by so many to help make a college education attainable. In
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