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  • November 1, 2010 19-year Air Force vet challenges ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ By Steve Hansen When Major Margaret Witt graduated with a nursing degree from PLU in 1986, she began a highly successful career as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. She served in the Persian Gulf, including during Operation Enduring Freedom, earning many medals and commendations. She even received a medal from President Bush for her “outstanding medical care.” That career lasted 19 years, yet it ended prematurely

  • origin can enjoy the full protection of legal institutions.”12 Indeed, any person who is not a full citizen is liable to have all their rights stripped away at a moment’s glance, making the universalization and politicization of previously non-political identities—that is, the institutionalization of logic—a particularly dangerous element of the modern period. 10 Jacques Semelin, Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide trans. Cynthia Schoch (New York: Columbia University Press

  • origin can enjoy the full protection of legal institutions.”12 Indeed, any person who is not a full citizen is liable to have all their rights stripped away at a moment’s glance, making the universalization and politicization of previously non-political identities—that is, the institutionalization of logic—a particularly dangerous element of the modern period. 10 Jacques Semelin, Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide trans. Cynthia Schoch (New York: Columbia University Press

  • About Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equity Alexia, Yari, Uilani (Continuing Students, Residents of Women's Empowerment and Gender Equity) “The Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equity Community is the place to be if you are looking for an uplifting environment with no discrimination about anything.” Gender Equity for AllFor women-identified and Transgender/Gender Non-Conforming residents (who are comfortable using women-identified restrooms) with a focus on gender equality, community building, and

  • games; not a lot of people can tell you why games are fun or how good games are made,” Grande says. Read our full profile of Jon Grande. The Rising RecruiterApril Rose Nguyen ’19, ’21 has a plan. A political science and communication double major who recently earned an MBA at PLU, Nguyen followed the advice of a career adviser into a series of contract jobs in human resources. Not because she has career aspirations in HR — though she does find the work endlessly interesting — but because she wants

  • How Museums Make Meaning: Study Away J-term 2020 Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Museums collect and interpret objects, and the stories they tell with their collections articulate cultural identity and values. Based in the historic university city of Oxford, this J-term 2020 class will explore how museums make meaning. Students will study numerous examples of contemporary museum theory and practice, engage with local professionals, and participate in museum-based

  • -first century. Russell Sage Foundation. (PLU Library link) Stauffer, Jill. (2015). Ethical loneliness: The injustice of not being heard. Columbia University Press. (PLU Library link) Political/partisan divide Abramowitz, Alan. (2018). The great alignment: Race, party transformation, and the rise of Donald Trump. Yale University Press. (PLU Library link) Whippman, Ruth. (2016). America the anxious: How our pursuit of happiness is creating a nation of nervous wrecks (First U.S. edition). St. Martin’s

  • centered on screen] Professor Ramos: What does it take to understand climate change, or how human activity impacts geological formations, or how different cultural beliefs or political views shape our relationship to the earth. It takes interdisciplinary expertise and a robust place-based learning curriculum. These complex questions can’t be answered by a single discipline or field. [video: All three professors framed on screen] This is why, what makes our major unique in the region is in our last name

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