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New Critical Conscience.” The conference challenges participants to align concepts of education and justice in ways that call for conscience, critique and change—all concepts, in turn, that align precisely with PLU’s mission. PLU participants include: •    Ruth Bernstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Management and Nonprofit Studies •    Callista Brown, Associate Professor of English •    Melannie Denise Cunningham, Director of Multicultural Recruitment •    Emily Davidson, Assistant

next goal is to use my public administration certificate to transition to the public sector next year. Teaching, while it has been a fantastic run, was never my intended career choice. While at PLU my main concentration was global studies, and the master’s degree I finished in the Netherlands was focused on public policy. I am ecstatic for the opportunity to switch careers and become a more useful and engaged citizen.ResoLute: ‘Two families, two countries’What advice do you have to someone else who

and re-explain the teacher’s directions,” he recalls. He learned to play the organ himself, as well as the piano, then earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in music. He is now an assistant professor of music and the director of jazz studies at PLU, and his role as an educator stretches far beyond the correcting and re-explaining of his early days. Vianna aims to teach his students about balance, especially when it comes to innovation in jazz music. “Improvisation, creativity, and

Geistesgeschichte and has two further articles currently under review with the Journal of Austrian Studies. Clayton Regehr is a senior English / Writing major, also completing minors in History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He completed this article as part of his work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Next The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May

. I will always look back on my time at PLU with a tremendous amount of gratitude. Carre Avary ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in education. What’s next? I hope to begin my career as a middle school math teacher. Sometime in the next few years I plan to go back to school to obtain my masters in educational administration. Elise Nesselquist – Bachelor of Arts in global studies (concentration in global health) and Norwegian Elise Nesselquist ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in global studies (concentration in global

the health professions. SHPEP at the UW has had a very long and successful track record of helping thousands of students enter and graduate from health professions school. Using a cohort approach, the program prepares students for academic success in their undergraduate and pre-professional studies by offering enrichment courses in biology, chemistry, biostatistics and population health. The program also focuses on the personal and professional development of participants by engaging them in

both within our community and on an international scale. The event is presented by the newly formed, student-driven organization Network for Peace and Conflict Management (NPCM). NPCM is dedicated to supporting the PLU community in pursuing conversations and practices in peace building and conflict management. While the leadership and the growing membership have various majors and minors, each is dedicated to understanding peace, engaging community and helping to manage conflict. Conflict Studies

interdisciplinary studies and adds a permanent mathematical modeling course that challenges students to use mathematic tools to solve real-world problems. “It is really awesome to pair with other science majors to give more math background to support those concepts,” said N. Justice, assistant professor of mathematics. “Such double majors will be set apart and stronger in the job market.” Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the applied mathematics major pairs well with other natural sciences majors such as

. Of course, it rained the entire time. One of the tents leaked. But Reidel, a Spanish, visual arts and global studies major, loved it.“I liked the texture and feel of the rock,” Reidel said of another trip to the Peshastin Pinnacles in central Washington state. “And the view from the top was great. You feel so accomplished after you get to the top.”Reidel said in her time at PLU, she hasn’t come across a class where she loved..every..minute..of…it like this one. “This class teaches you that with

scholarships. And there are advisers who make sure students get the appropriate academic credit for their studies. In Andy’s case, those resources allowed him to study whatever intrigued him – medieval Christianity in Italy, Swahili in Tanzania, or South Africa’s transition to democracy from apartheid. All while staying on track to get his math degree. – Story by Steve Hansen Read Previous Biologist use Murdock grants to study birds, fish Read Next Looking into the laws behind adoption COMMENTS*Note: All