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Tutoring program touches refugees The makeshift classroom buzzed with life as dozens of Somali Bantu children worked with PLU student-volunteers to solve math problems, sound out words and learn their colors. Jessica Baumer ’09 tried to get 13-year-old Murjan Jatar to focus on completing his…
echoed her frustration. Audrey Knutson ’07, a political science and global studies major, said 10-year-old Marimaua Muya can verbally comprehend what is said but has difficulty understanding what she reads. The Bantu children are still trying to adjust to life in the United States. During one tutoring session, Knutson asked Muya to locate Tacoma on a map of the United States posted in a corner of the classroom. Standing on a chair, Muya’s focus was on the Midwest. She needed prodding from Knutson to
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
an extended stay, during which she earned a degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in political science. In between academic years, Bjørhovde traveled home to work as a summer intern in Norwegian newsrooms. During her semesters at PLU, she was an active student journalist. “I value what I learned from writing for The Mast,” she said. “I value what I learned working in the TV studio.” She also had the opportunity to pick the brains of professional reporters, thanks to Rowe, during a tour of
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statewide child advocacy agency, doing policy work and political organizing around children’s issues. After graduation, I hope to move back to the Pacific Northwest and work on children’s policy issues. Stacie Lintvedt Hanson, Class of 2001
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PLU Student-Faculty Research on Health Care and High Technology A conversation with 2016 Benson fellows Marc Vetter and Matthew Macfarlane The following excerpts were gathered from a May 26, 2017 conversation between Benson Family Chair Michael Halvorson and the 2016 Benson research fellows Marc Vetter…
software. U.S. consumers were seeing products that they had never seen before. Productivity applications like spreadsheets and word processors really changed what people could do with computers, and to study the origins of the movement I looked at how companies like Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, and Microsoft contributed to the U.S. economy.” Michael: “How did this competitive marketplace take shape, Matt? Weren’t Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in a battle-to-the-death over these new software products?” Matt
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Signed Consent Form (for research assuring Confidentiality, NOT Anonymity) Cover Letter (for use with low-risk, anonymous, surveys in hard copy format) Online Cover Letter (for use with low-risk,
, associations with others, place of residence (e.g., prisons or mental hospitals), mental or physical capacities, or the political/cultural in which they live and work. Investigators must make a special effort to ensure that potential participants are given every opportunity to exercise free choice in consenting to participate in a research project. Special Populations Certain types of participants require special attention when obtaining informed consent. In all cases, the guiding principle is respect for
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…
. “I think the high school students have a lot to teach the college students,” she said. Fellow teaching assistant Quenessa Long, a sophomore anthropology and political science major, agreed. “It’s not a top-down mentality,” Long said. “We’re definitely in a privileged position that these students aren’t in. It is definitely humbling.” Courtney Gould said the course pushed students to apply what they learned in a very intentional way. “We were hoping that there would be a lot of learning back and
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Tolu Taiwo and Angie Hambrick know all about wearing natural hair in predominantly white spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at…
2016, they crafted a research paper examining those experiences, which are often marginalized at in higher education. It focused on how black students navigate the natural hair journeys on campuses in the Pacific Northwest. Taiwo and Hambrick jumped at the opportunity to write the paper after learning of a political science journal accepting submissions on the theme of #BlackGirlMagic, a movement created in 2013 by CaShawn Thompson to celebrate black women. Tolu Taiwo (left), outreach and
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An undocumented PLU student shares her experience going back to Mexico — for the first time since her family relocated to the United States — as part of the Oaxaca Gateway program.
. As a new president takes office and the political climate continues to drastically shift, she says it’s no longer safe for undocumented students to take the same leap of faith she did more than a year ago. Sophia is glad she seized the opportunity during the short window when travel outside the U.S. was possible. “Despite all the barriers I had to go through,” she said, “I loved my experience and wish I could have gone on another study away trip.” As for students who don’t face the same obstacles
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Join the national celebration of international education & exchange. PLU International Student Services and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education invite you to a week of
Wellington New Zealand Study Away Info Session: VUW Place: Virtual (Email wang.center@plu.edu for link)Time: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AMConsider studying away for a semester in the political, cultural and creative capital of one of the most beautiful countries in the world—New Zealand! Join this virtual info session to learn more about your opportunity to take courses at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and engage with Kelsey Jackson, VUW’s International Recruitment Manager, who will be available to
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Political Science Learning ObjectivesRevised 12/18/18 Learning Objectives100 Level200 Level300 Level400 Level Substantive knowledge in the Discipline.Define and describe the basic political processes and institutions of government including definitions of politics.Apply the central concepts to the role of various actors including citizens, interest groups, political parties, and politicians within political systems.Apply the central theories and concepts in independent research.Convey
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