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August 3, 2012 Immigrant described as ‘crawling’ causes professor to take a closer look By Chris Albert, University Communications Adela Ramos will never forget the day when, as a graduate student at Columbia University in New York City, she was reading a “New York Times” article about a Mexican immigrant who was described as crawling under a fence to make it into the United States. The word “crawling” struck Ramos as an odd way to describe a person crossing the border. People aren’t typically
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community today. My other (bigger!) project is a book manuscript. With the working title, “A Muddy Eden: Border Lines and Borderlands in the lower Missouri Valley before the Civil War,” I explore how different racial and ethnic groups got along (and often didn’t) one the western frontier of the U.S. My research explores the westward movement of enslavers as they sought economic opportunity for their families and the countermovement of enslaved people who ran away to try and reshape their own kin
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diversity. One such location was El Paso, Texas, a Southwestern border city that is part of a metropolitan area of nearly 2 million people, which includes Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Wiersma said he found the circumstances in El Paso to be much different than he originally expected. “El Paso is actually, according to multiple sources that we talked to, one of the safest cities in the country, which is entirely contrary to what you would hear about it,” Wiersma said, adding that “in contrast with Juarez
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By Genny Boots ‘18 and Kate Williams ‘16 Lark Powers joins the music faculty as the new piano instructor at PLU. She will be teaching the keyboarding sequence as well as piano lessons for students. What is your background? I grew up in Northern California in Humboldt county, on the coast close to the Oregon border. Growing up, I studied both piano and violin. I attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and then lived in Paris for three years studying piano. From there, I
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April 22, 2013 Sacred sites and coal mounds As part of Earth Week, PLU’s GREAN Club will host two guests from the Lummi Nation to talk about their struggle against one of the country’s largest coordinated industrial developments. The land along the northern border of the Lummi Nation’s land, located west of Bellingham, is one of several proposed building sites for massive coal export terminals in the region. For months, individuals like Jewell James, a long-time leader of the Native American
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Country of Issuance (This is your country of citizenship. It is NOT necessarily the country where your passport was issued) Submit Print Out of I-94 to ISS Please drop off or email ISS the print out of your I-94 (an example shown below). ISS can keep a copy in your student file just in case you lose your passport. Students who lost their passports were so glad that ISS had a copy! I-94 Corrections If you notice that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made an error with your I-94 entry record
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installments of the newest MediaLab documentary project.The team traveled to four locations nationwide to investigate how different communities approach issues of diversity. One such location was El Paso, Texas, a Southwestern border city that is part of a metropolitan area of nearly 2 million people, which includes Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Wiersma said he found the circumstances in El Paso to be much different than he originally expected. “El Paso is actually, according to multiple sources that we talked to
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, the project would also mean the end of fishing as a cultural lifeway for the Lummi. Mr. Julius will describe why as a matter of honor, principle, and sacred obligation, their fight is important to people around the globe. Introduced by Dr. Troy Storfjell, Associate Prof. of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies 3:15-4:15 p.m., Regency Room, AUC Brian Erickson , Policy Advocate, ACLU of N.M., Regional Center for Border Rights. “What our ‘Constitution-Light’ Border means for Communities, the
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figurative borders of experience, pursuing critical questions that challenge us to re-think how we understand the diverse global and local contexts that await our students in their lives after graduation. Third Rail Inquiry: Learning, In, Through, and For Communityby Dr. Callista BrownDr. Callista Brown explores the idea of “third-rail inquiry,” an approach to engaged reflection and dialogue in and across diverse communities.Alternative Spring Break: US/Mexico Border Immersion Programby Dr. Carmiña
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Course Title CHIN 301 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 302 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 371 Chinese Literature in Translation - IT, GE COMA 303 Gender and Communication - IT COMA 304 Intercultural Communication - IT, GE ENGL 213 Topics in Literature: Themes and Authors - IT ENGL 214 Introduction to Major Literary Genres - IT ENGL 216 Topics in Literature - IT, GE ENGL 217 Topics in Literature - IT, GE ENGL 232 Women's Literature - IT, GE ENGL 234 Environmental Literature
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