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professor of music Gregory Youtz and his faculty peers have proved to be up for the challenge.Under the recommendations of public health professionals and the guidance of the governor’s office during the COVID-19 pandemic, PLU made the decision on March 7 to transition Spring semester courses from the traditional classroom setting to a remote learning format. We discussed with Youtz the impact that decision has had on his Class Composition MUSI 326 course, how he’s adapted his teachings to meet this new
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safe. The same for visitors and anybody else coming into the healthcare system. There’s also a lot of coordination that takes place with external bodies: the Public Health Department, the Department of Health, the CDC and other agencies that are also mobilizing efforts around managing the COVID pandemic. So there’s a lot of work internally dealing with the situation at hand, but also a lot of coordination externally. PLU: Do you have a defined or special role in the management of the crisis
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. You find a lot in the decisions that firms make, the decisions that consumers make, and how those lead to the circumstances surrounding you. Not only that, but more, more practically speaking, it kept a lot of doors open. There are a lot of options out there for economics majors. You can go into law. You can go into data. You can go into public policy, politics, and all those kinds of things. Finally, why did you decide to study at PLU? PLU follows the principles of a Lutheran Higher Education
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public. Third and finally, the possibility of collaborating with Angela, without whose smarts and stamina none of this would have seen the light of day. I deeply cherish the friendship that has grown out of our intense collaboration. It has been the highlight of my scholarly career. Read Previous Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions and experiences to design major in innovation studies Read Next PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus COMMENTS*Note: All comments
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into these big topics we’ve discussed?Of course. I’ll give you one book and one article. The book is “A Third University is Possible” by la paperson. It challenges us to imagine a radically different structure for higher education. The article is “Twisted at the Roots” by D-L Stewart. It explores why inequalities persist across higher education and first steps toward transformation. Both are really cool reads. Read Previous Big Questions, Complex Answers: Lorelei Juntunen ’97 drives public policy
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service.” A Lutheran focus on community is demonstrated throughout the family line—Watness’s uncle Calvin was an educator, his paternal grandfather was a lawyer, his maternal grandmother was a registered nurse, and his maternal grandfather was an educator. Watness’s uncle and dad were pastors, and his wife Carolanne was a public school teacher and administrator. Like his grandfather, Watness has been practicing law for decades. His decision to become a lawyer was, in part, inspired by the landmark
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POSTS Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford July 8, 2024 Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate February 28, 2023 Professor Maria Chavez selected for 2021-23 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau July 2, 2021 Jeremy Knapp ’21 talks interning for a state senator in Olympia, passion for political science and future career April 2, 2020
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courses in geology will not make a journalist-to-be fluent in climate change, and that simply pass-failing “Ethics and the Good Life” and “Social and Political Philosophy” cannot be the end-all-be-all of a web engineer’s code of ethics. But we also know that a high quality, liberal arts education has always been, and will always be, the foundation on which genuine expertise is built.I once heard an African-American artist from Chicago lament that far too many young people graduate from public high
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work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Previous Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Read Next Philosophical Discourse and Tweeting: On Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s Public Philosophy LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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confronted every obstacle that came up and has gone above and beyond to ensure that students are able to achieve their goals and excel academically. Mauricio Coitiño does research in Communication and Media, Public Policy and Human Rights. He is also a former representative of Uruguay for Amnesty International and an activist of Ovejas Negras, a Uruguayan collective that advocates for the defense of sexual diversity and rights of the LGBTQI community. Part of the educational work this social organization
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