Search

and making revisions to a course they teach. Each semester, the curriculum for the seminar will be determined, in part, by the participating faculty members’ interests, experiences, and needs. Faculty will be invited to indicate their level of interest in the following topics, and the syllabus for the term will be constructed with these preferences in mind: Class Ability and Ableism Equity vs. Equality Gender and Sexuality Institutional Racism Intersectionality Whiteness and Privilege Interfaith

aside biases and being open to the opportunity to learn something. Listening is active, says Tolu Taiwo, outreach and prevention coordinator for PLU’s Center for Gender Equity. It’s about asking questions and reflecting back, she said. “Listening isn’t just a one-and-done process,” Taiwo said. “There’s something really powerful about being able to tell your story. It makes you more human. Often times, we don’t allow people to do that.” Amid divisive, vitriolic rhetoric that is poisoning public

know your ’80s stars. View 25th Anniversary Video and photos from the Women’s Center’s 25th anniversary prom. View Stories of Inspiration and Lasting Impact By Sandy Deneau Dunham ResoLUTE Editor Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. Along the way, through education, counseling, mentoring and even celebration, its staff, volunteers and community have changed perceptions

units in which the programs are located, and the decision may include consultation with the associate provost of graduate studies and continuing education. The communication of the admission decision is made by the graduate admission office. Applications for admission are evaluated without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, or sexual orientation. Students seeking admission to any graduate or certificate program must

. Previously, she was NerdWallet’s personal finance expert and co-host of its weekly Smart Money podcast. Whether you are a recent graduate starting your career, in the middle part of your life, recently retired (or about to) or just living your best life, what Liz has to say will most likely be of interest to you. Know someone that could benefit by what Liz has to say? Share your invitation or bring them along!This program is graciously sponsored by the PLU Gender and Generosity Task Force, a group of PLU

university’s “Inspiring Women,” Kim has been active in the Gender Equity Center (formerly the Women’s Center).Meghan GouldMeghan Gould is a junior from Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a Mathematics Education/Global Studies double major and a concentration in Development and Social Justice. She is interested in education as a key contributor to community development and is currently collaborating on a mathematics curriculum that focuses on the intersection of math and social justice education. Meghan

abroad in Europe, but knew little about Africa or Islam. “My world view was very narrow,” she admitted. Mauritania expanded it, rapidly. “It was a fantastic experience,” she said, “which I benefited from way more than the people I was quote-unquote ‘helping.’” Wiley’s new book, Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania (Indiana University Press), is based on anthropological research she conducted on a return trip years later. It focuses on women who are Haratine — a term that refers

kid from northern New York, she’d studied abroad in Europe, but knew little about Africa or Islam. “My world view was very narrow,” she admitted. Mauritania expanded it, rapidly. “It was a fantastic experience,” she said, “which I benefited from way more than the people I was quote-unquote ‘helping.’” Wiley’s new book, Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania (Indiana University Press), is based on anthropological research she conducted on a return trip years later. It focuses on

assistance (that is, scholarships, artistic achievement awards, or grants), low-interest deferred loans, or employment. In many cases, a financial aid award will be a combination of these forms of assistance. Financial assistance is available to all qualified students regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other status protected by law. The offer of financial aid is based on the cost of attendance

have changed. While still performed at initiations, today the main significance of these ceremonies comes with the opportunity for communities to come together, celebrate, and communicate truths about gender, power and the past. They offer a chance for the Makonde to express, through ritual performance, the realities of their changing world and how that in turn affects their own identity (Bortolot). During initiation both girls and boys are taught how to make and perform with masks. Women however