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The Peter and Lydia Beckman ScholarshipEstablished in 1996 to reward outstanding scholarship and encourage graduate study in history, this $2,000 award is presented annually to one or two senior history majors at PLU who intend to study History or a closely-related field in graduate school. For more information, contact department chair Beth Kraig.Holocaust Summer FellowsEach year, 2-3 student research fellows are awarded for paid summer research in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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“A Queer History of PLU” follows the experiences of four queer PLU community members and three of their allies.Many of these stories begin in the 1990s, a decade that, for queer Lutes, was symbolically ushered in by the joint decision of two professors—Beth Kraig and Tom Campbell—to come out of the closet in The Mast in 1993. Their coming out, and the student activist groups that were coalescing simultaneously, helped shift the campus climate for queer folks. PLU Pastor Jen Rude also speaks to
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climate change one tree at a time Read Next PLU’s culturally sustaining STEM program helped prepare Becca Anderson to be a dynamic teacher LATEST POSTS The Passing of Bryan Dorner June 4, 2024 Student athlete Vinny D’Onofrio ’24 excelled in biology and chemistry at PLU June 4, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community May 22, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ‘24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce
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students at the Tacoma School of the Arts. For more information about the event, contact Cunningham at melannied@yahoo.com. University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo by University Photographer Jordan Hartman. Read Previous First year students reflect on ‘big questions’ Read Next Ambassadors spotlight climate change COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear
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matters of our time.” 35:00 Barot and Pancake reflect on the cultural climate of the publishing industry and publishing paradigms that affect minority writers as well as writers from nontraditional places. 42:00 Discussion about PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop. Specifically, the backgrounds, goals and writing styles of the students who seek out the program. 46:20 Barot and Pancake share the writing projects they are working on. [READ MORE: Rainier Writing Workshop Begins Aug. 2—Along With Free Public
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sukhbir Randhawa, Senior Capstone Seminar Many different factors cause DNA damage in cells. UV radiation is one of the major factors; if a cell’s DNA repair system does not keep repairing the damage, lethal mutations may result. Research that specializes in mutagenesis thus concentrates on the roles of UVA rays in incurring oxidative DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our research focused on discovering the best method available to the Saxowsky Research Laboratory at PLU to
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competition as a model for learning and by focusing on purposes as well as on goals. Students in PLU’s StarTalk language program that trains native Korean and Chinese speakers to teach their language to K-12 students. Solutions The solutions lie in the kind of training we give our future teachers, the climate we create for those already in the profession, the materials we develop, the direction our research takes, and the dynamics of the classroom itself. We must provide training in gender sensitivity for
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is conservation important to you? I grew up going to national parks, going hiking and spending time outside (which is what led me to environmental studies in the first place). I’ve learned a lot more about what conservation can mean in my time at PLU and how complicated the issues can be, but I still think it’s an incredibly important field, especially as the climate crisis worsens. I would be able to use a lot of my education — obviously environmental studies is relevant, geosciences contributes
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. Participants will discuss what these results reveal about their organization and begin to make a plan to address any issues and/or move further along the continuum. Understand the Intercultural Development Continuum Explain where the organization perceives itself to be on the continuum and where the IDI reveals it actually is Identify the impact of gaps between perceived and actual levels of intercultural development on work products, organizational climate, and individual relationships Create SMART goals
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