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November 18, 2010 PLU student and prof head to Antarctica for global warming research through study of rocks and ice By Barbara Clements In a lab littered with Hostess snack bars and French fry wrappers, geosciences student Mike Vermeulen ’12, turns to his computer and pops up a map of Antarctica, then points to a grid in the upper part of the frozen continent. PLU geoscience professor Claire Todd and PLU student Mike Vermeulen head to deep into Antarctica to study rocks that may help explain
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described that way, animals are. “It wasn’t the journalist being derogatory,” Ramos, an assistant professor of English, said of the article. “But it was animalizing the immigrant. It’s one way of dehumanizing people – for sure.” In fact, Ramos noted that using the word “crawling” to describe an immigrant was not simply limited to this one instance – it had become accepted. For Ramos, that was troubling. “Language says a lot about how we see the world,” she said. Ramos has been fascinated with language
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September 24, 2013 Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, the Deputy Commanding General of I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, talks to students as part of the MBA Executive Leadership Series. (Photos by John Froschauer) Building leaders through faith, trust and risk-taking By Chris Albert In any organization, the pillars of integrity, trust and faith build strong leadership and a functioning unit, Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl told PLU students at the opening lecture of the MBA Executive Leadership series on
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Power Paddle to Puyallup Power Paddle to Puyallup https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/01/power-paddle-puyallup-banner-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/kari-plog.jpg January 5, 2019 February 26, 2019 LUTHERAN HIGHER EDUCATIONLeadership Before Kelly Hall ’16 and the rest of her Samish canoe family paddled their final strokes through the Hylebos Waterway, Hall did
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PLU nursing student earns national study away scholarship Posted by: Julie Winters / January 4, 2017 January 4, 2017 By Erin Baker '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself looking to “dream bigger.”Zimmerman received
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You Ask, We Answer: What is January Term? Posted by: shortea / May 9, 2023 May 9, 2023 At PLU, we have a 4-1-4 term system. This means that we have a four month fall semester, a four month spring semester, and a one month January term (or J-Term for short) in between, where you’ll fit in an entire semester of usually just one class into the month of January. If you are on campus for J-Term, you will likely be in your class three hours a day, Monday through Friday. J-Term is a really great
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Paid Science and Engineering Summer Research Opportunities at Rice University Posted by: nicolacs / January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021 The goal of these programs is to provide early stage students first hand experience with cutting-edge research in a range of departments, including Biology, Chemistry, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and more. These summer research experiences for undergraduate’s (REU)’s are ten-week research-immersion internship programs at Rice
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Professor Encourages Peers to Engage in Public Dialogue in New Book Posted by: Todd / April 22, 2014 April 22, 2014 In the recently published Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement, associate professor of communication Amy Young addresses the shortcomings in university academia, mainly that intellectuals are not encouraged, and in some ways, don’t know how, to become engaged in public dialogue. “I’m trying to look at how people who are obviously very credentialed
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Faculty Writing GroupsPrintable pdfDo you have writing projects on which you need to make progress but are having difficulty finding the time to do so? When your workload piles up, is your scholarly writing one of the first things to get pushed to the back burner or off of the stove completely? If so, you might be interested in joining a Faculty Writing Group!What is it?Faculty writing groups are small groups of faculty (3-6) who commit to meeting regularly in a designated space and spending
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FAQ's - Faculty Advisory Committee and Rank and TenureThe Rank and Tenure and Faculty Affairs Committees have partnered to create this FAQ sheet, as well as a list of Best Practices for Obtaining Course Feedback.). There will be a transition period as we all get used to this new system and form, and instructors may notice changes in the response rate and/or comments that students provide.Who else will have access to my course results? Approximately two weeks after the evaluation period ends
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