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TACOMA, Wash. (March 5, 2015)— On Saturday, March 21, a diverse and distinguished group of speakers will present “ideas worth spreading” at the fourth annual installation of TEDx Tacoma. Among that group will be three Pacific Lutheran University faculty members representing a variety of PLU’s…
have I gotten myself into?” Young: Absolutely not (laughs). I guess I think of myself as a relatively charismatic speaker, but this seems like such a different stage. Busick: It’s been one of my goals last year to start the process, and unfortunately I didn’t make it, so I’m excited to have the opportunity to make it happen this year. Do you have any favorite TEDx or TED talks? Young: Definitely, two of them. One is by novelist Chimamanda Adichie, who gave a talk about the importance of other
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 4, 2016)- Nearly 13 years ago, Logan Seelye participated in a scrimmage at football camp that changed the course of his life. To say he’s come a long way since then is an understatement. Seelye, senior web designer at Pacific Lutheran University,…
Tackle That Changed Everything,” which chronicles the triumphs and struggles he’s faced since suffering an accident that left him paralyzed in July 2003. He will share his life story as one of many speakers at TEDxTacoma 2016: Healthy Future on PLU’s campus April 22 at 7 p.m. “I am really excited to be able to share my story, and how my ‘10 and 90’ mindset on life has allowed me to stay so strong,” Seelye said, “and hopefully inspire the audience so they too can adapt it into their own lives.” Seelye
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Cover art by Diego B. Lasansky Intersections, Number 46, Fall 2017 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning,…
Nelavala (Global Peace Lutheran Fellowship) Reforming Lutheran Higher Education: Ecclesiological Reflection and Theological Leadership by Brian Beckstrom (Wartburg College) Interested in contributing to Intersections with your own reflections or scholarship? Direct ideas and inquiries to the editor, Jason Mahn of Augustana College (jasonmahn@augustana.edu). *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous 2018-19 FYEP Common Reading announced Read Next Grant opportunities for education research LATEST
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kind of program and community you want in the MFA.” Rick Barot, Poet, Writer, & Educator Professor Barot is a faculty member of the program himself, and has been writing poetry for the last 30 years. When he began his writing career as an undergraduate, Professor Barot, who is Filipino, was often the only person of color in his classes. As he progressed into graduate school he wrote alongside more poets of color, but still few. In the past decade, Barot has witnessed an “explosion of participating
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within ideal beauty standards. “Now that more people of color occupy places of prestige, the topic is becoming more prominent.” Her capstone explores the U.S. history of Black hair discrimination, the mental and physical risks of conforming to Eurocentric beauty standards and hazards of discriminatory workplace, school and social work policies—along with promising developments such as state and federal CROWN acts. The 2023 CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Workplace
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said. “You truly cannot replace a nurse’s role in healthcare.” Part of the PLU School of Nursing’s mission is to engage clinical and community partners in compassionate care for individuals, families, communities, and the world. That was no more evident than during the vaccine drive as community members streamed onto the Memorial Gym floor in an effort to protect themselves and others from the deadly virus. PLU's Olson Gym (pictured) and Field House have been transformed into vaccination clinics
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from running for office. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She’s concerned with bringing people together to…
people,” Franklin said. “It’s more of a family and you know each other.” Her formal education began as a nurse in her home state of South Carolina. She then moved to a military base in Germany with her husband and started a family. Eventually, her husband’s military career relocated the family to Tacoma where Franklin has remained ever since. “My first job was in New Jersey, and then New York, then overseas. I made it around the world and ended up here,” she said, laughing. Rosa Franklin '74 is shown
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Three years ago, Katie Blanchard ‘13 was set on fire and nearly killed by a colleague at a military health center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Since then, Blanchard has undergone over 100 recovery-related surgeries, filed a personal injury claim against the Army and enrolled in…
intervened and there could have been a different outcome. That really pushed me into advocacy, just thinking, “Okay, why does this continue to happen, who else is it happening to, and what is the prevalence of this happening?” Have you always been someone who is inclined to be a change-seeker and bold about speaking truth to power? It would probably depend on who you ask. I’ve always been vocal, but prior to the attack I don’t think that I would have considered myself somebody who would be seeking change
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welcomes Dean Stephanie Johnson July 24, 2024 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024
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