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she couldn’t pass up, and the challenging nature of the application alone provided room for growth. “Even if it didn’t work out,” Otey said, “I would still learn a lot in the process.” Fulbright applicants face a rigorous application process that lasts several months. Students must fill out personal statements that move through a panel of PLU faculty and staff. The application starts in August and decisions were made in March the following year. Placements in the host country will not be announced
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ongoing transparent process that is heavily driven by the faculty who are affected. “PLU has no bad programs,” O’Brien said. “So these cuts aren’t easy to make.” O’Brien and others say they are impressed and even energized by the innovation, collaboration and creativity exhibited throughout this introspective process, despite the tension and emotion surrounding it. Acting President Allan Belton acknowledges that it is easy and even understandable to be despondent during this time of
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” the next time you sign into Zoom. Approximately 1 hour after the consolidation process is complete a license will automatically be assigned to your account. After consolidation, you can Login to PLU’s Zoom with your ePass at plu.edu/zoom to continue accessing your account. ***A note about existing Zoom accounts created using email aliases as the login name rather than PLU ePass usernames. In those cases I&TS will need to work with the account holders to complete the final steps to enable full
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introducing the physics research programs at Brown and sessions devoted to the process of applying, the graduate student experience, and the ins and outs of the Ph.D. admissions process. Students will also have the opportunity to sign up at a later date for continuing mentoring via drop-in sessions to help hone their application materials. Program Agenda 1:00-1:40 pm: Welcome and introduction to physics at Brown. 1:45-2:30 pm: Workshop 1 – Parts of a graduate school application and how to organize them. 2
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that goes beyond simply replacing quick car rides for leisurely bike rides, when he became the first customer for Parkland Light & Water to enroll in the net metering system. This process allowed him to become his own source of power generation, by powering his home through the installation of 10 solar panels on his rooftop. “It all sort of fell into place,” Tegels said. The idea sparked last summer, when Tegels was working with other faculty members and the Sustainability Office pulling weeds for
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: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age (Harvard 1987); Andrew Linzey, Animal Theology (University of Illinois 1994); Carol J. Adams and Josephine Donovan, Animals and Women: Theoretical Explorations (Duke 1995); M. Coetzee, The Lives of Animals (Princeton 1999); Eileen Crist, Images of Animals: Anthropomorphism and Animal Mind (Temple 1999); Steven M. Wise, Rattling the Cage (Perseus 2000); Steve Baker, The Postmodern Animal (Reaktion 2000). One hopes that this interest in animals is
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progress.” Now that his sabbatical is over, Dr. Torvend is balancing his roles as a researcher and an educator. “Many times, “he said, “it’s been student questions or a students’ insights that have actually prompted me to move in a new direction in my research.” Dr. Torvend’s teaching has long touched on these topics, with courses in theology of nature and Jewish and Christian views on the environment. He has also sponsored a variety of conferences at PLU that focused on environmental ethics. In many
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in Rome,” he said. “But I’ve made good progress.” Now that his sabbatical is over, Dr. Torvend is balancing his roles as a researcher and an educator. “Many times,” he said, “it’s been student questions or a students’ insights that have actually prompted me to move in a new direction in my research.” Dr. Torvend’s teaching has long touched on these topics, with courses in theology of nature and Jewish and Christian views on the environment. He has also sponsored a variety of conferences at PLU
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, and all of its collaborators, was an example of the PLU community’s aptitude for innovation. “The university came a long way during this process, and important groundwork has been laid that helped establish an institutional culture of innovation” he says. The Commission, using criteria shared by the campus community, clustered and defined select ideas into ten broader categories. To help research and create actionable plans, the commission created working groups. A total of 77 faculty, staff and
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PLU Department of Anthropology and College of Liberal Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) September 25, 2023 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsLeaders from the Nisqually Indian Tribe visited Pacific Lutheran University earlier this month to take possession of materials from a PLU anthropology excavation done around Woodard Bay, Washington in the 1990s. This repatriation process was led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Bradford Andrews and Faculty Fellow in Anthropology Greg Burtchard
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