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, Pacific and Thurston Counties receive an excellent and equitable education. This role allows her to put her principles to work helping kids from economically disadvantaged families get off to a good start in more than a dozen state- and federally-funded preschool programs that the ESD supports. In addition to providing professional learning for preschool staff, the ESD also offers resources for parents so they can help their children thrive at home. “We want to give all kids the ability to attend free
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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…
. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your professors, you get to see
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PLU students intern with Trinidad and Tobago Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Posted by: mhines / February 12, 2024 Image: PLU students at the Division of Health orientation during J-Term 2024. February 12, 2024 January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 12, 2016)- Steinar Bryn’s peacebuilding work has kept him busy in Norway, eastern Europe and elsewhere around the world, but his ties to Pacific Lutheran University run deep. The repeat Nobel Peace Prize nominee has developed and supported dialogue centers in the…
International Peacebuilding and Dialogue Work,” will give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to learn more about Bryn’s extensive experience as a dialogue facilitator in some of Europe’s most conflict-ridden areas. Bryn has facilitated hundreds of seminars, published numerous articles and has lectured worldwide. He, along with the Nansen Dialogue Network, has developed and supported dialogue centers in the Balkans for 17 years. He’s also responsible for planning and implementing inter-ethnic
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Spring 2021, we have planned a series of listening and design sessions held with faculty and staff at all levels of the university to ensure that we can use this tool to incorporate new datasets including community needs and impact opportunities. Rich data opportunities. Faculty and staff will be able to use our social impact dataset for student research, capstone discovery, curriculum enrichment opportunities, research and publishing topics, inspiration and engagement through case studies, an
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group Delta Lota Chi with the help of other PLU organizations and residence halls. Delta Lota Chi collects money and donations throughout November and uses the funds to go grocery shopping and put together bins with an entire Thanksgiving dinner inside. “Being able to provide Thanksgiving meals to families in need feels amazing,” Kerri Selk ’16 said. “Especially when the majority of the families we serve are single mothers.” The volunteering, shopping and delivering is all done by students. Selk
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Your Gifts at WorkThe impact of your generosity can be found in the words of gratitude we hear every day from students who have worked hard to make the most of every opportunity at Pacific Lutheran University.Grace ’18“My scholarship means so much because it is going towards my education. I couldn’t be more thankful and grateful for the opportunity to study at PLU and to grow my knowledge.”Jeric ’19“With these scholarships, I realize there are people within the program who believe in the work
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Back to Work Pacific Lutheran University values the safety, health and well being of all employees. PLU policy is to provide safe and healthful working conditions in all operations and to follow the laws and regulations about the safety and health of our employees. When working with supervisors and employees, PLU will draw on all applicable policies. Should you become injured or ill, it is important that you return to employment as early as is medically safe for you to do so. At the same time
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When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…
on justice, I’m fortunate to be at PLU, an institution with a strong commitment to social justice,” Levy says. “Other institutions wouldn’t support expert witness work for faculty. But PLU does.” At PLU, Levy teaches anthropology courses that explore how Latin America studies inform anthropological theory, the impact of free trade policies; the state from an ethnographic perspective; and how international migrants build lives in more than one nation-state. Many of his students go on into migrant
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Nordquist Lecture Hall. Human beings share the planet with millions of species – in fact more are being discovered each day, O’Brien notes. “If we believe that all this was created by God,” O’Brien said. “Then when scientists studying this world say it is in trouble, we should pay attention to that.” In fact, it’s not enough to just shake one’s head when you hear about the plight of the polar bear, or some other threatened species, O’Brien said. “You hear about their habitat being destroyed, and the ice
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