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chose six films out of 27 on offer from the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Foundation. Our criterion in making the selection was to bring a diverse set of films to campus that would not only feature the languages and cultures studied in the Department of Languages and Literatures, but also would speak to issues of interest to many on campus: migration, human rights, environmental degradation, collective memory. We reached out to faculty members from art history, nursing, marriage and

PLU Alumni Named Pierce County Nurse of the Year Posted by: marcom / May 3, 2016 May 3, 2016 By Aman

the summer. I worked with Shannon Johnson (our social media director here) for a couple days, and she inspired me to ramp up our social media game. Here at Alaska, we have a “Social Care” sector that is dedicated to answering questions that come through Twitter all day. It’s a special, personal touch for our customers that they really appreciate – I’m bringing the social care idea to Mast Media by having our Twitter and Snapchat open 24/7 to questions. I think the incoming first-years will really

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Foundation, where he is responsible for facilitating business-driven strategy for IT solutions through the integration of Project Management and Organizational Change Management. He has previously worked at Enstar Group/Paladin Managed Care Services, the City of Tacoma and Russell Investments. He teaches Information Systems courses to undergraduate and MBA students at PLU.Can you share a very brief synopsis of what you talk will be about? Chavez: I’m going to talk about the 5 million undocumented Latino

conferences and educational presentations, including classes, trainings and workshops, along with annual training of ministers, which focuses on one aspect of climate change such as food or water. “Faith engenders purpose and conviction regardless of faith identity, and imbues action with meaning,” he says. CEE participants may be Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Catholic, or indigenous faith leaders, all driven by purpose to provide love, care, and hope in the world, he observes.There are some differences in how

in Russia in the 1990s. This solidified for me that — while there is so much in the news about the U.S. and China being adversaries — the people-to-people connection is what we need to avoid conflict. People are people; they care about learning. I never once, while there, felt censored, or that I had to be careful about what I did. Tell us about the class you taught. Auman: I taught a class called Biology in Everyday Life. It was geared for non-majors. I drew from classes I have taught at PLU

it’s something I care about and PLU as an institution cares about — we put into practice what we talk about constantly in our mission statement. What’s next: I’m going back to Guatemala to continue research through the Fulbright Program.Skylar LarsonSenior (Class of 2019). Hometown: Fort Collins, CO Global Studies & Hispanic Studies majors Involvement: Center for Gender Equity, Old Main Market employee, the collective, tour guide  Number of times studying away: I studied away three times – I did a

without them. It wasn’t until years later, in America, that he would reconnect with his mother. “I felt I was giving up a lot of myself,” he said. He lived in foster care in Tacoma for those first years. He went to Foss High School. Because everything was so unknown, it was difficult. “It was just nerve racking,” he said. “Just finding a classroom was hard.” In Kakuma, they’d have class in whatever shade was available, maybe in a structure of mud and grass or under a tree. Finding a classroom wasn’t

macaron stands!)—is combined not with Austen’s own prose or language, but with the common cant of today. In other words, it feels destined to satisfy neither view of Austen that Dames proposes. NPR certainly takes this view: “The film tries to be of its own time and contemporary, with Austen characters talking about self-care and being ‘single and thriving.’” A complaint in reviews of Cranknell’s Persuasion is about its use of language common to today, not particular to Austen. The Los Angeles Times’s