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vision of the goal (program completion and first-time success on the NCLEX-RN) Maintain personal wellness through healthy eating, adequate sleep, physical activity, healthy and responsible social activities Engage in anxiety control and stress reduction/management strategies as necessary before and during tests (centering, guided imagery, breathing, meditation, visualization, exercise, faith-based or cultural approaches, and other relaxation techniques) Self-identify to your academic advisor or

Kone My name is Jonah Kone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, and I major in International Political Economy with minors in Hispanic Studies and Environmental Policy. I am especially interested in how cultural, anthropological, and political factors shape environmental policy, especially with interdisciplinary and international issues such as climate change. As an outdoor enthusiast with an addiction for travel, I hope to do environmental work in the Americas with an international focus

groups in Mexico is the establishment of transnational social networks of support between migrants. This is so important because without the establishment of these networks and groups, the risk exists that there will be a loss of connection with homelands and families, and also a potential erosion of cultural ties. The mistreatment of the Tzetltal women demonstrates an instance where indigenous migrants were at risk of being severed from their families and roots, forcibly, by those in control of the

!’ But to LGBT people, it can mean a word that they now own. Queer has many different meanings to different people, and I didn’t know that. I never would use those words. I just was surprised—it was cultural shock hearing someone call themselves queer, like calling myself the N-word.” I’d see my poster on professors’ doors and thought I was pretty cool. I should have signed them.” As a Rieke Scholar—selected to reaffirm PLU’s commitment to inclusiveness and diversity— Hoefer was a regular volunteer

”); the opening of Mortvedt Library in 1967 and the all-campus book-moving party it took to stock it; the opening of PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center; royal visits, including by the king and queen of Sweden (a “particular highlight”); PLU’s centennial celebration in 1990—and, of course, its quasquicentennial in 2015. (She also divorced Mr. Henderson: “I decided I liked my job at PLU better than him,” she quips.)   (Photo: Courtesy Kerstin Ringdahl) Ringdahl's first PLU ID card. +Enlarge Photo “I’ve

on a very regular basis. When I was asked to teach this class, I decided that I’d work with the students to create a real exhibit in the Scandinavian Cultural Center! Jen Jenkins, Chair of the Scandinavian Studies Program, approved a topic for the course that would also allow the course to fulfill a Scandinavian Studies elective credit. With the course taking place during the Spring, and with all the conversations around campus about social justice, I thought people might be interested to learn

Schedule Luncheon with Film Challenge Participants12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Exclusive lunch and Q&A with Jehane Noujaim for PLU community participants in the Film Viewing Group Challenge on the first floor of the Anderson University Center in the Scandinavian Cultural CenterFilm Screening5:00 – 6:45 p.m. Public showing of Jehane Noujaim’s 2013 documentary film, The Square, in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)Lecture7:30 p.m. Lecture by Jehane Noujaim: “The

://studyabroad.sit.edu/advisors-faculty/seminars-abroad-for-faculty/ • School for Field Studies – www.fieldstudies.org  Since 1980, the School for Field Studies (SFS) has been teaching students to address critical environmental problems using an interdisciplinary, experiential approach to education. Students on SFS programs study at research stations in Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Australia, New Zealand, Panama and Bhutan examining the interdependent cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of real-world

-Blackness includes the act of labeling features of Blackness and Black cultural artifacts—such as clothes, speech, hairstyles, and music—as desirable, without acknowledging the humanity of Black people. Decolonize To decolonize is to recognize, reject, and replace the systems implemented by the colonizer. According to Leigh Patel, “Much of this work begins from the assumptions that communities that have been under the heel of colonization hold within them deeper resources and ways of being, refusing to