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tone for the 2016-17 academic year. President Thomas W. Krise delivered his annual state of the university address before a crowd of faculty, staff and administrators, underscoring the importance of moving PLU from a place of welcoming to a place of belonging. His speech unveiled the Listen campaign, an institution-wide effort to create a true, authentic sense of belonging for students of all backgrounds — regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith background, no

Professor of Philosophy and Law Anthony Kwame Appiah, who will share his reflections on how widely held identity categories are used and abused. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a co-director of UBC’s Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture, will address the evolutionary origins of religion and the psychology of religious diversity in today’s globalized world. Dean Spade, Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law, will challenge

her identity as a first-generation Latina student and her upbringing. “I just want to show my family that their sacrifice was worth it all,” she says, “because I can do more and give back that love and support that they’ve given me unconditionally.” She’s also grateful for the support of the tight-knit community at PLU. As a Franklin Pierce High School student taking classes at PLU, she felt a sense of belonging even before starting college—but she hadn’t realized that the university was also a

those practices and seeking to propose alternatives. For instance, when permission was requested for a stole to indicate military veteran status, I proposed that, instead, the veterans might carry something, such as an American flag, to indicate that identity. I know that there are well-intentioned students who would like to express heartfelt feelings—and members of certain units or clubs who would like to display professional insignia. I ask—out of deference to the dignity of the academic ceremony

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Belonging at diversity.medicine@wsu.edu. Benefits: Cost to attend: FREE Coursework including the Kaplan MCAT Prep course and Science Enhancements are covered by the program Travel to/from the WSU Health Sciences campus in Spokane Room and board during in-person days of the program Access to and exposure with medical school faculty, leadership, and students Development of Native Cultural identity in medicine and network of Native Physicians Coursework and exposure to become a more competitive applicant

about my family and Japanese-American identity. I think that attending the pilgrimage in Heart Mountain made me realize how many people are fighting for the Japanese-American voices to be heard, and my writing became my contribution to that fight.”  Kishaba’s voice, both for Irene and for herself, is clear and strong, deconstructing historical prejudice word by word. A Passion for the ClassicsWhy the Digital Humanities Lab Impacts Us Read Previous The Importance of Dead Languages Read Next Why The

Belonging at diversity.medicine@wsu.edu. Benefits: Cost to attend: FREE Coursework including the Kaplan MCAT Prep course and Science Enhancements are covered by the program Travel to/from the WSU Health Sciences campus in Spokane Room and board during in-person days of the program Access to and exposure with medical school faculty, leadership, and students Development of Native Cultural identity in medicine and network of Native Physicians Coursework and exposure to become a more competitive applicant

studying away on all seven continents, and one of eight groups posting to the Sojourner blog. Auxiliary services director Mark Mulder and assistant philosophy professor Brendan Hogan made the T-shirts as a way to achieve a group identity among the students. In the group’s few short weeks on the South American continent, it’s proven to be much more than a simple T-shirt, Mulder said. “It is a chance for students to identify with their role as Sojourners, as ambassadors of global citizenship, and to