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New Year, New Initiative—and New Initiatives We kicked off the 2015-16 academic year at Pacific Lutheran University on Sept. 2 with our traditional University Conference. In a speech to faculty, staff and administration, I outlined what we call “the state of the university”—but this year, my voice did not officially open… September 3, 2015 Administration
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May 27, 2008 Grads charged to be global citizens At the Spring Commencement ceremony May 25, the Class of 2008 was encouraged to take risks, be global citizens and pass on the legacy of PLU. The Tacoma Dome was packed with family and friends, all gathered to support the more than 700 undergraduate and graduate students who received their degrees. The ceremony featured a keynote address by former career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76, as well as a speech by graduating senior Candice Hughes. A native of
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-Winning Alumnus Inducted into National High School Hall of Fame By Matthew Salzano '18 PLU Student Writer TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 21, 2015)—Mike Burton ’69 has been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his 39 years of service as a national-award-winning speech and debate coach. Burton, who retired in 2008, is the first speech and debate coach from Washington state inducted into the hall, and only the 12th nationally recognized in the category of Fine Arts (which also includes music and
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Lutheran Studies Conference ScheduleThursday, September 29, 2022 Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Each session will also be live-streamed on PLU’s YouTube channel Resisting An Ancient Hatred Today: Antisemitism in Church and SocietySince 2016, hate speech and crimes directed at members of the Jewish community in the U.S. have increased sharply. Such crimes have been fueled by Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists, and Christian Nationalists. At the same time, many
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Understanding the Divide: Academic Research and Our Students Posted by: bodewedl / October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015 by Lizz Zitron and Amy Stewart-Mailhiot There is often a sizable divide between what students actually know and their perception of what they know. There is an equally sizable divide between students’ high school academic experience and their college one. Both of these divides can lead to frustration for faculty and students. For example, papers are poorly-cited and full of
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INTRODUCTIONThe challenges faced by humanities programs in recent decades have been well documented. Due to declining budgets and a perception that humanities work is “unstrategic” (i.e., it is not typically training for specific career skills), humanities programming has been pronounced dead or on life support more times than we care to count. Legislators and administrators ask us: what is the value of the humanities? Students ask us: where will the humanities take me? We ask ourselves: how do
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Man Le, NP-C Clinical Instructor of Nursing Professional Biography Education MSN, Nursing , Eastern Michigan University , 2021 Post Bachelors, Speech-Language Pathology, 2018 RN, Nursing , 2012 Selected Publications Biography I grew up with a severe stutter. Communication has always been challenging but required as a nurse, so nursing was never a career in mind. I started my nursing career because that was my sister’s career choice at the time. The nursing journey was arduous, but I was
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process for mortgage brokers and loan originators. The main objective of this research was to devise a strategy for minimizing the number of hours spent on cold calling and lead prospecting. The analysis results yielded preliminary insights and directions for future research inquiries. Assessing the Innovative: Implementation and Acceptance of Change Within the Veterans Health AdministrationThis study examined the impact of reform on the perception of Puget Sound veterans towards the innovative
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Performance': A Qualitative Study on Women and Indivisible Disability in the Workplace""Mira Johnson - "An Analysis of Male and Female Social Media Use: Applying Goffman's Presentation of Self"Mylie McDonald - "The Experiences of Women Working in a Male Dominated Career"PresentationSam Niven - "Legal Cynicism and How It Impacts Youth's Perception of the Criminal Justice System"Alissa Ouanesisouk - "Reasons Why You Might Not Be Hired: Gender Inequalities in Hiring"PresentationAniya Pickett - "Life After
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The 2018 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture The Language of HateDeveloping a Counter-narrative to Internet Hate Speech Wednesday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center Speaker: Lid King, Ph.D. Clear language – lucid, rational language – to a man at war with both truth and reason, is an existential threat,… a direct assault on his obfuscations, contradictions and lies… (John Le Carré, 2017) Please join us in welcoming Lid King, Ph.D. as he describes how hate
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