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  • PLU and Peace Corps Alumni Panel To mark the the official launch of the Peace Corps Prep Program at PLU, there will be a panel presentation by PLU and Peace Corps alumni – Colin Hartke ’08, Taneesha Jenkins ’10, Annē (Hoblitt) Linn ’08 and Bonnie Nelson ’08 – on the topic of, Local and Cross-Cultural Engagement: Challenges and Opportunities. Former Ambassador Chris Stevens served in the Peace Corps in Morocco.About the Panelists Colin Hartke with a coworker for the farming co-operative

  • Craft Production at Late Postclassic Coatlan Del Rio” Tanner Premo “Cultural Adaptation: Gold Rush Mining Communities of Southeastern Australia” Cessna Westra “Reassessing Cultural Dynamics: Updating the Accuracy of the Precontact Occupational Chronology for the Willamette Valley”

  • -12:20pm Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center Dr. Michael Schleeter (Philosophy) Holly Foster (Zestful Gardens) Anika Moran (Mother Earth Farm) Dr. Justin Lytle (Chemistry) Food Consumption Panel Monday, February 29, 12:30pm-1:35pm Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center Dr. Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien (Religion) Dr. Kevin O’Brien (Religion) Ryan Ceresola (Sociology) Sue Potter [Executive Director FISH] “Waste Not” Screening Monday, February 29, 1:45pm Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center PLU

  • Peak Solutions, Muckleshoot – BSN, MA Introduction by Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Professor of Religion and Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies Location: Zoom 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. | Healing as Transformative Justice Speaker: Gilda Sheppard, Professor of Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies, The Evergreen State College Introduced by Jenny James, Associate Professor of English and Chair of Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Location: Zoom PLU only community screening of Since I Been Down is

  • about the current mentoring programs that we offer, read each description below. College of Natural Sciences Mentoring ProgramThis mentoring program connects undergraduate students in the College of Natural Sciences with dedicated alumni mentors. This unparalleled opportunity is specifically tailored for students majoring in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, engineering dual degree, environmental studies, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Students who join this program gain

  • they improve the health of the users by keeping smoke and particulates out of the kitchen. Cochran was the first American, and female student, to go into rural Oaxaca with HELPS. That was a big deal. Cochran had to earn the trust and respect of the people she was working with. “I was able to change their opinion about what Americans, and students, are capable of,” she said. The opportunity Cochran had to talk directly with the women in these communities and see, firsthand, the cultural importance

  • November 29, 2011 Ted Charles’ cool internship: Mt. Rainier National Park By Steve Hansen When the director of cultural anthropological services at Mt. Rainier National Park came to PLU to speak to his anthropology class last fall, Ted Charles ’12 had an idea: He loves anthropology and he loves the outdoors. Maybe he could combine the two? After class, he asked the speaker if there were any summer internships available. There were. So Charles kept in contact. So did his professor, Bradford

  • written report to the faculty at least once a year.  The chair of the committee shall file a record of the committee’s activities in duplicate reports–one with the faculty secretary and one with the president of the university at the close of the school year. Membership for 2024-25: Name:  Zachary Lyman (lymanzt@plu.edu) Department: Music, Theatre & Dance Committee Seat: Expires 2025 Contact: 253-535-7612 Name:  Paul Manfredi (manfrepr@plu.edu) Department: Global and Cultural Studies Committee Seat

  • women had to write an essay on the importance of cultural diversity in their lives, and each practiced for a month to sing the traditional Sankta Lucia song in Swedish. Kane will receive a $500 scholarship for being chosen as the Lucia. The Sankta Lucia festival was introduced by PLU in 1951 by Rev. E Arthur Larson. To start the tradition here, Larson send a white-robed student to wake up members of his Swedish language class one December morning. The Lucia legend began when Lucia was born to a

  • methodologies. The contemporary agenda in foreign language teaching has been shaped significantly by historical phenomena such as World War II, shifting business practices and other economic factors, and the political need for intelligence and military data collection. In its broadest form, sexism is inseparable from these historical developments; in practice the issue also manifests itself in explicit and systematic ways. Tamara Williams, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies and Director of the Wang