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students truly respond to them and are very open to get their assistance.”Kathryn Bullock ‘12 started Club Keithley her sophomore year. She had a passion for helping children who haven’t always had the easiest path. Bullock hopes to continue that passion when she graduates by working as a social worker with at risk youth. Having PLU students like Castor in her class gives Denis Allen more time to instruct and students an extra person to help them figure out their math problems. It started with a few
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students truly respond to them and are very open to get their assistance.”Kathryn Bullock ‘12 started Club Keithley her sophomore year. She had a passion for helping children who haven’t always had the easiest path. Bullock hopes to continue that passion when she graduates by working as a social worker with at risk youth. Having PLU students like Castor in her class gives Denise Allen more time to instruct and students an extra person to help them figure out their math problems. It started with a few
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charismatic, this social, ripped from the rainforest and away from their flocks, and isolated in a small cage,” he says. Spreading their wings Which brings us back to the rescued parrots—who refused to leave the enclosure. “So we expect that we will lift the hatch, and they will fly to freedom,” Bergman continues. “But not one of the birds even peeks out. The birds are so suspicious—rightly so; they don’t trust us.” The press left. Goodall left. Bergman and Granum listened to the birds whistling to each
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think the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and
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, fostered or adopted in non-Indian homes. Officials claimed to be acting in ‘the best interests of the child,’ while critics charged that social workers and court officials were using ‘ethnocentric and middle-class criteria’ to remove children unnecessarily. In fact, writes the author, the removals were acts of cost-cutting disguised as caring: Neither federal nor state governments had to fund the care of American Indian children once private families adopted them.” Jacobs’ 10-year, two-continent
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we’ve just been there to listen to each other. The larger language teaching profession nationally has been amazing as well — so many free, online webinars, Facebook Live sessions, Google docs of resources, and virtual book clubs. Even though we are practicing social distancing, in many ways we are more connected than ever. Read Previous Prof. Gregory Youtz talks transitioning classrooms and teaching styles to distance learning Read Next PLU donates medical supplies to help Pierce County in fight
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station, it was difficult in the beginning to keep up. This story didn’t just change daily, it changed hourly. That creates logistical challenges when writing and producing for broadcast, to keep your coverage relevant and up-to-the-minute. As a digital journalist for our station, I leaned heavily on social media sharing and web-first reporting in the beginning. As numbers of COVID-19 cases grew, and the scope of those affected changed, we adapted to take a big-picture approach. Our top priority now
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me about ways people perceive and interact with the environment and asked me to critically consider negative social externalities that arise from pollution and other concerns. I really enjoyed these classes but wanted the opportunity to take more math and science courses and ended up shifting the environmental studies degree to a minor and adding a chemistry major. The Hispanic Studies degree was really inspired by my high school Spanish teacher. I took AP Spanish 4 and 5 in high school and loved
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. As a social work major, Willburn believed that the experience gained from working alongside DCYF would benefit not only her but her future clients. But the internship didn’t pay enough to cover costs associated with the training.Normally students in Willburn’s situation would be forced to pass up an internship opportunity like this. Fortunately for Willburn, PLU was able to secure donations to provide her, and others like her, with a scholarship from its Internship Fund. “This fund allowed me to
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reflection on this subject begins with the “Introduction to Holocaust & Genocide Studies” course, which serves the minor but is also a general education course open to all PLU students. Professors from the history, English, German, religion, social work and Hispanic Studies departments worked together to create the course to allow students to investigate the intersections of dehumanization, violent oppression, cultural destruction, and war. “We wanted to highlight the interdisciplinary and global focus
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