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its most fundamental: By loving children who simply weren’t receiving it. Bray attributes the focus PLU places on being globally minded, thinking of others and emphasizing personal growth as key to preparing her for such an experience. “Affirming this passion to serve others as part of my life’s vocation has been very powerful,” said Bray. “At the same time I feel a great responsibility. It has been a challenge to transfer this desire and calling to serve others into my normal everyday routine
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world is genuine.” At PLU, Eckstein helped students from around the world acclimate to the PLU community, and he was always thinking of new ways to advocate for them. He played a primary role in organizing multicultural night and “Global Get-Down,“ where students can showcase a piece of their culture and learn about other cultures. To see why other PLU Diversity Advocates care about social justice, click here. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All
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vocational shift landed me in charge of a magazine showing others the value of Lutheran higher education — the commitment to big questions, inclusion and thinking within and beyond yourself that fundamentally changed who I am. I still don’t identify with a faith tradition, and yet I’m here writing a story about an illuminated, handwritten Bible that inspired me from the moment I first examined its pages in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Saint John’s Bible captivates me for the same reasons I was pulled to
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. On November 10th, PLU will have its own celebration with the opening of an exhibition in the Scandinavian Culture Center accompanied by presentations by Ryan and two Norwegian visitors, Knut Pihl and Willy Østreng,from the Heyerdahl Institute. Thor Heyerdahl’s zeal for life and his “out of the box” thinking are well worth remembering. As Loren Anderson stated in 2012 during a final address to the University, “Heyerdahl personified our great human capacity to wonder, to stand in awe of creation
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thinking about how they treat others,” Waters says. “[The play] encourages people to empathize with fellow human beings who may have different life experiences. I want people to see parts of themselves in the characters onstage, even though they may have very little in common with them on a surface level.” The spring Vpstart production will run for one weekend only in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased for $5 at the Campus Box Office
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of food. But thinking about this issue reminded me of another important aspect of breaking bread together – the notion of hospitality. It is one of the greatest qualities of a human being to possess a sense of hospitality. In ancient societies, hospitality was considered a great virtue, and refusal to be hospitable to others was a great sin. Travelers from distant lands were offered a warm reception with shelter and food for the night, often without the host knowing the stranger’s history or
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includes overseeing broad-based multichannel fundraising campaigns, donor engagement, and the development of a digital-first mid-level giving program. Biography Miranda grew up in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys spending time outside, connecting with friends and family, and playing new board games. Her professional background is focused on fundraising at community-based organizations and contributing toward education access opportunities. Miranda has a passion for powerful storytelling, effective
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REU Site in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Sanford Research 2024 Posted by: alemanem / January 4, 2024 January 4, 2024 The REU Site in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Sanford Research 2024 provides an exciting ten-week research experience in basic cellular and molecular biology. Students will perform cutting-edge research in diverse areas, such as signal transduction, intracellular trafficking, cell proliferation and differentiation, organelle function, and development. Students will also
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social issues in contemporary France. Most recently taught as the Urban History of Paris, seen through the métro. French 211/311: Francophone Africa in Global Context – GE, VW An introduction to the study of Francophone Africa and African Diasporas with a focus on (post)colonial development. French 211/311 counts as an elective for the Global Studies major (Development and Social Justice concentration).
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leave loaded with this desire and urgency and bewilderment. All at once. Because you’ve now just been inundated with really great poetry, with really great thoughts on poetry, with a cohort that is writing really great poetry, and now you get to go home and figure out where you fit in all of that.” The remainder of the MFA work happens between the students and “intentionally attentive” faculty mentors, as Barot describes them. Each month, students work on assigned readings and write critical papers
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