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inspire others and work towards community, justice and equity. Four were honored at the banquet: Alicia Suarez, assistant professor of sociology; Ruth Kohler, manager of the Wellness Center; Tammy Lynn Schaps, assistant director of admission; and Hughes. The banquet’s program included reading the citations for Suarez, Kohler, Schaps and Hughers, written by the person who nominated each. Hughes was surprised when her name was announced – the Women’s Center’s student workers had kept it a secret until

took on the challenge of understanding why, Griffith looked at how Lemkin’s own legal definitions would relate to the capture of Adolf Eichmann in his essay “Bringing Adolf Eichmann to Justice: Would Dr. Raphael Lemkin Approve?” “I learned about a lot of legal technicalities,” he said, “as well as legal and moral implications (of Eichmann’s capture).” Griffith asked if Lemkin would approve because the lawyer had died before Eichmann, who was in charge of keeping the trains to the death camps on

graduation and was surprised how strongly their core values aligned with his. Inspired by their values – building community, working for justice, and living simply and sustainably, Goble applied for LVC in February 2010. He was assigned to work with LVC’s community partner, Eastern Nebraska Community Partnership, in Omaha, as their resource specialist. From August 2010 until August 2011, Goble lived and worked in Omaha. By day, he helped provide financial assistance for people who recently experienced a

and share stories, that’s what I love.” As a PLU student, Markuson worked as a Resident Assistant for three years; learned about social justice and racism; and took advantage of Study Away opportunities, traveling to New Zealand and Ecuador on J-Term trips and studying for a semester in Botswana. “For me, studying away was such a great opportunity to understand the global community and other cultures and to put yourself in that place,” Markuson said. He also embraced PLU’s mission in his daily

, regarding matters of race and social justice in the United States, urged communities to “just start talking about it.” Read Previous Into The Wild: Acclaimed Nature Photographer Josh Miller ’01 Started at PLU’s ‘Mooring Mast’ Read Next “Yes Means Yes”: A New Standard of Consent (Listen to the Full Lecture Below.) COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students

emphasizes sustainability and social justice and provides various opportunities to learn about community, culture, their importance and our impact on them.” “PLU provides students with a quality education and a curriculum that seeks to educate students in thoughtful and diverse discussions while teaching them to be thoughtful of our environment and community, and this distinctive education sets itself apart from other colleges.” Students find their professors to be kind, understanding and very

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professional and personal development learning experience that provides a supportive space where participants can engage in frank and open dialogue about race and racial disparities systemically present in work, school, and everyday life. A host of local and national social justice scholars and leaders from Indigenous, Asian, Black, Latino, Multiracial, Pacific Islander and, white communities will lead small group discussions. This installment of The People’s Gathering will investigate the intersections of

discuss the organization’s approach to the fall semester.Why do you see Fall Semester as an opportune moment for RHA? We’re in a unique position, coming back to campus after the difficulties we all faced last year. There’s so much energy right now and I think RHA can be a pinnacle organization helping bring the campus together. We can build off that energy by planning some rockstar events and bringing more perspectives to our work by making sure we have a DJS (diversity, justice and sustainability

team noted several of PLU’s innovative and best practices in the School of Business, including: Nourish Project: Students, trained by a professor of practice and alumni in the art of consulting, work as consultants to women- and minority-owned businesses. Guide X Side: This program links alumni, business leaders and community members with first-year and first-generation students, who meet with volunteer mentors periodically during the academic year. Business Justice Initiative: Launched in fall