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. Housing Allowance: A housing allowance of $200/week is provided to participants who live more than fifty miles, one-way, from their assigned hosting facility and who are paying for housing while onsite. Due to COVID 19, some students may be required to participate virtually. In that case: A stipend supplement of $50 per week will be given to offset costs of remote participation. Appointment Details Appointments will be for 10 consecutive weeks. Start dates beginning in the time frame of late fall

. Housing Allowance: A housing allowance of $200/week is provided to participants who live more than fifty miles, one-way, from their assigned hosting facility and who are paying for housing while onsite. Due to COVID 19, some students may be required to participate virtually. In that case: A stipend supplement of $50 per week will be given to offset costs of remote participation. Appointment Details Appointments will be for 10 consecutive weeks. Start dates beginning in the time frame of late fall

financial information AND a 1000 word max personal statement. The reference request section asks you for contact information for three people who have agreed write a letter of recommendation for you. One of these references must be a faculty member who is familiar with your academic accomplishments; the other two references may be people who are familiar with your community/volunteer activities. Incomplete or late application submissions will not be evaluated. Applications submitted via email or outside

financial information AND a 1000 word max personal statement. The reference request section asks you for contact information for three people who have agreed write a letter of recommendation for you. One of these references must be a faculty member who is familiar with your academic accomplishments; the other two references may be people who are familiar with your community/volunteer activities. Incomplete or late application submissions will not be evaluated. Applications submitted via email or outside

to them, and also working out in the community. I connect a lot of different levels of government to each other. That sounds like it must take a lot of communication chops. Yes, that’s a big part of it. Often it feels a lot like translating. I work with staff, agency partners and elected officials with high-level skills and expertise in finance, engineering, communications, and the environment. So I do a lot of work on my end to understand and evaluate things from those different perspectives

to a rich culture of opportunities to perform orchestral music, chamber music, and early music (taught by professors with extensive professional experience in authentic performance and baroque strings), as well as opera and musical productions and, of course, solo recitals. Read Previous Major Minute: Business Read Next This is PLU. LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13

product of a very specific European cultural foundation. The problem, though, is that we are trained to pretend that these culturally specific ways of knowing have somehow moved beyond the limits of the culture that produced them. What this really means is that Western tradition ends up being seen as universal, and all other systems of knowledge are seen as lesser, as culturally-specific exceptions to the norm. Professor Troy Storfjell during a panel discussion on Sámi culture in 2013 Seen from my

in Botswana and on campus have transformed her, Hughes said. It was a difficult transition, coming from her sun-soaked Caribbean island to the sunshine-challenged and significantly colder Pacific Northwest. “Being at PLU for me has been a whole different experience – the food, the culture, the weather,” Hughes said. “It was tough at first, but the support I received was tremendous.” With support from peers, faculty and staff, Hughes found ways to express herself, share her culture and discover

August 6, 2014 Mackenzie Deane ’15 and Professor Tina Saxowsky worked together this summer during a summer research project looking at the growth of yeast cells. (John Froschauer, Photo) By Barbara Clements Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communication While many of her friends might be out enjoying the sunshine this summer, Mackenzie Deane ’15 will be donning her lab coat and goggles and heading up to the second floor of the Rieke Science Center to culture, poke at, prod, and

discussion. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) The program also included a panel discussion providing philosophical, historical and physiological framing led by Professor of History Beth Kraig, Assistant Professor of English Jenny James, Professor of Psychology John Moritsugu, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Michael Schleeter and Director of Multicultural Recruitment Melannie Denise Cunningham. In addition to the events in New York and Missouri, the forum also considered the culture at PLU regarding race