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the most intimidating as well,” she says. “The real value in those discussions is in the realization people get that they’re not alone in their concern over issues of race and their uncertainty over what to do about it — with their families, at work, in their communities.” After the breakout groups, the larger group reconvenes and attendees share a bit about what was discussed. Gledhill, who directs an initiative called the South Sound Antiracist Project, serves as a facilitator of breakout
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Study Philosophy at PLU?At PLU, students in philosophy courses, especially our majors and minors, receive individual attention and assistance from faculty. Members of the department, while committed to teaching as their first priority, continue to be involved in scholarly activities that wrestle with real-life problems and address fundamental human questions. Some sample publications by philosophy faculty include: Sergia Hay: Why Ignorance Fails to Excuse Climate Debt: An Aristotelean Critique (Co
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period between the age of 6 months to 12 months is an important transitional period for infants to learn their speech sounds. They are accelerating in becoming experts in their sound environment. But they are also starting to get worse in sounds that they are not exposed to. I will first introduce a fast-developing state-of-the-art technology called magnetoencephalography (MEG) that we use to measure infants’ neural activities in response to speech sound in real time and non-invasively. Using this
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department and allow for students to further develop and apply their education and training in real world, professional settings. In addition, we provide a diverse array of physical activity instruction for students as part of the General Education Program Element (GenEd) Requirements of the University. The goals of these classes are to: (a) develop in each student a fundamental respect for the role of physical activity in living, including the assessment of physical condition and the development of
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June 2023 The purpose of this policy is to state the pay rules that apply to nonexempt employees for compensable time when traveling on PLU business. Employees in positions classified as nonexempt under federal and state law are eligible for compensation for the time they spend traveling. PLU follows all applicable federal, state, and local laws pertaining to the payment of travel time. PLU compensates employees for all hours worked at their regular rate of pay. All hours worked, including
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Nishi Hongwanji. He enjoys practicing Aikido and spending time with his family and wife Cyndi Yasaki. Cyndi was the minister’s assistant at the Gardena Buddhist Church in California and received her Tokudo in the Summer of 2019.Dr. Samuel TorvendWho: Dr. Samuel Torvend, Professor of the History of Christianity, PLU Bio: Dr. Samuel Torvend teaches courses in the history of early, medieval and reformation Christianity as well as historical courses on the reform of social welfare, Christian responses
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worked, each of us stopped what we were doing, in our own time and way, to reach out and touch the sleeping jaguar. It was a simple and reverent gesture of contact, feeling the animal’s powerfully muscled body, stroking his magnificent rosette-spotted fur. The jaguar was a powerful, living presence. For over twenty years, I have written about wildlife professionally in books and national magazines. I have been privileged to see and study some of the most wonderful wild creatures in the world. Yet
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, music programs, and all manner of outreach and community activities. Many of the projects were counted by our student ambassadors, who gained professional experience with social impact initiatives and how data gathering is done in the real world. We also received information and support from the Provost’s office, the President’s Office, Advancement, numerous alumni, and other offices within the University. The Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft took an interest in our work, and we received
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isometries. In particular, we use this language to classify all possible types of strip patterns. 2:30pm – Polynomial Factorization and How it Relates to the Common Core Jessica Hansen In this talk, we investigate complex numbers and polynomials over the complex numbers. We focus on finding roots by stating the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra as well as providing an example. We will then prove a corollary of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra stating that every (real or complex) polynomial of degree
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further investigation.Students often expect a “right answer” in undergraduate labs, but discover there may not be one. “It’s confusing and freeing for them to hear that even I don’t have the right answer and don’t have a key,” Laurie-Berry says. As a result, students gain ownership and responsibility for contributing data toward real-world global plant biology. Inspired by the class, some students have gone on to specialize in agricultural sciences and biotechnology. “It’s so exciting to see someone
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