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: Independent Studies.   Graduation: Corboy will walk in the May Commencement ceremony and graduate in August. Peace-building experience: Corboy received a Gates Scholarship that helped fund a J-Term course in Greece detailing the struggle of Jews to integrate into new communities following the Diaspora. She followed this with a semester at Swansea University in Wales, studying the history of war, genocide and efforts to recover from conflict and rebuild communities. She also participated in a semester-long

Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my story, which is not often talked about in education,” she says. Chan visited Seattle Public School high schools to talk to students, teachers and activists. She researched how the Eurocentric focus within history, literature and STEM education fields has affected people of color in damaging ways. For her achievement in film and activism

-credit online course will lead students through a reflection of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the span of the fall semester, 15 PLU faculty members will lead course participants in an exploration of the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields (course lecture schedule). Participating faculty will represent a wide span of PLU academic departments, including biology, global studies, history, holocaust and genocide studies, Native American and Indigenous studies

international interests while staying near her family and community.Pursuing the personal and politicalSandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s

story, which is not often talked about in education,” she says. Chan visited Seattle Public School high schools to talk to students, teachers and activists. She researched how the Eurocentric focus within history, literature and STEM education fields has affected people of color in damaging ways. For her achievement in film and activism, Chan won one of three $1,000 Black Education Matters Student Activist Awards (BEMSAA), presented by former Seattle Seahawk and bestselling author Michael Bennett

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recycle until he came to PLU, but now he’s passionate about protecting the environment and sharing his knowledge with others. The geosciences and chemistry major plans to teach high school science. Under the guidance of Claire Todd, visiting assistant professor of geosciences and environmental studies, those in the program have spent a large portion of J-Term reviewing the evidence for recent climate change. They have been reviewing data collected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC

(planting) from a farmer’s perspective.” Formed in 2000 by the Emergency Food Network, Mother Earth Farm is an eight-acre organic farm that produces more than 150,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables each growing season. All the produce is distributed directly to local food banks and hot meal programs. Through service learning projects and the student environmental club GREAN, PLU students have volunteered at the farm. Working there is as much an educational experience as it is manual labor, Mares

the trash and figure out how much of it could have been recycled or composted. They also had to figure out the latent energy content of the trash, say if it were burned. The goal of the trash sort, which has been a regular feature of this class for about a decade, is to put the students on notice on just how much trash doesn’t need to end up at the landfill, said Barbara McConathy, PLU’s environmental services coordinator. “I think I want students to know that every bottle helps,” McConathy said