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  • 2020 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/environmental-studies/2020-capstones/

    PLU.Thought Grow: Adding an Eco-Curious Mindset to a Consumptive Culture.This project explores how consumer culture promotes habits that damage the environment.  By reflecting on consumer action through the lens of eco-curiosity, which is a desire to know more about the environment, I develop a proposal for a magazine based on ideas of action as creative input, the false corporate charge that blames the individual for environmental disaster, and sustainable thinking. The magazine is designed using

  • Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/physics-major-julian-kop-24/

    physics major. He knew how to succeed in college since he’d taken prerequisite classes and knew the difficulty of a STEM-focused schedule.Kop set his focus on mastering his physics and STEM courses. But he also needed other classes to fill out his schedule. “I chose Introduction to Latino Studies,” he said. “My mom and her side of the family are Mexican American, and I wanted to learn more about my background.” These courses truly altered Kop’s path. “Learning about my culture and my history was so

  • Student-athlete makes entrepreneurship look like a piece of cake https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/student-athlete-makes-entrepreneurship-look-like-a-piece-of-cake/

    .” That has led to a lot of success in the baking realm, including an order from a teammate’s mom and some custom made cake jars for a team dinner which Foltz swears by. The cakes are all made without eggs, a nod to the vegetarian nature of the Punjabi culture. After a client places an order, the group works with them to provide an image of what they want the cake to look like or a theme. The Sandhus then search Instagram and Pinterest for ideas and let the client decide from there. The company has

  • PLU Cornerstones Program https://www.plu.edu/admission/plu-cornerstones-program/

    completed the Washington State Running Start Program are not eligible for the PLU Cornerstones Program. Additionally, this program is not for students who are planning to major in Nursing, Education, Chemistry, 3/2 Engineering, or who plan to follow the Pre-Professional Health Advisory (i.e. pre-med) track.Minors Available for Cornerstones Anthropology Chinese Studies English (including Children's Literature & Culture and Printing & Publishing Arts) Environmental Studies French Global StudiesMinors

  • Schedule https://www.plu.edu/free-at-last-2016/schedule/

    will focus on the common ground between these two thinkers and activists, and will use it to consider how white people in the 21st century might respond to the persistence of racism, the epidemic of mass incarceration, and diverse contemporary movements for justice. 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. – The Art of Social Protest: Images That Provoke, Inspire, and Challenge Dr. Samuel Torvend In a culture filled with many words (and broken promises), the visual image can serve as a prophetic witness and inspire social

  • Keynote Speakers https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference/keynote-speakers/

    Culture.

  • Troy Storfjell https://www.plu.edu/nais/staff/troy-storfjell/

    Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Vol. 83, 2011: 573-590. Storfjell, Troy. "Worlding and Echoes of America in Markens Grøde." Knut Hamsun: Transgression and Worlding 2011: 189-203. Storfjell, Troy. "A Nexus of Contradictions: Toward an Ethical Reading of Growth of the Soil." Hamsun i Tromsø V: Rapport fra den 5. internasjonale Hamsun-konferansen 2011: 243-253. Storfjell, Troy. "Borrowed Authenticity: America in Markens grøde." Nordlit: Journal of Literature and Culture

    Contact Information
    253-535-8514
    Area of Emphasis/Expertise
    Sámi studies
    Indigenous studies
    Nordic literature and film

  • Global focus nets Fulbrights https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2007/11/16/global-focus-nets-fulbrights/

    Chagas disease in the Pastaza province of Ecuador. After he spent the 2006 J-Term in Ecuador with Professor of Biology William Teska, Wauters knew he wanted to return to Latin America. The plan was to spend a year after graduation immersing himself in another culture and working on his Spanish before returning to the United States to attend medical school. When the Fulbright came through, his short-term goals didn’t change, but he noted, “I no longer had to sweat the details of funding my dream.” But

  • Grant supports environmental research https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/05/02/grant-supports-environmental-research/

    more academic disciplines. “Within the culture and fabric of PLU are these interdisciplinary approaches,” Teska said. “It makes us stronger.” A workshop sponsored by the grant on May 27 to 29 examined the state of Clover Creek. Workshop participants will look at data gathered each spring by the “Environmental Methods of Investigation” course, which charts the health of the creek and the community, and determine what’s changed, what needs to be done and how it can be done better. The final activity

  • Film examine media images https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/10/27/film-examine-media-images/

    masters in journalism from Emerson College. Still, with all these academic credentials behind her, Valerius remembers turning away from an acting career because “I thought I wasn’t pretty enough.” Black women are also conditioned from a very young age to fit into a certain role, she added. There are certain roles, both socially and professionally for men and women in black culture. “We are conditioned on what a woman buys or doesn’t buy, and to wear high heels and look like Barbies. For the media