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Greetings from your 50th Reunion Committee! As you may know, our 50th class reunion was nearly 100 people strong, and more than a few stories and tall tales were shared on the evening of October 7. Classmates from as far as New York celebrated in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center in the heart of the beautiful PLU campus. Though much has changed, there is even more that remains the same. PLU is filled with caring and intelligent young men and women who care
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, associations with others, place of residence (e.g., prisons or mental hospitals), mental or physical capacities, or the political/cultural in which they live and work. Investigators must make a special effort to ensure that potential participants are given every opportunity to exercise free choice in consenting to participate in a research project. Special Populations Certain types of participants require special attention when obtaining informed consent. In all cases, the guiding principle is respect for
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how they sang. I had not imagined the work to be performed by memory… Mr. Skones is a true choral genius… This is one of the greatest choirs in the nation, with precision second to none.” The cultural high point of the mid-seventies was undoubtedly the May 1974 West Coast premiere of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s “Passion According to St. Luke.” Penderecki is one of the best-known composers of the late twentieth century, and “Passion,” which premiered in Europe in 1967, is considered his
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Structure. The Centralized Leadership calls for a structure that allows this administrator to find clear ways to involve the campus at all levels, with a high degree of accountability. We propose a re-visioning of the University Diversity Committee to become the DJS Council, with appropriate representation from all constituencies. The current Centers (Center for Community Engagement and Service, Diversity Center, Scandinavian Cultural Center, Sustainability Office, Center for Vocation, Wang Center for
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1994 to address issues of diversity in the life of the University. In line with the University Diversity Committee’s plans, two Diversity Classes (Perspectives on Diversity) Alternative Perspectives (A) and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (C) become required for graduation. 1996 MICA is rearranged into Student Involvement and Leadership, SIL, becoming the hub for campus programming and student leadership. 2000 The first Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs is hired. The primary focus for this
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Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture Enhancement March 16th, 2023 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Speakers will be: Professor Tim Brown from the University of Washington “The Moral Enhancement Project: Fear, Anger, and Agency” Professor Hank Greely from Stanford University “Human Biological Enhancement: Fears, Realities, and Significance” Dr. Timothy Brown joined the department of Bioethics and Humanities in July 2021 as an Assistant Professor. Dr
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as a social, political and cultural figure through the lens black feminist theory,” said Jennifer Smith, director of the Center for Gender Equity who will serve as PLU’s first dean for inclusive excellence starting in January. Smith will be co-teaching with CGE Outreach and Prevention Coordinator Tolu Taiwo. “It’s going to be fun to co-teach together and engage students to ask really big questions about race, gender and sexuality through something we consume and enjoy,” Smith said. "It’s going to
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: PSYC 101. (4) PSYC 335 : Cultural Psychology - GE The study of the relation between culture and human behavior. Topics include cognition, language, intelligence, emotion, development, social behavior, and mental health. Prerequisite: PSYC 101. (4) PSYC 337 : Culture and Health This course explores the role of culture on health issues around the world from a psychological perspective. Theories from health psychology, and secondarily from medical anthropology and medical sociology, are used to
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Smith, Director of the Women’s Center, said the It’s On Us campaign helps remold the responsibility of the university to reshape the culture around violence—and it’s not simply a women’s issue. “Everyone is impacted by violence, and everyone is responsible to speak up, act up, notice and do something because if that becomes a cultural norm, people will know this isn’t tolerated on campus,” she said. Across campus a variety of events offered opportunities for students, faculty members and staff to
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this is super important. Learning another language sheds light on your own language, your first language, your mother tongue, and it opens crazy worlds, crazy opportunities. I mean, in terms of, like, travel, in terms of what music you can be exposed to, what movies, TV series, what cultural production you can come into contact with and learn from. It just opens the floodgates of knowledge and culture. I never said this to my students because I didn’t have the chance to, but I had a couple students
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