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, found real success—and unites at PLU on Oct. 4 as headliners for the Homecoming Fall Festival. You’ll also find: the story behind PLU’s (literally) huge new outdoor campaign, which is spreading the Lute word far and wide, high and low, on more than 100 giant billboards (and on a light-rail Link train) throughout the Puget Sound; exciting new developments at PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop; details on the prestigious Norwegian art exhibition at the Scandinavian Cultural Center; and a preview of PLU’s

, and the premiere of PLU’s newly founded Gospel Choir. Learn More The 2016 Wang Center Symposium, Feb. 25-26 The Countenance of Hope: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Resilience. Learn More Food Symposium, Feb. 26-29 This symposium on food and the environment will feature two keynote speakers, panels, a Pierce County food tour that will visit local innovative production, consumption and waste models, as well as the PLU MediaLab documentary on food waste titled “Waste

, Issaquah WA Bio:  Pastor Kristin-Luana Baumann was born in Hawai’i and partly raised in Germany. She became a stage director and hula practitioner before she was called to be a pastor. She is fluent in English and German; received a Master’s degree in cultural anthropology and art history from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; and her Master of Divinity from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, CA. Her cross-cultural, creative background gives her a unique perspective on Lutheran

support a couple of our student organizations on campus, particularly Nā Hoaloha O Hawaiʻi and the Asian Pacific Islander Student Association. I am continually amazed by the work and dedication of our students who endeavor to build community and to build a sense of belonging. Members of both student organizations find ways to share their cultural heritage with the community in order to learn from one another and find connections. I give to these student organizations so they continue their amazing

Mexico - IT, GE HIST 348 Lewis and Clark: History and Memory - IT, GE LTST 241 Introduction to Latino Studies - IT, GE LTST 341 Latino/a/x Experiences in the U.S. - IT, GE LTST 342 U.S. Latino/a/x Literary and Cultural Studies - IT, GE NAIS 230 Indigenous Creation Narratives of the Americas and their Resonance - IT, GE NAIS 286 Sámi Film and the Indigenous North - IT, GE NAIS 321 Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film - IT, GE NAIS 361 Storied Survivance: Seminar on Indigenous Literatures - IT, GE

curricularDiversity in the Core curricular requirements approved by the Faculty. 1997 Creation of UDCCreation of University Diversity Committee approved by the Faculty. This standing committee, responsible for oversight of the diversity effort, is supplemented by the Diversity Committee for Cultural and Educational Programming. Dialogue to evaluate changeDialogue among faculty and administrators involved with diversity to evaluate effectiveness of existing committee structure and to propose changes. Adoption of

faculty. To make a written report to faculty at least once a year. The chair of them committee shall file a record of the committee’s activities in duplicate reports—one with the faculty secretary and one with the president of the university at the close of the school year. Membership for 2024-25: Name: Rebecca Wilkin (wilkinrm@plu.edu) – Chair Department: Global and Cultural Studies Committee Seat: Expires 2025 Contact: 253-535-7313 Name: Wendy Gardiner (gardinwl@plu.edu) – Secretary Department

20212:45-1:05 p.m. - Ashley Milner1:15-1:35 p.m. - Brandy Taylor1:45-2:05 p.m. - Zoe Arnsmeier2:15-2:35 p.m. - Haili Crow-Cyr2:45-3:05 p.m. - Scott Bowers12:45-1:05 p.m. - Ashley Milner “Indian Child Welfare: The Importance of Keeping Cultural Connections” 1:15-1:35 p.m. - Brandy Taylor “Chronic Absenteeism in Schools: School Social Worker Perspective” 1:45-2:05 p.m. - Zoe Arnsmeier “The Need for Timely Permanency for Adolescents in the Foster Care System” 2:15-2:35 p.m. - Haili Crow-Cyr “Tackling

20212:45-1:05 p.m. - Ashley Milner1:15-1:35 p.m. - Brandy Taylor1:45-2:05 p.m. - Zoe Arnsmeier2:15-2:35 p.m. - Haili Crow-Cyr2:45-3:05 p.m. - Scott Bowers12:45-1:05 p.m. - Ashley Milner “Indian Child Welfare: The Importance of Keeping Cultural Connections” 1:15-1:35 p.m. - Brandy Taylor “Chronic Absenteeism in Schools: School Social Worker Perspective” 1:45-2:05 p.m. - Zoe Arnsmeier “The Need for Timely Permanency for Adolescents in the Foster Care System” 2:15-2:35 p.m. - Haili Crow-Cyr “Tackling

larger Tacoma community, through the vibrant and unique Greater Tacoma Peace Prize organization that honors our own local peacebuilders. We recognize our Norwegian, international alumni as important connections between the more recent past and today. Last but not least, we can be inspired by our PLU students who have ventured to Norway to study and experience for themselves Norway’s political, cultural and environmental relevance in the world today. The sociologist Hans Magnus Enzensberger once