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  • Rican Movements aimed to combat the structural racism that disenfranchised these communities through political and educational reforms, such as labor laws, voting rights and the institutionalization of ethnic studies programs, and cultural movements, including literary production and a wide array of visual arts. Latino Studies programs share the vision, theories and praxis of these movements, but broaden the field beyond the examination of the Puerto Rican and Mexican-American experience. The

  • about their political interests and issues the student body should advocate. The task force—Dan Stell ’15, Carly Brook ’15, Katerina Volosevych ’17, Caitlin Dawes ’16, Anne-Marie Falloria ’15 and Naomi Bess ’15—then selected one area of interest popular among the 308 students who responded to the survey and found corroborating bills that might be of interest to students. The popular areas of interest include environmental legislation, healthcare, wellness/community health, tax reform, higher

  • of the Apocalypse: End Times and Resilience in Contemporary Mexico,” Villoro is perhaps that nation’s keenest political commentator. During his subsequent, more intimate session with students and faculty members, Villoro addressed a wide range of issues that included Mexico’s recent history of drug cartel violence, its representation in his fiction, as well as a more general discussion on literature. The gathered students, some of whom have been reading Villoro’s short fiction in Professor

  • lecture for first-year students and a symposium through the Wang Center. Published in 2015, the awards won by the author for Between the World and Me include the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. It was also a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The committee would like to continue to highlight the following themes in Between the World and Me: 1. Constructions of race: the social, political, economic and cultural

  • Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar Home Articles posted byZach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 Zach Powers '10 worked as PLU's media and content manager until April 2017. He holds a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and previously served as the director of marketing and communications for The Grand Cinema and Tacoma Film Festival, as a political

  • director of marketing and communications for The Grand Cinema and Tacoma Film Festival, as a political campaign manager and consultant, as an aide in the Washington State Senate and as a freelance writer. Communities in Schools LAKEBAY, WASH. (Feb. 23, 2015)—Communities In Schools is a national chapter organization working... May 21, 2015 Special Edition: “… and justice for all?” Equal parts poignant and optimistic, stirring and healing, and still and energetic, Noujaim’s... April 30, 2015 Special

  • homeland. Increasingly in today’s society, hospitality has come to be confined only to our known circles, our close friends, associates and near relatives. In these rancorous, sometimes suspicious times – and in a political climate in which people from opposite sides are not encouraged to work together or even agree on anything at all – the spirit of selfless service to strangers has almost become a lost art. Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D.President and Professor of English, Pacific Lutheran University Quite

  • SchoolChehalis3rdAcidic waters effect on zebrafish Trevor JensenW.F. West High SchoolChehalis3rdZebrafish as an Animal Model for Scleroderma Angel LeeHarrison Preparatory Clover ParkHonorable MentionDash with Mass Josephine KaiserHarrison Preparatory Clover ParkHonorable MentionMeasuring Launched Projectiles Meredith Gottlieb Eatonville High schoolEatonvilleHonorable MentionEngineering the Gene ADH1B to prevent Alcohol related liver disease * Top two win all expenses trip to the International Science and Engineering

  • Rachel Carson Lecture with Dr. Bryn Nelson | February 21, 2024 | 7PM | CK Auditorium at PLU Supported by a generous endowment from George L. and Helen B. Long, the Rachel Carson Science, Technology & Society Lecture was designed to bring leading experts in the fields of science and technology to campus to address the PLU community. Visiting scholars interact with PLU students and faculty in the classroom, and lecture on a scholarly topic of general interest in the evening. We’re pleased to

  • Mentor Profiles Home2024 Research ProjectsRead About Student Research ExperiencesStudent-Researcher Responsibilities2024 CalendarSummer 2024 applications are closed.Dr. Angie BoysenAssistant Professor of Chemistry aboysen@plu.edu (253) 535-7596Dr. Renzhi CaoAssociate Professor of Computer Science caora@plu.edu (253) 535-7409Dr. Taylor DodsonVisiting Assistant Professor of Biology tdodson@plu.edu (253) 535-1004Dr. Andrea MunroChair & Associate Professor of Chemistry munroam@plu.edu (253) 535