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Photo compliments of Hallie PetersonStudy Away in Scandinavia and Beyond! The mission of the Scandinavian Cultural Center is to enrich understanding of Nordic and Nordic-American cultures in support of PLU’s educational mission and in recognition of PLU’s Nordic heritage. We also recognize the importance of global education, the growing interconnectedness of our world and the transformational experience of learning from, about and within other cultures and communities outside our own. The SCC

Aram Mrjoian Tuesday, November 2, 2021 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. Aram Mrjoian is a writer, editor, critic, and educator. He earned his PhD in creative writing at Florida State University and his MFA at Northwestern University. Aram has also volunteered as a creative writing mentor or instructor at the Adroit Journal, 826, Hugo House, and Open Books Chicago. His writing has appeared or is

Community Engaged Education”. Its goal—to promote educational and cultural exchange among young students from all over the world. The overarching philosophy of education of both the Wang Center and The Wang Foundation, founded in 2004 with a focus on service learning and poverty alleviation, has been widely recognized in the academic world and has become a successful example for American international education. Currently, nearly 50% of undergraduates from Pacific Lutheran University study abroad, much

Learning Outcomes*Effective January 2019* Upon completion of their degree, Religion majors will be able to: Explain “Religion” as a category of analysis in academic contexts, identifying when and how religious beliefs, interpretations, and practices shape human life, culture, and history, as well as how they change over time. Analyze religious traditions and expressions within their historical, social, and cultural contexts. Describe an array of academic tools or methods in the study of

resided in the Pacific Northwest region, where we are learning how to live with dangerous summer fires and how to breathe with the smoke that blankets our region for days, sometimes weeks. Second, it responds to novelist and environmentalist Amitav Ghosh’s provocative claim that Jane Austen’s novels “midwifed” cultural expressions and yearnings for “certain kinds of gardens and dwellings” that are “among the principle drivers of the carbon economy.” Austen’s novels, according to Ghosh, are emblematic

The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at

The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at

“Religious Dialogue and Three Cups of Tea: Listen, Respect, Connect” Imam Jamal Rahman, P. Ingram Lecturer, Interfaith Sufi Leader, Greater Seattle Area 7:00 pm | Thursday, March 5th | Scandinavian Cultural Center Free and Open to the Public As part of the 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium “Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference” the Religion department invites you to the 2020 Paul O. Ingram lecture. Wang Center Symposium: Disarming PolarizationMore Information about Imam

a place now where we can accommodate that volume, and we’re pleased to be able to respond to a longstanding wish to have our graduates experience a more intimate and meaningful event on campus. Why four graduation ceremonies?In August 2022, PLU announced that a long-planned academic restructure was being implemented that organizes Pacific Lutheran University’s academic programs into four colleges: the College of Health Professions; the College of Liberal Studies; the College of Natural Sciences