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Summer Internship: Economics major finds family environment with global company Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 30, 2022 Image: Travis McDaneld ’23 spent his summer interning with Russell Investments as a data analyst with the global data operations team. August 30, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsTravis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business
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Within the environmental studies curriculum at PLU, the social sciences provide perspectives on the environment from a human point of view, balancing the ecological perspectives contributed by the
A Study of the Environment, Connectivity, and the World Around UsPacific Lutheran University sits upon the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island, and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the traditional caretakers of this land.Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the relationships between humans and the environment. Managing the environment requires interdisciplinary tools and knowledge about natural systems, human institutions
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The 9th Wang Center Symposium – Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference – takes up the issue of heightened political and societal polarization within the U.S.
MoreReading Challenge The PLU community is invited to participate in a Polarization Reading Group Challenge. Learn More The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged EducationWorking collaboratively with academic units and campus partners of Pacific Lutheran University, the Wang Center is dedicated to supporting faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world
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July 11, 2013 Diving in to “Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis” For the past year and a half, MediaLab students Haley Huntington, Kortney Scroger, Valery Jorgensen and Katie Baumann have traveled throughout North America documenting the importance of water and perils facing our world’s most important natural resource. By Katie Baumann ’14 Water does not have feelings. This massive force of nature does not have a conscience. Water does not feel remorse when it washes away entire
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Established in 2022 through a gift from David and Lorilie Steen, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for
American Studies in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Oregon “Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Water, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human” 2011 – Greg Nickels, Former Mayor of Seattle and U.S. Public Delegate to the United Nations “All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming” 2010 – Dr. David Montgomery, Professor of Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” 2009 – Dr. Coll Thrush, Professor of History at the
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Yannet Urgessa ’16 has lived on three continents and speaks five languages. But it took coming to PLU for her to feel comfortable in her own skin for the first time.
family relocated when she was 6 years old, fleeing a country rife with political instability. Her family never abandoned their ethnic Oromo roots, but actively immersed themselves in their new culture. Now, she’s relocated again, extending her international education to a third continent as a sociology major at PLU. The university’s commitment to global education is a value that’s familiar to Urgessa. She speaks five languages — Amhara and Oromo that are native to Ethiopia, English, Norwegian and
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issues such as modernization and development; global resources and trade; and peace, justice, and human rights. As well, there are programs for the study of the world’s regions, cultures and societies.
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Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global Genocides TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling…
PLU Hosts Rwanda’s Best Young Debaters Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 28, 2015 Image: Students from iDebate Rwanda will visit campus and hold a mock debate on Sept. 21. (Photo: iDebate Rwanda) August 28, 2015 Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global GenocidesBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in
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Section 1.The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, popularly known as the “Buckley Amendment” and carrying the acronym FERPA, governs the university’s collection, retention, and dissemination of information about students. FERPA accords students five rights: A. The right to inspect and review education records; B. The right to seek the amendment of education records; C. The right to consent to the disclosure of education records; D. The right to obtain a copy of the school’s FERPA
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The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education coordinates university study-away programs and provides support to the university’s internationally-focused academic programs. Students interested in study-away opportunities are encouraged to explore the Wang Center website and informational resources.
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