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of Discourse” in a panel moderated by University Pastor Jen Rude on Thursday, March 5 at 3:45 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. What is Lutheran Community Services Northwest and can you share a bit about your program, in particular? Lutheran Community Services Northwest is a regional organization that serves vulnerable children, families, refugees and others throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. My program, in particular, is working on refugee resettlement. We help refugees secure housing
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coming to PLU for the long haul. He returned to Germany in 1980 after earning yet another Fulbright award, as one of 20 educators nationwide to be selected that year. “It is important for a teacher of German to stay current on educational, cultural and political developments in Germany,” he said at the time. “Ultimately it is the students who will benefit.” After his retirement, Rodney continued to give his time, to the university and beyond. Among his activities, he remained involved with the Boy
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Peak Solutions, Muckleshoot – BSN, MA Introduction by Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Professor of Religion and Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies Location: Zoom 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. | Healing as Transformative Justice Speaker: Gilda Sheppard, Professor of Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies, The Evergreen State College Introduced by Jenny James, Associate Professor of English and Chair of Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Location: Zoom PLU only community screening of Since I Been Down is
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countries, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for graduates to work overseas as English language teaching assistants. This program facilitates direct cultural interaction and mutual understanding on an individual basis for Fulbright awardees, who meet, work, live with, and learn from the people of the host country, through sharing daily experiences. The host countries determine the number and criteria for candidates. Award/Stipend/Benefits: round-trip transportation to the host country
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professions. A 2016 Classics major who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering wrote this about his degree: My Classics degree, to me, exemplifies every virtue and value of a liberal arts education, and also everything unique and exceptional about PLU as an institution. . . . By studying holistically the culture, life, and beliefs of another society, I could step outside, if only partially and momentarily, of my own cultural biases, customs, and predispositions; I think that is the epitome of what
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you’re are less civilized, and more in touch with the kinds of primal instincts one has to use to survive. I think in this over-civilized, over-developed world, some feel there is a cultural, existential crisis going on. Ultrarunning in a natural setting is a way for people to connect in a meaningful way to not only each other, but to their primal past. It’s a way to reconnect with nature.” In her research, Dr. O’Brien is focusing on a group of five elite women from the ultrarunning community
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worker require this broad theoretical perspective. Social workers are involved in areas that are influenced by political, economic, social, psychological and cultural factors. To that end, the program stresses an understanding of social science theories and methods. The curriculum provides a foundation for understanding the interaction of individual, family, and community systems, as the basis for generalist practice. Students learn a multi-method approach to social work practice that enables them to
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Synagogue & Church Conference Schedule Free and Open to the Public. Formal registration has ended. You are welcome to attend any of the lectures, please join us! Wednesday, November 1Thursday, November 2Friday, November 3Wednesday, November 1 Opening Remarks – Acting President Belton 7:00 p.m. – Holy Secrets: Behind the Scenes (Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center)Documentary filmmaker Steve Pressman discusses his upcoming film, which will explore some of the actions (and
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many, that didn’t jump out as a necessity to a family who lacked the cultural capital to anticipate how to prepare for college. It wasn’t until Frey told me about her experience with a residence-hall fire alarm sans bathrobe that I realized I didn’t have a bathrobe during my time living at PLU, either. It wasn’t for a lack of preparation, though. Despite living nearby, my mom compiled a massive list of must-haves before I hauled my things to Harstad Hall in fall 2007. I didn’t have a bathrobe, but
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behaviors that are acquired by people as members of society, widely shared by members of a society or group and responsible for most differences in ways of thinking and behaving that exist between human societies or groups. Everyone’s experience with adjusting to living in a different cultural context is unique. It’s important to start thinking now about what it will be like for you to manage a set of unspoken societal rules, values and beliefs that are different than the ones ingrained in you
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