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preparing for a massive road trip with his wife, Emily, and 8-month-old daughter, Maja. They're headed east to visit Emily's family in Illinois. But the 36-year-old Schwartz's life has also been a journey, of sorts, from suburban Oregon to changemaking on the global scale—with a few stops along the way—fueled by hope and faith.Schwartz grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. His mother, Elaine, attended PLU, as did his grandfather and grandmother on his mother’s side (Rudy and Ruth Johnson). His grandfather went
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: American Experiences in Global Perspectives.” In 2005, the Ohio Academy of History named Mansel, “The Distinguished Historian in Ohio for 2005.” Most recently, the Business History Conference awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award, given to a scholar who has contributed significantly to scholarship in business history. Blackford has written 13 books and published 36 articles and papers on American small business, entrepreneurship, and Pacific Rim business in Japan, China and Maui. He earned his B.A
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the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy, ’07, who had started soccer tournaments in a Ugandan slum, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Theil, ’75 and Jason Edward, ’84, ’89, who has summited Everest four times. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. This will be the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education
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the 100-meters, Forsyth pulled away from the field midway through the race in Saturday’s finals, clocking a time of 11.80 seconds to secure the national title. The Langley, Washington native and global studies and economics major was 0.15 seconds faster than runner-up Terrianna Black of Loras College and capped off the 2021 season undefeated in the 100-meters, winning all eight races she competed in. “I honestly don’t really have the words to put to this, I’m still a bit speechless! If you had
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this mantra from Mark Twain: “Irreverence is the champion of liberty.” Paulson believes we can become disinterested in simply learning about global tragedies, and in today’s world of constant connectedness and coffee shop Wi-Fi, a lack of awareness no longer works as an excuse to ignore them. “Maybe,” Paulson says, “curiosity is what we need to stimulate.” Read Previous Choreography and Costumes Read Next Study Away Shots Taken ‘Round the World COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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South Africa, she studied the transition from apartheid to democracy. And when in China, she performed with PLU’s Wind Ensemble. PLU made it easy for Johnston, a global studies and religion double major, to reach her personal and academic goals. PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education is dedicated solely to that purpose – it helps students find the programs they are interested in, the scholarships that are available, and the center helps them get the appropriate academic credit, too. For Johnston
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, Director of PLU Forensics, said. “It is quite fascinating to see the cultural shift that took place.” Zarefsky is a Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and is considered to be the world’s most renowned scholar on Lincoln. His research and teaching are in the areas of rhetorical history and criticism, argumentation, debate and forensics. Zarefsky has authored more than 100 articles in professional journals and two of his books have won the Winans-Wichelns Award for
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blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU College of Liberal Studies welcomes Dean Stephanie Johnson July 24, 2024 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita Myrick to campus June 11, 2024
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key member of the Real News Network from 2009-11, he produced more than 100 investigative video pieces on economics, politics and social movements in North and Central America. Since 2012, Freeston has directed five documentaries for TeleSUR, the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster. Resistencia is his second documentary film on Honduras. The screening is a collaborative project, co-sponsored by the PLU Departments of Anthropology, History and Global Studies; International Honors
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here – he as a chemistry major, she in the nursing program – particularly when it comes to the education they received. “We really believe in education in a Christian context,” Carla said. “We want to pay it forward. Our gifts are an investment in the future young people at PLU. It is a chance for them to experience the good things.” One of the ways the LeMays have benefited the students at PLU is their gift that helped install on campus a sophisticated piece of equipment, a nuclear magnetic
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