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  • Peace Corps in countries around the world.Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and anthropology professor, credits the institution’s commitment to global studies and public service for its high numbers of recent Peace Corps volunteers. “It demonstrates how our students are interested in the Peace Corps and how deeply committed they are to service,” Wiley said. “While the ranking focuses on Peace Corps, it also suggests how in general so many of our students choose to pursue

  • Recognition Join us in honoring these remarkable Alumni Award recipients at the Homecoming Celebration Banquet on Friday, Oct. 3. Alumni Profiles Catch up with Lutes around the world, from Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts to Guatemala and the Super Bowl and beyond. Alumni Blogs Elephants Anonymous In the heart of Central America, Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 continue their global educations in an environmentally focused way. Humanosphere Tom Paulson's ’80 independent news site

  • Blogs Alumni News Homecoming 2015 Alumni Awards & Recognition dCenter Alumni Weekend Outcomes Campaign Alumni Profiles Class Notes Submit a Class Note Calendar Home Alumni News Alumni Awards & Recognition Alan Krause ’76 The Distinguished Alumnus Award A lan Krause is chairman and chief executive officer of MWH Global, the world-leading consultancy in water. The firm employs 8,000 staff in 170 offices in 35 countries around the world. Committed to protecting and developing the world’s natural

  • Recognition Join us in honoring these remarkable Alumni Award recipients at the Homecoming Celebration Banquet on Friday, Oct. 3. Alumni Profiles Catch up with Lutes around the world, from Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts to Guatemala and the Super Bowl and beyond. Alumni Blogs Elephants Anonymous In the heart of Central America, Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 continue their global educations in an environmentally focused way. Humanosphere Tom Paulson's ’80 independent news site

  • A Semester in Oslo When asking PLU senior Sarah Smith what significantly shaped her undergraduate experience, she responds with a concise, “study away”. During the Fall 2012 semester Sarah could be found in Oslo, Norway, where she was engaged in studying Peace & Conflict. As a double major in Political Science and Global Studies, she took classes pertaining to global governance and foreign policy analysis, as well as African politics and conflict. “I decided to go there because it fit well with

  • Chinese Studies Capstone Presentations Spring 2020 Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures The presentations will be given virtually via Zoom.Alec DutrowSunzi and the Trade War: Ancient Perspectives on the Quest for Global SupremacyJessalene EaJung in Soul Land: The Archetypes in a Chinese Web NovelJi LarsonThread of Hope: Child Abduction and Art Activism in Contemporary ChinaMay 14, 2020, 2:00-2:20pm - Ian Lindartsen2:20-2:30pm - Q & AShifting Chinese Ideologies as Shown through

  • Ami Shah Chair, Global and Cultural Studies Full Profile 253-535-7687 shah@plu.edu

  • . Ding Yingying was hosted by Center for Graduate and Continuing Education. Byungsoo Na Korea University Sejong Campus, South Korea Byungsoo is hosted by the PLU School of Business, and his research is in the area of Operations Management with a specific focus on returnable packaging in a closed loop supply chain. Yao Yuan Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College, China Yao Yuan was hosted by the Center for Graduate and Continuing Education; their current research area emphasizes reforms on teaching

  • a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public. It will provide information about local sustainable services and products, including transportation alternatives, green construction, energy conservation and alternative energy sources, waste minimization and recycling, and global climate change initiatives. The event will feature an array of speakers and exhibitors. Those scheduled to speak include the group Bridging Urban Gardens Sustainably (BUGS) to discuss community gardens in Tacoma, and

  • Choir of the West receives high honors in global ranking The Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur . “This is a recognition where Choir of the West represents the university and our country well on the world stage,”… October 8, 2015 Choir of the West