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  • !’ But to LGBT people, it can mean a word that they now own. Queer has many different meanings to different people, and I didn’t know that. I never would use those words. I just was surprised—it was cultural shock hearing someone call themselves queer, like calling myself the N-word.” I’d see my poster on professors’ doors and thought I was pretty cool. I should have signed them.” As a Rieke Scholar—selected to reaffirm PLU’s commitment to inclusiveness and diversity— Hoefer was a regular volunteer

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  • Bjug Harstad and Harstad HallBjug Aanondsen was born on December 17, 1848 in Valle, Setesdal, Norway

  • Posted on September 27, 2017October 31, 2018 How we live our days is how we live our lives Scroll down to see more content Detail from the back porch of the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca. Photo Credit: Amanda Clendenen.   August 28th, 2017. ‘First Day of School’ like never before. Cross the street Héroes de Chapultepec, enter through the gate, up the path lined by palm trees, and ya, here we are. On the patio of the Cultural Institute of Oaxaca (ICO), our group of twelve nervous, but excited

  • Zhang Lili Visiting Adjunct Instructor of Chinese, Pacific Lutheran University Email: lili.zhang@plu.edu Biography Biography Lili Zhang is a Visiting Adjunct Instructor of Chinese at WSU. She is also an Associate Professor at the College of International Education, Wenzhou University, in Zhejiang Province, China.  She is a member of The Paper-cutting Art Professional Committee of China, and a certified Inheritor of paper-cutting of intangible cultural heritage in Wenzhou City. She has taught

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  • Connie Bacon Commissioner, Port of Tacoma Biography Biography A graduate of Syracuse University, she later received a master’s degree from The Evergreen State College. Bacon is a former executive director of the World Trade Center Tacoma and served eight years as special assistant to former Washington Governor Booth Gardner. She serves on the board of directors for numerous organizations, including the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, the Asia Pacific Cultural Center, the Regional Access Mobility

  • Norwegian Inspiration for Disney's FrozenDisney’s Frozen is a world-wide success, but did you know the film makers studied Norwegian history and culture extensively while working on the film? And did you know it is based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale? Come find out these tidbits and many more at the Scandinavian Cultural Center! A new exhibition opens on Sunday, January 11th, 2015 at 2pm with a screening of the film Frozen, a rosemaling demonstration by Julie Ann Hebert, and a discussion

  • Free & Open to the PublicWhen: Thursday, April 5 The Writer’s Story: 4:00PM, University Center 133 Reading: 7:00PM, Scandinavian Cultural CenterKaveh Akbar is the founding editor of Divedapper. His poems appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. His debut full-length collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, was published by Alice James Books in September 2017; he is also the author of the chapbook Portrait of the Alcoholic. A recipient of the Ruth Lilly and

  • will perform in October didn’t exist in the ’60s—nor did Olson Auditorium itself. For another, The Deacons are now in their 60s, and retired; Sandvig lives on Camano Island, and Sola in Eagle, Idaho. And, even though Sola claims a technical glitch or two with his 68-year-old memory (“I can see the file but can’t get it open!”), he clearly remembers a quaint “kicking post” on campus: “If a woman wanted to kiss a guy, she would kick the post.” So, yes; it was a simpler time—and a great time to form a

  • Crystal Sosa, Therapist in TrainingHi there! My name is Crystal, and I am currently working towards my M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Pacific Lutheran University. Before attending PLU, I received my B.A. in Psychology from Portland State University in Portland, OR. I grew up in a multi-cultural, bilingual home in the Midwest and spent many years in the Southwest before calling the Pacific Northwest home. My approach to therapy is holistic, considering everything that affects your inner