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  • a required set of three PLU-designed courses taught by local professors, local experts and US professors Examine key issues such as post-colonialism, globalization, diversity, equity, social justice, gender and environmental sustainability in a rich, ethnically diverse culture Study at University of the West Indies, a major research institution in the Caribbean, and engage with local students Engage with the rich cultural, environmental, religious and artistic diversity of Trinidad & Tobago

  • concepts of justice and natural rights; capitalism and imperialism; the experience of war; narratives of progress and their critics; and globalization, sustainability, and the environment. (4) IHON 253 : Gender, Sexuality and Culture - H2 Uses multicultural, international, and feminist perspectives to examine issues such as socialization and stereotypes, relationships and sexuality, interpersonal and institutional violence, revolution and social change in the U.S. and in other selected international

  • by the book’s critics and noted that many of them use his predictions to debate the topic of China’s influence rather than dismiss his work entirely. Yet for pure clout, based on its populous, it’s hard to argue against some of Jacques’s views. This Asian giant with a billion-plus population-four times the population of the United States-will likely resist globalization as we know it and that, Jacques argues, will have powerful ramifications for the rest of the world and the U.S. in particular

  • Georgetown University as well as a degree in public policy from Brown University. She has been associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Analysis and Ida Tarbell Fellow at Oil Change International, and is also the author of “The Bush Agenda” (William Morrow, 2006). Juhasz has served as congressional aide to two members of Congress and as the project director of the International Forum on Globalization. She has published in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times

  • part solution to a water secure world. She is a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eleven honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009

  • part solution to a water secure world. She is a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eleven honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009

  • a better grasp of what globalization is and what it means, both for us in the U.S. and for people living in Third World countries.”  For Alexis, the incredible economic disparities between the United States and Oaxaca helped to put things into perspective. After coming back to the U.S., she saw how invested people were in their material goods over relationships. Just a few hours after being in the airport in the U.S., she saw two children fighting over their mom’s iPhone and thought to herself

  • illustrate how existentialism connects to other areas such as religion, psychology and literature. (4) PHIL 248 : Innovation, Ethics, & Society - ES A history of innovation, problem solving, and creativity in the global economy, emphasizing the ethical considerations that arise as a result of new products and initiatives, disruptive technologies, globalization, and cultural change. Draws attention to stages in the innovation process and the importance of teamwork, effective communication, and design. (4

  • that students who studied abroad found a job closely related to their major more often, and found employment quickly and at a higher salary than those who did not study abroad. A recent New York Times article also noted that in the age of globalization and international competition for jobs, a study abroad experience is vital for a graduate competing in the national—and certainly international—marketplace. PLU Presidential Delegation share lunch with students in Chengdu. | Via @profhammerstrom on

  • Beauvoirian Technological Analysis” Branden Ginther, “Group-Link: How Morals Could Work with Artificial Intelligence” Terrell Hawkins, “The Search for Sophrosyne: Obtaining Moderation in an Age of Technological Excess” Lewis Hitchiner, “A Facebook Status: What’s on Your Mind?” Christopher Johnson, “Cyberbullying: How Technology Altered Communication” Olivia Killingsworth, “The Technology of Globalization and Oppression: A Care Ethics Approach” Jakob Maier, “Are There Aesthetics in the Technological