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Western media you get that sense,” he said. (Video by Rustin Dwyer, PLU) But Manfredi said educational exchanges, such as the one fostered by PLU, are key in bridging that divide — and fighting misconceptions. Kimberly Nolasco ’17, an environmental studies and global studies major, said seeing Chengdu and breaking down barriers allows students to hear China’s narrative straight from the source. “China can tell you who they really are,” she said. As China struggles with a rapidly growing economy, new

2020 Environmental Studies Capstones Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 Welcome! We, Rose McKenney and Adela Ramos, are excited to share with you the work of the 2020 class of Environmental Studies students. It has been our distinct pleasure to teach and guide this cohort of smart and passionate students whose work, as you will see, addresses some of the most pressing questions of our time. We hope you will join us in congratulating them for completing meaningful Capstone projects and for concluding their

was easy. After mapping out the Peace Corps certificate requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not?’” Zylstra and Williams were approached by the

interests. Growing up, her mother — who is half Norwegian and half Swedish — shared a lot of Norwegian traditions with her. She wanted to study in Norway to reconnect with those roots, and her biology-environmental studies double major lined up well with the curriculum. “It just worked out so well with everything,” she said of the program. The cherry on top was the small town with lots of outdoor recreation opportunities. “You can walk around in a half hour,” she said of Bø, a village of nearly 6,000

: Studies in Literature and the Environment (4) PHIL 226: Environmental Ethics (4) PHIL 327: Environmental Philosophy (4) RELI 236: Native American Religious Traditions (4) RELI 257: Christian Theology, when topic is “Green Theology” only (4) 3. Environmental Justice – 4 semester hours These courses examine intersections between environmental degradation and structural discrimination and how Indigenous and/or minoritized communities live in and experience these intersections. The courses critically