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Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. Last fall semester, several courses illustrated how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. One of these classes was Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory. “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you…
course.” One of the initial challenges for Smith and Taiwo was subduing students who are superfans of the music. “I want students to take pop culture seriously as political texts,” Smith said. “Really thinking about issues of identity and power within our pop culture texts is a significant skill for students to have. Will it get you a job? Maybe not, but it will leave you a more informed and aware citizen.” Read Previous The Glee Effect: PLU Adds Musical Theatre & Dance Read Next Study away as a
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How and why do you choose allyship even when it is unpopular? Katie Monsen ‘96 and Emily Davidson ‘98 (links to full interviews here and here)
major, like kids coming up to you and like saying ‘I’m praying for you,’ you know, things like that.” It was important to her that Puentes and her other work prioritized intersectionality to shift the campus culture. “I think for me, it was wanting to create spaces of belonging that didn’t require people to let go of multiple parts of themselves when they entered a different space,” Emily said. “So you know, I wanted, for example, Puentes to be a place where people could feel completely open, being
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Knutson Lecture
The 19th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture “Thank Goodness, God is NOT in Control!” Dr. Thomas Jay Oord Wednesday April 9, 2025 7:00 pm (Pacific time) Anderson University Center, PLU The lecture will be live-streamed on PLU’s YouTube channel Contact: Dr. Agnes Choi, Chair of the Religion Department, choiaa@plu.edu Free and Open to the Public The nineteenth annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture will be given by Dr. Thomas Jay Oord, a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi
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Art and Design students headed to Bali for J-term to explore art, culture, and spirituality with Department of Art & Design Chair Jp Avila. The study-away course takes students to villages and into workshops of traditional craftspeople where they’ll learn about the experiences and perspectives…
Art and Design students head to Bali Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 13, 2015 January 13, 2015 Art and Design students headed to Bali for J-term to explore art, culture, and spirituality with Department of Art & Design Chair Jp Avila. The study-away course takes students to villages and into workshops of traditional craftspeople where they’ll learn about the experiences and perspectives of families and communities who pass on their trades. Activities during the two weeks include museum
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You may have heard professors say that they still feel like students, learning every day. But Visiting Instructor of Chinese Xi Zhu is a true embodiment of this idea. You may have heard professors say that they still feel like students, learning every day. But…
true embodiment of this idea. At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation. As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes
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Promote Justice for the Earth & for People. Become an Advocate for Positive Social Change. The Environmental & Social Justice (ESJ) community seeks to create a safe, supportive, and diverse
about planning it! DJS Retreat at the Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Habitat for Humanity Volunteering Staycation Parkland Immersion Alternative Spring Break | sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement and Service My Culture is Not a Costume | Conversations with the Diversity Center about cultural appropriation in Halloween costumes Tunnel of Oppression ContactFor more information about this Learning Community option you may contact: Dream Gonzales, Community Director for
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On Monday, February 19, 2018 (President’s Day), students at Pacific Lutheran University are invited for a special tour of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters (HQ). The event is being sponsored by Amazon and PLU’s office of Career Connections and Alumni and Constituent Relations . Interested PLU students…
debut in late 2014, I have been deeply intrigued with Alexa, the virtual assistant or “brain” that powers Amazon Echo and other intriguing voice service products developed by Amazon. Echo is essentially a ‘smart speaker’ animated by a voice-controlled, intelligent personal assistant who responds to the name ‘Alexa’. The low-cost unit is capable of voice interaction, playing music, controlling devices in the home, and basic conversation about the weather, local traffic, and publicly-available
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Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the…
land.” This exhibit also highlights articles that speak to how land acknowledgements have been used, what they communicate, and what they don’t say. Language, oral and written, is key to culture transmission and retention. To revitalize Twulshootseed, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has a language program and a website with extensive language-learning resources such as videos, literacy books, online classes, audio files, etc. The language has an alphabet of 43 characters with 18 sounds that are not
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Designed to help you delve deeper into your personal and PLU experiences, use the following journal prompts by copying and pasting the content into a Word document or writing them into your own
you could forgive yourself for something, it would be… What is something you wish your support system would understand? What is something you wish your support system could help with? How has loss or death impacted your sense of what feels meaningful in life? How does your culture, community, or religious background understand death and grief? In what ways have these understandings and practices been helpful, contributing to a feeling of you being seen or held in your grief? In what ways have
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In October of 2014, I was privileged to present a paper at the tenth annual American and European Values Conference in Opole, Poland.
afforded me an occasion to encounter the country’s rich history and culture—its simple but delicious food, its architecturally stunning cities, its important historical sites (for example, the camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau), and, above all, its reserved but generous people—it also gave me a chance to listen to, converse with, and learn from other philosophers hailing from two continents and seven countries on the subject of economic justice. The experiences I had and the relationships I cultivated
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