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  • could have personally met Kurt Mayer. However, meeting his wife, daughter and grandson was wonderful and inspiring. They are continuing his legacy and spreading his story. I did not realize how emotional and moving it would be to meet them and hear this story for myself.” Here are the students’ reflections on each site, along with Mayer’s original writings that were read there. Study Away Photo Contest Check out the interactive map featuring the winners of PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education’s

  • could have personally met Kurt Mayer. However, meeting his wife, daughter and grandson was wonderful and inspiring. They are continuing his legacy and spreading his story. I did not realize how emotional and moving it would be to meet them and hear this story for myself.” Here are the students’ reflections on each site, along with Mayer’s original writings that were read there. Study Away Photo Contest Check out the interactive map featuring the winners of PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education’s

  • .  As we move forward, we must continue to look to our community to develop ideas and priorities that position PLU to thrive.” The Wang Center expands its impact: “Global issues are local issues”In 2021, PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education added a few more important words to its title. It is now the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. The name change is the result of a merger between the Wang Center and the former Center for Community and Engaged Service. Professor of Hispanic

  • those things have been over time,” he explains. “An analysis of innovation should look at human communities, economic issues, art & design, ethics, technology, and more. If you examine these elements in an interdisciplinary way, you can really assess the dynamics of change in society.” Halvorson teaches business and economic history courses in the history department, as well as classes on innovation and the history of technology. He has also continued publishing books, including the lively new

  • What election season reminds us about higher education Posted by: Thomas Krise / December 2, 2016 Image: (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) December 2, 2016 Each election cycle I’m reminded of how incredibly multi-disciplinary the responsibilities of our elected officials have become. Similarly, the challenges faced by the leaders of the world’s most successful corporations and NGOs grow ever more global, complex, and nuanced, seemingly by the day.Very few, if any, of the world’s most urgent

  • health. Foege became executive director of The Carter Center in 1986 and continues to serve the organization as a senior fellow. He has served on the PLU Board of Regents and received an honorary doctorate from PLU in 2000, when he was the university’s Commencement speaker. He helped shape the global-health work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and remains a champion of a wide array of issues, including child survival and development, injury prevention and preventative medicine. Foege’s

  • ’20 said of her mentor, Gina Hames, associate professor of history. Estrada says making that connection with a faculty member opens doors to create other connections. Sandra Estrada ’20 didn’t intend to sign up for “Global Human Rights” as her required first-year experience course. She decided to stick with it anyway. That happy accident resulted in a vocational about-face, accelerated academic growth and a valuable relationship with a beloved professor. “She’s helping me figure out what I want

  • Students who withdraw from the School of Nursing for medical reasons must submit a verifiable letter from a licensed primary care provider (MD, DO, NP, PA) addressing Essential Qualifications and a personal statement to the Dean of Students in Student Rights & Responsibilities. The request for return and the physician’s statement will be reviewed by the Dean of Students for approval. Return to the School of Nursing is offered on a space-available basis, and is coordinated by the Associate

  • for why we do what we do. Ethical views started out as human-centered which focused only on the needs of humans alone. Over time, this gradually changed to thinking about the needs of non-human living beings.Thank you to my Capstone Professors, Dr. Adela Ramos and Dr. Rose McKenney, and thank you to my mentors, Professor Sergia Hay and Professor Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien. Lastly, thank you and congratulations to my fellow classmates. 2:20pm, Tacoma LNG impacts on Chinook Salmon and the Puyallup

  • French/Francophone Literature and FilmThe language of instruction of all French/Francophone literature and film courses is English. No French is required if you enroll in the course at the 200 level. French 301 is the prerequisite for registering at the 400 level. Students enrolling at the 400 level will complete some readings and assignments in French. All of these courses count for the Global Education and Interpreting Texts core General Education elements. French 203/403: Collect, Gather