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family fled postwar Vietnam when the artist was four years old. A group of friends and neighbors led by Vo’s father left their native country in a handmade boat, hoping to find eventual refuge in the United States. After being rescued at sea by a Danish shipping freighter, Vo and his family settled in Denmark. Vo uses various strategies to analyze the structures and processes that shape our identities, such as the American Dream, capitalist culture, civic bureaucracy, colonial history, migration, and
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four-year, degree-granting institutions in the U.S. Navigating college can be difficult for any student, but it’s particularly challenging when you or your family might not understand the ins and outs of higher education. For those learning to navigate the language and culture of college, here are five things every current and incoming first-in-the-family student should know. And Gurjot Kang ’21 — a current first-generation student living in the “First in the Family” community in Stuen Hall
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ProgramsGet the biggest bang for your buck by studying away on a PLU Gateway or Featured semester program. “Gradually my teaching focus has slid up a kind of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Travel Needs,” he said. In the ’80s, Steves focused on sharing basic budget travel tips. In the ’90s, it was all about traveling to enjoy the culture, cuisine, history, and art. Rick Steves in Germany at the Wartburg Castle. “Then since 9-11, I realized Americans need to be challenged to better understand the world,” he said
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Future Exploring Nature and Number Investigating Human Behavior, Culture, and Institutions Encountering Perspectives on Diversity Producing and Presenting Culminating Scholarship: Senior Seminar/Project For details about the elements see the PLU Catalog. How do I receive advising on the General Education Program?The Academic Advising Office or a faculty advisor will assist a student in completing the General Education Program Elements. Once a major is declared, the faculty advisor in that department
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Transgender Day of Remembrance Event was held April 10th, 2016 – Sex + brought Author Lisa Wade to campus to talk about her newest book, American Hookup: The new Culture of Sex on Campus March 17, 2016 – The Women’s Center changed its name to the Center for Gender Equity! Spring 2016 – Tolu Taiwo hired as the first Outreach and Prevention Coordinator March 9th, 2016 – Dawn Cuthbertson hired as the 2nd Gender-based Violence Advocate Spring 2015 – Jennifer Warwick asked to serve on CDC (Centers for Disease
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. Among the definitions of cheating included in PLU’s policy on Academic Integrity is “[the use of] information or devices not allowed by the faculty, such as formulas or a computer program or data….” Given the aims and the realities mentioned above, and in light of PLU’s policy on Academic Integrity, the Department of Global & Cultural Studies issues the following guidelines on the use of machine translation for students of language, literature, and culture: The use of machine translation in the
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, for a variety of reasons, to obtain written consent. If that is the case, students may request a Waiver of Documentation of Informed Consent and provide an acceptable alternative method of obtaining oral consent, which is appropriate to both the participants and their culture. This can be completed as part of the HPRB proposal. If the participants may be economically or educationally disadvantaged, investigators should pay particular attention to these issues and ensure that appropriate safeguards
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officials), and the Board of Regents approved the degree during its Feb. 6-7 meeting “in recognition of King Harald’s long record of distinguished service to his country and the world.” The nomination also recognized that HM King Harald: • represents PLU’s historic origins and foundational culture as the first prince born on Norwegian soil in 567 years; • promotes the Lutheran tradition of higher education at home and abroad through his record of distinguished service to his country and visits to
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spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at a predominantly white institution,” said Taiwo, outreach and prevention coordinator in the Center for Gender Equity at Pacific Lutheran University. So, Taiwo and Hambrick — assistant vice president for diversity, justice and sustainability — decided to uplift the experiences of black students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) who wear their natural hair. In
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the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and achievements
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