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  • Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen. Manka Dhingra’s (D-45)…

    . So making sure that they are mentally competent enough to fully understand the grievousness of their crime and of their actions. What tasks that you perform in your job were unexpected? I really like taking constituent meetings, and I really like hearing people’s stories about what problems they face, because it impacts them in a more personal way, rather than just for monetary means. What is the unique perspective that you bring to the internship? I am an Asian American woman who grew up in

  • Fulbright Scholarships. As of 2014, 85 PLU students have won the coveted and prestigious Fulbright scholarship with an all expenses-paid post-graduate year abroad for research and/

    Studies (minor) The department also contributes to the interdisciplinary minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies by offering introductory level courses in Southern Lushootseed.Where do I start?If you are just starting a language, start with 101. But be careful to plan your schedule accordingly: some programs only offer 101s in the fall! If you plan to start taking courses in a language that you have previously studied, take a placement test to help you determine which course would be the best

  • Speakers tell PLU audiences to reach outside themselves Rich, diverse and often divergent voices came to PLU over the last year to challenge our outlook on life and our choices. Should one eat meat, or not? What of world hunger, the environment, corporate greed, genocide…

    whereabouts,  she disguised herself as a Red Cross nurse and led her son to a new safe house.  Metzelaar recounted his story at the first Powell and Heller Family Conference in Support of Holocaust Education. The year wrapped up in April with a talk by Carl Wilkens, the only American to remain in Rwanda through the 1994 genocide that claimed one million lives. Wilkens discussed the choice he made to stay, even as other relief and aid workers fled. During the three months of violence, Wilkens helped save

  • What will the world look like when China is calling the shots? By Barbara Clements Even by the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2027 and will climb to the position of world economic leader by…

    . As China is already emerging as the new center of the East Asian economy (eclipsing, among others, Japan), the role of economic and cultural relevance will in our lifetimes begin to pass from Manhattan and Paris to cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the book states.  Jacques contends that it is the American relationship with and attitude toward China that will determine whether the twenty-first century will be relatively peaceful or fraught with tension and instability. “America seems relatively

  • Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila reads “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Editor’s note: Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “Into the Beautiful North” will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The book you…

    integrating the book into their curriculum. Lisa Marcus, associate professor of English, plans to teach the book in her Writing 101 seminar on “Banned Books.” She wants students to recognize that Urrea’s book has been banned in Arizona as part of a push to suppress ethnic studies, particularly works that address Mexican-American history and experience. Students in her course – after reading about several controversial banning cases around race and sexual orientation – will take up Urrea’s book in the

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 11, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University is honored to announce that Michelle Long ‘85, who is a vice chair on PLU’s Board of Regents and a longtime member of our Lute family, will help celebrate this year’s graduates graduating seniors as the…

    of Regents. Her PLU beginnings, however, weren’t without some uncertainty. “When I first came here, a little more than 30 years ago, I came from a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, in the shadows of race riots of the late 60s and had not done a lot of traveling outside of the Midwest,” Long, who is African American, told an attentive on-campus crowd at PLU’s Day of Vocation in 2016. Long is a firm believer that being pushed out of your comfort zone — the discomfort of new surroundings, new challenges

  • Earlier this month Pacific Lutheran University announced a timely new course titled “COVID 19: A Global Crisis Examined.” Open to PLU students, alumni, faculty, staff and the public, the one-credit/no-credit online course will lead students through a reflection of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the…

    -credit online course will lead students through a reflection of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over the span of the fall semester, 15 PLU faculty members will lead course participants in an exploration of the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields (course lecture schedule). Participating faculty will represent a wide span of PLU academic departments, including biology, global studies, history, holocaust and genocide studies, Native American and Indigenous studies

  • Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…

    monetary means. What is the unique perspective that you bring to the internship? I am an Asian American woman who grew up in Montana, which is a Republican state. I definitely think there are unique experiences there. I am the only daughter in a household with three brothers. There is a lot that can be derived from that experience. Coming out here to Washington, and meeting, speaking, and connecting with people who hold many different beliefs than I do, my thought processes have shifted a number of

  • Pacific Lutheran University Pre-Law Club President Quan Huynh ’25 unexpectedly stepped into the world of state government, with a bold new perspective. A self-described political newcomer, Huynh proudly represents PLU in Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen.…

    , rather than just for monetary means. What is the unique perspective that you bring to the internship? I am an Asian American woman who grew up in Montana, which is a Republican state. I definitely think there are unique experiences there. I am the only daughter in a household with three brothers. There is a lot that can be derived from that experience. Coming out here to Washington, and meeting, speaking, and connecting with people who hold many different beliefs than I do, my thought processes have

  • When Matthew Conover ’19 was a student at PLU, he recalls someone telling him there were two types of software engineers: the ones who chose to chase the money, and the ones who had no other choice. “I fall into the latter camp,” Conover said.…

    Manchester. The education half I would describe as interesting and the abroad part I would describe as amazing. I also think studying abroad helped me a lot because some of my closest coworkers have either been in Europe or from Europe, also South America. Having this experience behind me I think helped with connecting and not being “that American” as much. In our field it is becoming increasingly common to not just have teams in different countries, but to have a single team composed of people in