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BA in Environmental Studies with minors in Global Studies and Women's and Gender Studies PCV in Senegal (2016-2018) Lucas Gillespie ’16 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal (2016-2018).
experience as humbling, enlightening, and a privilege to experience. Luke currently works for IREACH (Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health), a division of Washington State University, where he is a Research Study Assistant for three research studies that pertain to community health within American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Pacific Islander communities. He aspires to get a Master’s Degree in Global Health or International Development. At PLU, Luke majored in Environmental
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Tami Charles is an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of children’s, middle grade, and young adult books.
discusses the role of the imagination and stories in challenging times—and how books can create the opportunity for deep connections that transcend the page. About the Speaker Minh Lê is the author of the picture books Lift (a Washington Post Best Book of the Year), Drawn Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), and most recently The Blur. He also wrote Green Lantern: Legacy, a middle grade graphic novel for DC Comics and the recently released follow up, Green Lantern
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We hope you will take a few minutes to read through our guestbook and email us a comment of your own to events@plu.edu.
Guild of American LuthiersGuild of American Luthiers July 23-30, 2014We really did have another great convention, and we and our members were very happy that we were at PLU again. I want you know that we continue to feel that you and your team are the best we have worked with at PLU, and we appreciate the care and attention you give our group, and your willingness to listen and respond to our concerns. Also, I wanted to let you know that the students we worked with out of your office were very
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 22, 2016)- It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan. An estimated two million people died as a result of war, famine…
. There are things I value from the culture of South Sudan and the culture of America, and I think that is going to be a tough conversation to have… I just hope they see I’m still the same human being. Still their same son. That concern runs deeper for David. He has long worried that he may never feel fully at home here or in South Sudan. When he travels there later this month, he anticipates being treated as an American — an outsider. And in the states, he says, he is seen as African — as a black man
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It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan.
be hurt. There are things I value from the culture of South Sudan and the culture of America, and I think that is going to be a tough conversation to have…I just hope they see I’m still the same human being. Still their same son. That concern runs deeper for David. He has long worried that he may never feel fully at home here or in South Sudan. When he travels there later this month, he anticipates being treated as an American — an outsider. And in the states, he says, he is seen as African — as
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if only electronically. We hope that this page will allow alumni to reconnect and current students to meet some of their predecessors. Please email us with pictures and stories to share.
artifact trade, destruction of archaeological sites, and desecration of Native American graves. I managed over 1,200 boxes of artifacts relinquished through plea deals with the convicted individuals, and consulted with tribes to help repatriate artifacts through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). In 2013, I accepted the position of supervisory registrar for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., and currently work to
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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
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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
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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
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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
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