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Meet Isaiah Banken, a ’21 graduate who set his sights on a career in medicine. With a B.S. in biology and a minor in mathematics from PLU, Isaiah began exploring diverse medical opportunities near his hometown of Wenatchee, WA. From being a compassionate force in…
following year while working as a ski patroller and volunteering in various capacities, including as a backup medic at Holden Village. After finding out that I got into the University of Washington School of Medicine, I traveled extensively before starting school in July of this year.What are some of your fondest memories from PLU?IB: I was on the PLU Men’s rowing team for three years. The sunrises and the foggy mornings on American Lake are very memorable. Other moments like running on the golf course
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Do you keep getting the question, “What’s your major going to be in college?” which is essentially a different version of “What are you going to be when you grow up?” Or maybe it’s this question: “What do you do with that major?” Perhaps you…
receive one-on-one career and internship guidance from seasoned alumni in your field of interest. Here are the three programs we’re offering this year: The College of Liberal Studies mentoring program is tailored for students in a diverse range of majors and minors, such as Anthropology, Chinese Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, English, Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies, Global Studies, History, Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Language & Literatures, Native American & Indigenous Studies, Philosophy
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Professional Conference Presentations: 2022: NASPA Western Regional Conference & Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conferences - Jes Takla (with two PhD cohort members)
Environmental Justice, from colonization to Standing Rock (Gilio-Whitaker) 2020: THICK, and other essays (McMillan) 2019: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (Vargas) 2018: Radical Hope : Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times (De Robertis) 2017: Black Girl Dangerous : On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender (McKenzie) 2016: Citizen : An American Lyric (Rankine) 2015:The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander) Other PLU workshops and educational campaigns
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Wanting to connect with a local faith community? Below is a listing of local communities at PLU or in close proximity to the university. This listing is not comprehensive.
Park Ave S. Parkland, WA. 98447 (Chapel at Trinity Lutheran Church) (253) 223-4522 Living Grace Church & SUM Bible College Denomination: Non-Denominational Worship Times: Sunday, 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM | Wednesday 7:00pm 106 South 28th Street, Tacoma WA 98402 (253) 584-3778 | email: office@lgministries.org | School of Urban Ministry Parkland First Baptist Church Denomination: American Baptist Worship Times: Sunday 10 am 1016 112th St S, Tacoma, WA 98444 (253) 531-0121 Parkland Foursquare Church
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The Commencement ceremony is a celebration of the Pacific Lutheran University community and all it represents.
Students. The whole PLU community, in its rich diversity, participates in this celebration. As different groups of the PLU community process into the arena, ceremonial banners are also posted, completing the stage and getting everything ready for the ceremony.Academic DressAcademic dress has its origins in clerical dress of the medieval church. PLU adheres to the national standards of academic dress established in 1895 and maintained by the American Council on Education. The significance of the apparel
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Written works preserve our history, describe our current reality and color our future beyond imagination.
Arts (PPAP): Literature The PLU literature program introduces students to the great literary traditions of Britain, North America and the English-speaking world, as well as courses in ethnic American, women’s and world literature. At the heart of the program are courses organized by historical period, allowing students to read the great works that define the periods and explore the ways in which cultural contexts have an impact on the literary imagination. Students who select the emphasis on
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Austin Karr, Slovakia and the Inability to Confront the Past: Slovakia's Turbulent Relationship with the First Slovak Republic and the Holocaust Austin Karr Anna Marko, The Application of the
Tunisian young girl facing with her family the Holocaust and the Point of No Return and finding her growth in France, Israel Canada, and United States. Jacqueline Semha Gmach, A Tunisian-born, Sorbonne-trained American educator, Zoom presentation Convener: Paul V. Regelbrugge, Director of Education, Holocaust Center for Humanity 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. – Break 11:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. – Survivor Voices, AUC Regency Room Haim Saadoun, “History and Memory: The Story of One Family in Sfax, Tunisia during the
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by Damian Alessandro. The scope of human history is vast, encompassing everything that has happened in past societies. However, when most students think about history, they usually focus on the dates and events that have been highlighted in textbooks. These events tend to include social…
, and making public presentations of my work for peers and community members. I love the content, from European history to American history to Asian history. Right now, I am completing my capstone project on the contributing roles of travel, technology, and business in the travel industry in contemporary China since the Cultural Revolution. Damian Alessandro Something that is great about History is its flexibility as a major. The PLU program requires just 36 credits (or nine classes). This gives
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By David Robbins It all started so simply, yet signs were there. In the spring and summer of 1969, I was looking for my first college teaching job as I completed my graduate music degree at the University of Michigan. Like so many seeking their…
decades. The 1980s saw the emergence of study away as an important PLU facet. The Rieke Science Center was completed, faculty governance grew stronger and recruitment of new students became increasingly focused. Academic programs grew stronger and new programs were undertaken. At the end of the decade, the university celebrated its centennial, with a year long celebration that included the world premiere of my colleague Gregory Youtz’s opera on Northwest Native American history and simultaneous
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Nurses tell of worldwide travels during panel They’ve traveled to the far corners of the globe: Liberia, Iraq, Vietnam and Colombia. They’ve seen desperate poverty, bombed out buildings, and quite frankly, incompetent medical care. However, the four nurses, all PLU alumni who returned to talk…
at a street market than out of a catalogue, where prices were jacked up by 300 percent. Her staff were “voracious” learners, and quickly trained up. But she often found that doctors and nurses went right from the American equivalent of high school, straight into a specialty for the next six years. There was very little general medical or science training. There were also the cultural differences. Doctors were expected to take one look at a patient, and know instantly what was wrong. To simply say
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