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  • Where the classes are hard. And the issues? Harder. By Steve Hansen Josh Stromberg and Catherine Cheng aren’t together in any of the same classes. They’re not studying the same major. They’re not even in the same year. (He graduates next year; she a year…

    that’s not where the field is heading. When educators advise universities about how to build the honors program of the future, they talk of building an internationally focused program. And PLU has been doing that for years. PLU has a distinct advantage in that regard.” That international focus is what attracted Josh to the program in the first place. “I thought it was a cool opportunity – this was a chance to get the most out of my college career,” said Josh, a Spanish and environmental studies major

  • PLU Makes Strong Showing at National Race & Pedagogy Conference By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications The 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27 features more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants—including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran…

    an institution to be better able to adjust to meet the needs of future students,” DeLaRosby said. The PLU presenters represent a significant part of a multilayered conference program that includes keynote speakers Angela Davis, a civil-rights activist, prison abolitionist and professor; indigenous and environmental rights advocate and former Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke; Harvard professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American

  • Global studies major Cora Beeson ’24 spent four months in Indonesia last spring for a study abroad semester. Little did she know the research she conducted there would lead to a presentation at the esteemed 2024 Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame’s…

    Scholarship Weekend — and being awarded the Harstad Founder’s Scholarship. “The people I’ve met at PLU have inspired me to do well in multiple areas, because it’s possible to do many things at once,” she notes — including a roommate who excels in environmental studies, chemistry, and piano. Over the past four years, Beeson’s interests have included orchestra, dance, photography and art. During her time at PLU, Beeson maintained several leadership positions, including social justice director of the

  • The School of Nursing's conceptual frameworks, undergraduate and graduate, are guided by the mission of PLU and the mission of the School of Nursing.

    for the nurse to grasp how the dynamic interaction of environmental factors affects health outcomes. Health The word “health” derives from the word “whole.” Health is reflective of the multidimensional nature of persons. The harmonious interconnectedness of the dimensions of person is necessary to achieve health and well-being. Health and well-being are defined by persons with those definitions being influenced by the constructs of the society and culture in which they live. All persons have the

  • PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.

    was easy. After mapping out the Peace Corps certificate requirements, Tamara Williams and Joel Zylstra — directors of the Wang Center for Global Education and the Center for Community Engagement and Service, respectively — found that some students were already completing the program just based off their majors. “It was global studies, environmental studies and Hispanic studies,” Zylstra said. “When there is overlap like that it’s kind of like ‘why not?’” Zylstra and Williams were approached by the

  • The Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice is pleased to present the 2024 Spring Capstones. May 16 - 4:45-7:00 pm Anderson University Center Please see the schedule below for presentation

    - Allie WatkinsFrom Adolescence to Adulthood: Unraveling the Complex Relationship Between Adolescent Porn Consumption5:10-5:20 pm - Lindsay MayPredictors of Well-Being Among Young Adults5:20-5:30 pm - Kirsten IversonFashion's Role in Shaping Young Womens' Self-Perception and Environmental Awareness5:30-5:40 pm - Questions and Answers5:50 pm - Move Rooms & Light Refreshments6:00 pm - Session 2Room 1 - Anderson University Center 203 Policing, Crime, and Homelessness Moderator: Dr. Gerardo Cuevas-Buendia

  • My decision to be a WMGS major was the culmination of my intro class and a personal belief that gender equality should be a priority. The program has been great!

    pursuing a career in non-profit development. My goal is to work as the West Coast director of major gifts for the Global Fund for Women. Selina Mach, Class of 2014I entered college unsure of the direction my education at PLU would take; my first year was spent dabbling in everything from economics to chemistry. I finally found my niche in a Women’s and Gender Studies course disguised as a first-year writing seminar. I found myself absorbed in the material, often relaying studies and statistics to

  • The Senufo are an ethnic group who live in Côte d’Ivoire, previously called the Ivory Coast. The Senufo consist of numerous diverse subgroups, and recognize three secret societies - the Poro,

    is most likely a hornbill since that is the type of bird that is usually put on top of the Kponyungo mask. Unfortunately the state of wear on the small figure with a long tail is so great that it is difficult to tell if this is a chameleon or a snake. In fact, there is extensive physical damage all over this mask in the form of cracks, holes that are possibly the result of insect damage, and areas that have either been worn down or worn away, perhaps due to wear or environmental weathering

  • Jeffrey Ebel, Senior Capstone Seminar Solutions of sulfate-stabilized gold nanoparticles (GNP's) were synthesized based on variations to the methods of Davis et al.

    Photograph3:15 pm - Effect of Microbial Metabolites Pyruvic and Lactic Acid on the Dissolution Rate of HydroxyapatiteDianna Manjarrez, Senior Capstone Seminar In order to quantify the effect of environmental factors such as pH and temperature on the dissolution of hydroxyapatite, the conditions affording the maximum release rate, or forward  rate, must first be established. The effect of the microbial metabolites L-lactic and pyruvic acid, in a buffer solution of TRIS [tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane], on

  • All presentations will take place in the Rieke science Center, room 109. 3:45-4pm, New Detrital Zircon Age Constraints for the Darrington Phyllite East of the Straight Creek-Fraser River Fault Iris

    environment. Landscape changes can be varied by the area and affect how the landscape responds. But what controls the landscape response taken after such eruptions? In my research, I have noticed that landscape response is based on the environment of the stratovolcano and how people reacted before, during, and after the eruption. The importance of this is due to volcanic eruptions being a cause for environmental changes and what we as people can do to be better prepared for them. 5-5:15pm,”North Cove