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Every year since 2011, PLU has sent two Lutes to Norway as part of its summer Peace Scholars program. The Lutes learn about peacebuilding and dialogue, bringing what they learn home to apply it on
Scholars to deepen their understanding and application of peacebuilding. The scholars travel to Norway, known as a hub for humanitarian and peace organizations. During their time abroad, they participate in an intensive, weeklong workshop at the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue in Lillehammer. Then, they attend the Oslo International Summer School for a six-week peace studies course. They also visit a number of Norwegian peace organizations, including the Nobel Peace Prize Institute. They engage
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scholarship. “He had been impressed by and enamored with Native American culture,” Farnum said of Price. “And he wanted to try to help support a Native American student who might have had some funding gaps.” Katie Dean ’21 hopes to start an indigenous peoples club at PLU and is looking forward to a potential indigenous studies minor. And for Dean, this annual $1,500 award was the difference between coming back to PLU for her second year and leaving the university. “It’s amazing that I got this scholarship
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The curriculum prepares students to pursue careers in research and the health sciences or to apply their biology interests to careers as diverse as science education and public health.
evolutionary biology of North American catfishes and song divergence in North American Red Crossbills. Hands-on laboratory experience is central to any biology curriculum, and we invite students to use departmental facilities for independent study and work with faculty members in ongoing research.Quick Links Darwin Day My Academic Pathway Catalog Biology Facebook NatSci Fellows Program Undergraduate Research Opportunities Lecture Slides - November 2023Culturally Sustaining STEMPLU’s Culturally Sustaining
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(from two different departments) from the following: ENGL 234: Environmental Literature (4) ENGL 394: Studies in Literature and the Environment (4) PHIL 226: Environmental Ethics (4) PHIL 327: Environmental Philosophy (4) RELI 236: Native American Religious Traditions (4) RELI 257: Christian Theology (4) (when topic is “Green Theology” only) Environmental Justice 4 semester hours These courses examine intersections between environmental degradation and structural discrimination and how Indigenous
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: Studies in Literature and the Environment (4) PHIL 226: Environmental Ethics (4) PHIL 327: Environmental Philosophy (4) RELI 236: Native American Religious Traditions (4) RELI 257: Christian Theology, when topic is “Green Theology” only (4) 3. Environmental Justice – 4 semester hours These courses examine intersections between environmental degradation and structural discrimination and how Indigenous and/or minoritized communities live in and experience these intersections. The courses critically
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Knutson Lecture
and there is a special morning event with Dr. Bussie for congregations on Oct. 4 as well. This will be an online Zoom event to make it possible for congregations and community members to tune in and contribute from multiple locations: together and individually. We invite you to read and discuss Bussie’s book along with many PLU students in preparation for the conference events. This lecture will follow the 13th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference. Contact: Dr. Marit Trelstad, University Chair of
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…
up, and then seeing the torn-down, unkempt tombstones where they buried African-American people, that was meaningful and impactful to see. I am reminded of how much we still have to do.” Dobies said the Lutes visited Savannah, Georgia and the South Carolina cities of Charleston and Saint Helena Island, where students visited the Penn Center that was one of the first abolitionist schools for freed slaves. Other stops included museums, historical civil-rights era buildings and the two cemeteries
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New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals Posted by: hassonja / February 8, 2018 February 8, 2018 The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus this summer and we encourage faculty and
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New In Print: American Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the PresentAmerican Philosophy: From Wounded Knee to the Present, by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt (Bloomsbury, 2015). This book, written as an introduction to American philosophy, also serves to challenge many perceived notions of what counts as philosophy and who counts as a philosopher. The book explores philosophical voices that responded to moments of conflict in U.S. history. It begins by examining two such moments: the massacre
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Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…
students participate in Code.org’s computer science learning programs. At 7:30 p.m., Alice Steinglass will deliver the 14th annual Benson Lecture in PLU’s Anderson University Center (Scandinavian Cultural Center). Her lecture will explore historic inequities in the high-tech workforce and her organization’s social innovation strategy to promote computer science. Both events will make connections to PLU’s new Innovation Studies program, which launches this year with exciting new courses and an
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