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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask…
university's curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory“Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask when you’re bopping your head to “Single Ladies,” or “Partition,” or any of the other hundreds of hit songs that have made Beyoncé a worldwide music icon. But it is just one of the questions students will tackle in the Women’s and Gender Studies course titled “Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory.” “The general premise of the course is to think about Beyoncé
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Innovation in the classroom: “I do, and I understand” If you search for the CV of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renzhi Cao, Ph.D. , you’ll find a list of published research papers longer than Foss Field. He says it’s a great feeling when a…
and Latino Studies Tamara Williams, Ph.D., has served as the executive director of the Wang Center for 10 years and was tasked with overseeing the merger process. “First and foremost”, she says, “It should be noted that this merger occurred during the pandemic and that, during this two-year period, not only has the landscape of community engaged learning changed, it also will continue to evolve. Moreover, the pandemic prompted a renewed commitment by PLU to the local community going forward
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Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…
methodologies. The contemporary agenda in foreign language teaching has been shaped significantly by historical phenomena such as World War II, shifting business practices and other economic factors, and the political need for intelligence and military data collection. In its broadest form, sexism is inseparable from these historical developments; in practice the issue also manifests itself in explicit and systematic ways. Tamara Williams, Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies and Director of the Wang
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Some books are shipped from Amazon, others are found cataloged in libraries, under beds with lost socks, digitized in e-readers, collecting dust on shelves or housed on nightstands. Other books are labored over, crafted with care, written, printed, drawn, sculpted and bound with artist hands.…
The Story Depends on the Teller: Book Arts in the Pacific Northwest opens March 9 Posted by: Mandi L
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Students in Professor Amy Young ’s Fall and Spring Strategic Communication classes created a crowdfunding campaign with Undue Medical Debt that raised nearly $19,000 which, in turn, settles nearly $1.9M in medical debt for our neighbors in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Students researched key audiences…
Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Wash
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To: All students and families From: Office of the President Date: Wednesday, April 29 at 3:30 p.m. Dear students and families, My oldest son, a first-year university student, recently quipped, “Remote learning was okay for a few weeks, but I just want to get back…
study away for Fall 2020 are now registering for on-campus courses and housing to ensure that their studies will continue uninterrupted, should our programs be cancelled due to the pandemic. Remote-health resources. Just prior to the emergence of COVID-19, PLU launched a new service called Lute Telehealth, which provides students with access to no-cost, on-demand physical and mental healthcare by phone or video chat, regardless of their location. Our on-the-ground Counseling and Health Centers also
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Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient. (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…
tiger’s tongue. Having a tongue any larger doesn’t get a thirsty cat any more water. Animals then have to find other ways to hydrate, like sucking or drinking through a trunk. Hubbard estimated he put in 400 hours over two summers on his own, and then another 250 hours over this last year to produce a report and capstone presentation. Their presentation was standing room only. Hubbard and Lee credit the project with helping them both continue their studies in graduate school. As for Granlund, at the
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Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus…
celebration of the Holy Communion at 12:30 p.m. in the Ness Chapel, with Samuel Torvend, who holds the University Chair in Lutheran Studies, presiding and preaching. At 1:45 p.m. in Xavier Hall room 201, Dr. Mark Brocker, Bonhoeffer scholar and Lecturer in Theological Ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (Berkeley), will speak on “Bonhoeffer’s Appeal for Ethical Humility.” Both events are free and open to the public. Tuesday, April 21: Earth Day: Dr. Carolyn Finney. The Assistant Professor of
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Barr reflects on her PLU education, work overseas Career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76 spoke to the Class of 2008 and their families during Spring Commencement on May 25 at the Tacoma Dome. The following is the text of her speech: Chair Gomulkiewicz, President Anderson, Provost…
national security interests of the United States. The region includes China, which is rapidly assuming prominence on the global stage. Rare are the days that go by without at least one news story on China. Given PLU’s Chinese language studies, its China summer Service Learning program, as well as other international programs sponsored by the Wang center, I thought I would devote a few minutes to this most fascinating country. For the past 20 years, China’s GDP has grown by an average of 9.0% per year
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By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over the world, Pacific Lutheran University alumni are serving in a wide variety of roles in hospitals, clinics, research centers and public-health agencies, sharing a steadfast commitment of delivering world-class medical care, treatment and…
substance-abuse diagnosis. My time is split between helping clients work on their symptoms and connecting them to resources to help aid in their recovery. How did studying Psychology at PLU help prepare you for your graduate studies and your current career? Studying Psychology helped form my clinical background prior to going to social-work school, which was helpful because social work largely focused on systems and policies, rather than the individual. I have to say that my ethics came largely from my
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