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Identities Resources https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/studyabroad/identity-resources/

the Culture and Language of Spain Why Wouldn’t You Go Abroad? Exploring the World: A Comprehensive Wheelchair Accessible Travel Guide LGBTQIA+ StudentsLGBTQIA+ StudentsFrom Diversity Abroad: LGBTQ+ Students Abroad If you are an LGBTQIA+ student, it is important to understand that being out while you are abroad can affect your experiences. Some countries and cultures are open and accepting of LGBTQIA+ people, and same sex marriage is even legal in some countries. However, you may encounter stares

PLU Recognized as a Nationwide Top Producer of Fulbright Students for 2014-15 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/02/12/fulbrightstudents/

PLU’s total number of Fulbrights since 1975 to 100. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to “enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries.” PLU’s 2014-15 Fulbright students certainly are experiencing a variety of countries and cultures: • Walling is teaching English in Argentina and next plans to attend graduate school or law

Greetings From the Dean 2019 https://www.plu.edu/prism/prism-2019/greetings-from-the-dean-2019/

Each year, Prism reflects on some of the distinctive and exciting work in PLU’s Division of Humanities. Our division collects a diverse array of programs: Chinese, Classics, Creative Writing, English Literature, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Nordic Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Southern Lushootseed. All are united in educating students to engage —creatively, critically, and empathetically— with what it means to be human across the sweep of history, in diversity cultures and

Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2015/02/07/award-recognizes-plu-speech-and-debate-team-as-one-of-the-best-in-the-pacific-northwest/

Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest Posted by: Todd / February 7, 2015 February 7, 2015 Pacific Lutheran University’s Speech and Debate team returned from competition at Western Washington University with major honors: The team earned a coveted debate sweepstakes award for the 2014-15 season—its first such award since 2005—which honors PLU’s performance over the year at tournaments in the Pacific Northwest. PLU beat out rivals including

PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plus-lathiena-nervo-discusses-her-work-and-being-named-one-of-the-1000-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america/

PLU’s Lathiena Nervo discusses her work and being named one of the “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America” Posted by: nicolacs / February 2, 2021 Image: professor of biology Dr. Lathiena Nervo February 2, 2021 By Zach PowersMarketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University Assistant Professor of Biology Lathiena Nervo was recently named one of Cell Mentor’s “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America.” A developmental biologist in her second year at PLU, Nervo is equally passionate

Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto talks about how his mother’s determination and “pure luck” played out https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/03/12/survivor-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-talks-about-how-his-mothers-determination-and-pure-luck-played-out-in-his-survival/

March 12, 2012 George Elbaum reads from his book “Neither Yesterdays Nor Tomorrows” about his survival in Poland during WWII. On the screen behind him is a picture of Elbaum and his mother taken shortly after the war ended. (Photo by John Froschauer) Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto talks about how his mother’s determination and “pure luck” played out in his survival By Barbara Clements Three year old George Elbaum couldn’t quite understand what was happening. The child and his grandmother were in

Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/02/06/debateaward/

Award Recognizes PLU Speech and Debate Team as one of the Best in the Pacific Northwest Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 6, 2015 Image: Members of PLU’s Speech and Debate team pose with the sweepstakes award honoring the team’s 2014-15 season. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) February 6, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 6, 2015)— Pacific Lutheran University’s Speech and Debate team returned from competition at Western Washington University with major

Lutes at the Legislature: PLU students and alumni contribute at every level of the legislative proce https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/03/04/lutes-at-the-legislature/

Lutes at the Legislature: PLU students and alumni contribute at every level of the legislative process Posted by: Zach Powers / March 4, 2016 Image: PLU students and legislative interns Savannah Turner ’16 and Kacie Masten ’17 outside the Washington State Capitol in Olympia. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) March 4, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 3, 2016)— About 25 miles south of Pacific Lutheran University, lawmakers in Olympia are in the midst of the