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community.Pursuing the personal and political Sandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up
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Zabriskie (business). March 9: On Saturday, a talk by Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the world’s leading thinkers on health and human rights, will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Faculty-led discussion will be led by professors Matt Smith (biology) and Gina Hames (history). March 10: Finally on Sunday, Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist will talk about safety and the rights of women and children in Yemen. She will be live streamed at 1:30 p.m. in room 133 of
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producing concerts through LASR for laying the groundwork toward pursuing an individualized major. The route allowed him to design and propose his own program of study. “I realized that combining those elements and creating a specialized major would open my schedule up for doing things like internships and individualized study courses that would create a better educational outcome.” Similarly, Nicole Query ’22 enrolled at PLU with plans to double major in history and political science, and minor in
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201, called “Value Creation in the Global Environment,” is designed to introduce students to the many aspects of business – from financial accounting and operations to marketing. By design, it covers a broad swathe. But that doesn’t mean students spend all their time with their nose in a book. Hardly. “I thought the best way to conduct the class was to have the students apply what they are reading to a real idea for a business,” said Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence. “I have been
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Student-athlete finds a community more than 2,600 miles from home Posted by: vcraker / November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022 Rylie Wada ’25, a nursing major from Honolulu, Hawaii, shares her experience finding community on the mainland. The softball player says she’s fortunate to have found a home at PLU in the classroom and field. Why did you choose to attend PLU? I really wanted to play softball, and the Division III aspect of it would allow me to focus on school in my education, which is
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Diversity Center Alums podcast discusses PLU’s Trinidad and Tobago exchange program Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / November 29, 2018 Image: Angie Hambrick (foreground) sits down to record a podcast about PLU’s Trinidad and Tobago exchange program with Shelondra Harris ’17 (right), author Earl Lovelace and PLU English professor Barbara Temple-Thurston (left). November 29, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 29, 2018) — Study away is a big part of the Pacific
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‘A Christmas Invitation’ broadcast Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 2015 Image: PLU Christmas featuring Angela Meade with the Choir of the West, the University Chorale and the University Orchestra at PLU on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) December 8, 2015 Save the date to see our Christmas concert broadcastTo bring PLU’s 125th anniversary year to a spectacular close, PLU’s annual Christmas concert “A Christmas Invitation” will be broadcast into homes on Christmas and
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, Director of PLU Forensics, said. “It is quite fascinating to see the cultural shift that took place.” Zarefsky is a Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and is considered to be the world’s most renowned scholar on Lincoln. His research and teaching are in the areas of rhetorical history and criticism, argumentation, debate and forensics. Zarefsky has authored more than 100 articles in professional journals and two of his books have won the Winans-Wichelns Award for
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September 1, 2009 Class Acts The everyday triumphs, joys and challenges of eight dedicated educators – all Lutes – at a single bustling middle school. Who would want to teach hormone-laced, boundary-pushing, in-your-face, preteen and teenage students? The teachers at Cascade Middle School, that’s who. Their number includes eight PLU graduates who have shown an uncommon passion for teaching, for making a difference in the world and, in some cases, for becoming surrogate parents to students in a
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opportunity to work for a new business venture presented itself. Grah was one of six business majors who participated in the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in Long Beach, Calif. For the competition, student teams create a simulated company, develop a product concept and business model for that company, and then run that company – top to bottom – for a simulated 20 consecutive quarters. Grah was elected as CEO of the “business,” ResoLute, which competed against 29 other teams
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