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Study away programs don’t just take students to countries around the world. Some Lutes stay right in PLU’s backyard.
. Eventually, the program will evolve to include about 12 students, Zylstra says. Once it’s fully fleshed out, students will take a class exclusively offered to the TIES group and two classes of their choice at off-campus locations, in addition to an internship or community-based research opportunity. (This year, students are participating in a slightly modified schedule to start.) TACOMA, WASHINGTON This program focuses on community partnerships and advocacy, place-based writing, Puget Sound industry and
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Throw a dart at a world map, and it’s likely to hit a location where Pacific Lutheran University students or faculty members have conducted research.
in 2013-14 and used it to return to Oaxaca, Mexico, where she previously studied away for a semester. She examined the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the formation and continuation of artist collectives there. “My Wang Center research grant enabled me to expand the areas of interest I had in my Hispanic studies courses and semester in Oaxaca with my personal interests,” said Refaei, who earned a degree in environmental studies and now serves as PLU’s coordinator for
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 13, 2016)- Grace Zimmerman ’18 was already thrilled to pursue a study away experience in Namibia. But her excitement compounded after learning she received a competitive scholarship, one of more than 2,800 awarded by the federal government to students such as herself…
non-traditional subjects,” Taylor said. “If you’re going to London, you’re probably not going to be as competitive as if you’re going to Namibia to study nursing for the semester. That’s why Grace was a particularly strong candidate for the award.” The Gilman Foundation receives more than 10,000 applications per year for the award. The application process includes submitting official transcripts, verifying financial standing, and writing essays regarding a statement of purpose and a so-called
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Friends of 88.5 FM and Pacific Lutheran University reach agreement for the sale of KPLU Contributions of $7 million from 18,000 donors preserve KPLU as an independent, community-licensed public radio station Tacoma, WA — Pacific Lutheran University and Friends of 88.5 FM, a nonprofit community…
and deeply gratified by the outpouring of support from the community,” said KPLU General Manager Joey Cohn. “Our listeners saved something they felt a personal and emotional connection to, and told us KPLU felt like their friends or family. We want to grow that connection and ingrain ourselves even more into the community. We want to be a resource that tells illuminating stories and plays wonderful music, so KPLU can continue to be, as listeners have said, ‘a soundtrack to our daily lives’.” The
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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
students’ understanding of the central issues and theories regarding peacebuilding, conflict and war. “It will expose the PLU community to what peacebuilding looks like on a personal basis,” Rush said. Rush says PLU’s mission intersects with many core values in Norway, so the Peace Scholars program is a perfect fit for Lutes. “There is this sense of duty, responsibility, social engagement that I really see are reflected in students at PLU, serving here and beyond,” she said. Beiermann said those values
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More than a century after PLU was founded by Norwegian immigrants, the university maintains its connection to the founders’ homeland through study away programs.
pull from their personal experiences with immigration issues as they relate to the economy. PLU students offered examples such as the debate around immigrants’ participation in free and reduced lunch programs in the United States, as well as the prevalence of Hispanic workers in farming communities in Eastern Washington. “Lots of times, migrants are the only ones willing to do that work,” Barkman said. Talleraas immediately tied the example back to the negative impacts Brexit has had on the labor
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The PLU Master of Science in Marketing Analytics (MSMA) is a cutting edge, STEM-designated program offering an innovative analytics degree, specialized in marketing.
arranged allowing flexibility for students with full-time jobs, children, or other responsibilities. Students attend classes online at home or anywhere, but will also have personal, individualized interaction and support from faculty and staff, such as individual appointments and video calls, online messaging, and social media groups with fellow students. Students in the hybrid track will participate in the same synchronous and live online lectures as the fully online students in addition to taking up
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 16, 2016) – Just three short weeks after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University, Denae McGaha ’16 will embark on the journey of a lifetime. The communication major will travel for three consecutive months, visiting five continents and more than 10 different countries.…
personality and wide variety of extracurricular interests (all of which she showcased in her 60-second video application), made her an ideal fit for the Snap Gap contest. The winner is required to partner with StudentUniverse to share and document the journey as it happens. “I will be posting on my personal blog, as well as the StudentUniverse blog, and also taking over the StudentUniverse Snapchat account three times per week,” McGaha said. Throughout her summer travels, McGaha plans to focus on being in
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2016)- An anthropology and global studies double major from Kalispell, Montana, Ellie Lapp ’17 is passionate about a wide variety of social justice issues. She’s hopeful that her tenure as president of Associate Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) will be…
the year my personal goals are to continue some of the initiatives we started last year. We’re continuing our work around Title IX and continuing conversations around sexual assault and making sure the response process is as victim-centered and trauma-informed as possible. We have a series called “Let’s Talk About It” that we started last year that’s basically a forum to talk about difficult social issues. We’ll continue to do that this year and talk specifically about religious diversity. We also
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Troy Storfjell is a member of the Sámi community, the only indigenous group in Norway that’s been historically marginalized. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the U.S.
, “it’s still beneficial for non-indigenous students to have this exposure for personal and intellectual growth.” Perhaps most importantly, the program will make PLU a more welcoming place for current and prospective students of indigenous heritage. Storfjell notes that “there are plenty (of indigenous people) right here in Parkland, yet people aren’t even aware of it.” Many more will be, if Storfjell and his colleagues have anything to say about it.
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