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TACOMA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)—Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. Along the way, through education, counseling, mentoring and even celebration, its staff, volunteers and community have…
the Feminist Student Union “The Women’s Center encouraged me to come into my identity as a feminist and taught me the importance of challenging sexist ideas that perpetuate a system of gender-based violence and hierarchy in our society.” Mycal Ford ’12 Former Women’s Center intern “The Women’s Center was truly my entrance into active student engagement, and what a way to enter! Through the Women’s Center I found a remarkable community of support, the courage to express my opinions, a safe space to
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Three PLU music ensembles will take their performances to venues near and far next month. Two vocal groups, Choir of the West and University Chorale, are traveling to Spokane to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) 2022 regional conference. University Wind Ensemble is…
Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Wind Ensemble Spring Conference Appearances Posted by: Reesa Nelson / February 15, 2022 Image: Spokane skyline, where Choir of the West and University Chorale will be performing February 15, 2022 Three PLU music ensembles will take their performances to venues near and far next month. Two vocal groups, Choir of the West and University Chorale, are traveling to Spokane to perform at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) 2022
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Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created…
has led me to a new project at PLU, too. I’m really fortunate to be working with a wonderful group of faculty and staff on developing an interdisciplinary program in Native American and Indigenous Studies here. My PLU colleagues in this project are Professors Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien (Religion), David Huelsbeck (Anthropology) and Carmiña Palerm (Hispanic Studies), as well as Angie Hambrick, Director of the Diversity Center. Working with partners and fellow educators in several Native American
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Poetry helps explain a complex world Rick Barot wasn’t looking for how to address worldly issues when he began writing poetry. “I think, like a lot of poets, I started in poetry having very self-serving reasons,” the PLU professor said. In college, it was therapeutic…
of it as having a larger role in how society can be better,” Barot said. “I’m trying to make them think about the world differently through poetry.” Recently, he was one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Artist Trust Fellowship Awards, which recognizes an artist’s creative excellence and accomplishments, professional achievement and continuing dedication to their artistic discipline. It comes with a $7,500 cash award. In 2009, more 380 applicants in a variety of disciplines applied for the fellowship
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In September of 2019, the SCC opened a new exhibit “Living History and Nordic Identity: Bringing the Past to Life in the Present” based on KD Williams’ capstone project for her BA in
include the Glamfolk (known to SCC members for their booth in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at the Norwegian Heritage Festivals), The Northwest Viking Alliance, Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Empire of Medieval Pursuits, and a couple international medievalist fighting groups including Historical Medieval Battles (HMB) and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA). Her exhibit explored the ways that re-enactors use a variety of arts, crafts, fighting styles, lived experiences, and extensive
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Speaker: Lid King, Ph.D. Respondent: Chuck Tanner Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: Wednesday, May 2 Place: Scandinavian Cultural Center Free and open to the public
The 2018 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture The Language of HateDeveloping a Counter-narrative to Internet Hate Speech Wednesday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center Speaker: Lid King, Ph.D. Clear language – lucid, rational language – to a man at war with both truth and reason, is an existential threat,… a direct assault on his obfuscations, contradictions and lies… (John Le Carré, 2017) Please join us in welcoming Lid King, Ph.D. as he describes how hate
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Speaker: Dr. Pilar Hernández-Wolf, Ph.D. Date: November 17th, 2017 Time: 10:00am-1:00pm Location: Chirs Knutsen East Room in the Anderson University Center (AUC) Offer 3 CE Credits Free for PLU
protective factor against vicarious trauma. Dr. Pilar Hernández-Wolfe is tenured associate professor and teaches in the Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy program at Lewis and Clark. She is a licensed family therapist and a licensed clinical professional counselor, a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, an approved clinical supervisor in the state of Oregon, and a consultant and trainer. Pilar has over twenty years of experience working
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Greg Youtz: Composing for the cannery – of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes By James Olson ’14 In 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of…
April 1, 2013 Greg Youtz: Composing for the cannery – of boxcars, rhinos, and grapes By James Olson ’14 In 1973, a 17-year-old Gregory Youtz departed from Sea-Tac International Airport and landed in France. Meritoriously skipping the third grade, the young composer had afforded himself the luxury of a year in limbo – graduating high school a year early and giving himself time to explore before college. In the dead space between high school and “higher learning,” potential itineraries sprawled
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2023 - Anxiety in an Age of Overwhelm: Gaining Understanding and Resilience 2022 - Resisting an Ancient Hatred: Antisemitism in Church and Society 2021 - Living with Mortality: Illness, Trauma, Joy
asking difficult questions, welcoming opposing viewpoints in civil conversation, nurturing a community of intellectual charity, and challenging students, alumni, and friends to promote a just, peaceful, and sustainable way of life for all, not just the privileged few.Past Conferences 2023 – Anxiety in an Age of Overwhelm: Gaining Understanding and Resilience 2022 – Resisting an Ancient Hatred: Antisemitism in Church and Society 2021 – Living with Mortality: Illness, Trauma, Joy and Hope 2020 – Dear
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The Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture celebrates the life of an extraordinary public servant and former Peace Corps volunteer killed on September 11th, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya.
creative pathways to peace in the region. Those selected to deliver the commemorative lecture embody the intelligence, adventurousness, vision, creativity, empathy, and kindness that characterized the Ambassador’s public service career. The event has taken place biennially since 2013. The inaugural lecture was delivered by Middle East reporter and expert, Robin Wright. The 2nd lecture was delivered by Egyptian-American documentary filmmaker, Jehane Noujaim. Both have drawn an audience from the Seattle
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