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  • Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officer TACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1, 2016. Brown comes to…

    , she led the implementation of a three-year university retention strategic plan. “We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look forward to applying her vision and experience to advancing the distinctive mission of PLU,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. Brown earned a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Connecticut in 1976; an M.A. in African American Studies and Music from Yale University in 1980; and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale in 1987. She was also an American

  • . Was there a particularly memorable project or professor from the past four years? I’ve taken many upper-level Hispanic Studies classes with Dr. Giovanna Urdangarain. Dr. Urdangarain is from Uruguay and started a project with Dr. Rona Kaufman interviewing the residents of a Jewish nursing home in Montevideo, their caregivers and loved ones. We’re creating a digital archive of narratives collected from Uruguayan Jews who experienced the Holocaust, migration and the diaspora. So for the past 12

  • Training opportunities in worker health and safety The Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety - University of Washington Posted by: alemanem / October 13, 2023 October 13, 2023 The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NWCOHS) at the University of Washington prepares graduate students for careers in worker health and safety through training programs, significant financial support, and community-engaged research opportunities. The NWCOHS offers funded graduate training

  • Norwegian and Scandinavian Area Studies Program to Continue Through Endowment Audun Toven, associate professor of Norwegian, advanced Norwegian-American relations throughout the Northwest, encouraged countless PLU students to study away in Norway, played a leading role in hosting Norwegian guests at PLU and was presented with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by Norway’s ambassador, His Excellency Knut Vollebaek. Toven always dreamed of having an endowed faculty position in Scandinavian and

  • The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ Disposition of the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs OrganThrough the vision of organist emeritus David Dahl, and the financial help of many, and in particular the Fuchs foundation, a magnificent organ with three manuals and pedal was installed in Lagerquist concert hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Built by Paul Fritts and Co, it was finished in 1998. The case is Douglas Fir, a wood that grows here in the Pacific Northwest. It came from salvage logs, trees

  • The Couple and Family Therapy CenterHours of Availability for Therapy: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Counseling sessions are currently being conducted in-person or through teletherapy. Learn more about our safety measures below.Call us for more information or to start the intake process. Phone: 253-535-8782 At the CFTC, we offer affordable, high-quality therapy to individuals, couples, and families. Care at our center is based on a systemic approach that

  • to educate our students to be broadly educated and capable of understanding facts, exercising values, and reflecting critically. We view our students’ work in the major as an integral part of their broader vocational journey, as they prepare for lives of “thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care…for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.” Our curriculum exposes majors to varied theoretical approaches, and both basic and applied research literatures. Our courses encourage

  • language during her seven years as the service coordinator for the Puyallup tribal language program. In 2012, Professor Bob began working with Dr. Troy Storfjell, Professor of Nordic Studies, and other members of the Native American and Indigenous Studies [NAIS] working group to design PLU’s NAIS Interdisciplinary Minor. Professor Storfjell, a dual citizen of Norway and the US and raised largely in Norway, is Sami. The Sami are an Indigenous people whose homeland is now part of the northern portion of

  • to be hosted on a limited and infrequent basis.  The University encourages roommates to discuss issues of privacy and personal space. It is recommended that roommates discuss courtesy guidelines for the use of their room proactively and early in the semester. If any assistance is needed, contact a residence hall staff member.   Guests must not stay longer than four consecutive nights, any four nights out of seven, or any eight nights out of thirty. Visits exceeding 8 hours in a day, regardless of

  • 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…

    nonprofit community organization formed to preserve local National Public Radio affiliate KPLU, announced today that they have reached an agreement that will allow Friends of 88.5 to assume ownership of the station pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On Nov. 12, 2015, PLU and the University of Washington announced PLU’s intent to sell its broadcasting rights and facilities associated with KPLU to KUOW. Following listener outcry, the two universities agreed, in early January