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TACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2016)- Erik Hammerstrom, assistant professor of East Asian and comparative religions, teaches Pacific Lutheran University students the fundamentals of Buddhism from the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar…
shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to the streets of Chengdu, China. Now, the course has arrived in a more familiar locale.Utilizing Tacoma’s diverse and complicated history, Hammerstrom and 23 students have the opportunity to learn firsthand about Tacoma’s Buddhism. The upper-division global religion course is split between on-campus lecture and discussion and off-campus site visits. Most recently, students visited the Tacoma Buddhist Temple and a Korean zen temple, both within a 20-minute drive of campus
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PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students
annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students studying Holocaust questions, and much more. Collectively, these programs and opportunities reflect PLU’s prominence as the home of internationally recognized Holocaust scholarship. Explore our opportunities for learning about the hatred and destruction that infect human history and haunt our world today, and for engaging deeply with scholars and activists whose work promotes understanding, healing, and
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The Pacific Lutheran University Staff Council (PLUSC) is an elected group representing the staff of Pacific Lutheran University.
. Providing a forum for sharing ideas and addressing concerns. Reporting on key issues and making recommendations to Human Resources and the President’s Council. Sitting on important campus committees, including budget planning, long range planning, benefits, and more. Helping organize annual events to support the PLU and local communities. PLUSC strives to be a proactive voice on issues of concern to staff. We hope that you will participate by contacting PLUSC or talking with your representative if you
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Former three-term State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., succeeds, Frank Kline, Ph.D. TACOMA, WASH. (July 7, 2016) – Terry Bergeson, Ph.D., has joined Pacific Lutheran University as interim dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology . Bergeson has extensive experience in state education,…
Lutheran University as interim dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology. Bergeson has extensive experience in state education, having served as Washington state superintendent of public instruction from 1997 to 2009, and as executive director of the Washington Commission on Student Learning from 1993 to 1996. Bergeson was most recently an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington Tacoma, where she taught a course in Human Resources in Educational Institutions to students pursuing
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The purpose of the Student Organizations Handbook is to serve as a resource for clubs and organizations that are primarily or entirely run by student leaders.
University Mission StatementPacific Lutheran University seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care – for other people, their communities and for the earth.Student EngagementMission, Vision, and ValuesSE Mission: Empower LUTES to discover, develop, and apply new strategies to cultivate brave* journeys as leaders in the creation of an equitable global community. *Brave Spaces defined –>> Vision: Engage students, staff, and faculty in experiences that
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PLU’s General Education Program prepares graduates to ask significant questions, engage relevant knowledge, and wrestle with complex issues.
of academic disciplines has developed through a set of lenses through which we view the world. Through exposure to current procedures, methods, and accumulated knowledge of those disciplines, PLU welcomes students into on-going conversations about nature and the human condition. While immersed in these rigorous conversations, students are challenged to think critically, discern and formulate values, express themselves effectively and creatively, interact with others respectfully, and understand
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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…
town to PLU really broadened my understanding of myself and my understanding of other people. It’s teaching me how to be a better nurse and a better person in general because of that growth. Global education and travel does that on a larger scale."- Grace Zimmerman '18 “I know that dreaming big was definitely a struggle in high school,” she said. “I’m lucky to have made it to PLU, and I think my dreams have gotten a lot bigger and wider.” At PLU, about 50 percent of students study away at some
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PLU maintains an open door with a world superpower, empowering students to learn about politics and culture off the beaten path in a distinct region of the country.
, executive director of the Wang Center for Global Education, says the China program gives students the opportunity to learn about a global superpower from the inside. The experience epitomizes all of PLU’s study away programs that carry the Gateway label. Gateways are defined by a “commitment to long-term partnerships,” Williams said, an open door that meets the educational needs of both places. “The door swings both ways,” she said. Wang Wenhao has found himself on both sides of that door throughout his
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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.
Nordic Studies program — to work at PLU in the first place. Storfjell was working as an instructor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder when he interviewed at PLU in 2005. During a conversation with Janet Rasmussen, then the director of the Wang Center for Global Education, Storfjell broached the possibility of piloting an NAIS program and minor at the university. “She was really receptive to it,” Storfjell said. “That’s one of the reasons I decided to accept the job offer to
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