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Two years ago, the Wang Symposium explored the phenomenon of political and societal polarization, and its effect on our world. This year, the 10th Biennial Wang Symposium comes full circle, with a focus on “Healing: Pathways for Restoration and Renewal.” “Even as I was planning…
and the globe, along with PLU faculty. Sessions include: From Derry, Northern Ireland, Eamonn Baker and Maureen Hetherington have worked for decades on peace-building in the context of the sectarian violence known as “the Troubles.” Their keynote talk will describe how their work uses the healing processes of dialogue and deep listening. Robert McKee Irwin, professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Deputy Director of the Global Migration Center at the University of California
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The weekly schedule of classes is too important to all members of the University (faculty, students, student life, and others) to not have agreed upon best practices.
Scheduling Best PracticesThe weekly schedule of classes is too important to all members of the University (faculty, students, student life, and others) to not have agreed upon best practices. The scheduling process requires input from, and interaction among, all corners of the university and involves consideration of academic program needs, faculty availability and preferences, facility limits, finance and budget planning, and processes of the Registrar’s office. Because faculty best
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Diversity, Justice, Sustainability. These three values are central to the mission of Pacific Lutheran University.
Strategic Plan. Our Lutheran tradition calls on us to see diversity, social justice and sustainability not as three separate concerns but as one crucial cause demanding our best attention and action. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has called on all people to “defend human dignity, to stand with poor and powerless people, to advocate justice, to work for peace, and to care for the earth in the processes and structures of contemporary society” (The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective
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Making Marty is no easy task. Martin Luther sculpture at PLU, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Spencer Ebbinga, associate professor of art and design, has been busy working on a special project: 17-inch statues of Martin Luther. These colorful gems are hidden around…
be cast. A significant hurdle in teaching these processes is the cost and amount of waste generated when a mold doesn’t perform as intended. It means that the original attempt needs to be successful for the most part, and doesn’t allow for a lot of tests and trials like you might find in a ceramics course. 3D digital modeling and printing are quickly replacing a lot of casting in art and industry as a method of replication, but the lessons are still relevant and provide a wide range of knowledge
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PLU Earns Prestigious Mortar Board Chapter By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU is populated with outstanding student leaders and meaningful, campuswide ways to recognize them—from Emerging Leaders to the Ubuntu Award and Pinnacle Society—but until now, there was no opportunity for national recognition. That’s where Mortar…
Involvement & Leadership will oversee the processes for selection, installation and initiation of PLU’s initial cohort—and all subsequent ones—and the chapter will be advised on a rotating basis by Lizz Zitron, Ian Jamieson, Eva Johnson and Baillon. Membership is quite a distinction for students—and for PLU: As a member of The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), the nation’s only certifying agency for college and university honor societies, Mortar Board is a widely recognized symbol of
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Note: Acting out of concern for the safety of guests, the celebration of life service for Dick has been rescheduled due to a significant winter storm that is predicted to affect the South Sound. In consultation with the family, the new date is confirmed for…
and Dean of Graduate and Summer Studies in 1975. He was recognized with an Excellence in the Arts award from the university in 1988 for becoming “a champion for the education, support and advocacy of all the art disciplines; the creative processes that reflect most honestly the human spirit.” During his time at PLU, Dick helped make the university’s School of Arts one of the best in the region, working with the chairs of art, music and theater departments, hiring excellent faculty and bringing
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are in their first year at PLU and looking to connect with others!
in their wing, hall, and at PLU build skills to navigate mature interpersonal relationships through use of tools and processes such as the roommate and community standards agreements explore wellness and care for themselves, their communities, and the world through the lens of diversity, justice, and sustainability Linked Residence Hall(s)Harstad, Hinderlie, Ordal, Pflueger, Tingelstad Upper Campus Harstad Hall is the most historic building on campus, once housing the entire university. Today
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Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240
“Museums of Memory and Memory on Screen”, 2016 Wang Center Faculty Research Grant, Pacific Lutheran University, 2014 Spirit of Diversity Award awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, 2014 Inspirational Women Recognition awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Women’s Center based on student’s nomination, 2013 Innovative Teaching Grant [shared] awarded by the Provost’s Office, Pacific Lutheran University, for the project entitled “Reflections on Social Reconciliation Processes: Hispanic
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Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Global & Cultural Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240
“Museums of Memory and Memory on Screen”, 2016 Wang Center Faculty Research Grant, Pacific Lutheran University, 2014 Spirit of Diversity Award awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, 2014 Inspirational Women Recognition awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Women’s Center based on student’s nomination, 2013 Innovative Teaching Grant [shared] awarded by the Provost’s Office, Pacific Lutheran University, for the project entitled “Reflections on Social Reconciliation Processes: Hispanic
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Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240
, Pacific Lutheran University, 2014 Spirit of Diversity Award awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, 2014 Inspirational Women Recognition awarded by Pacific Lutheran University Women’s Center based on student’s nomination, 2013 Innovative Teaching Grant [shared] awarded by the Provost’s Office, Pacific Lutheran University, for the project entitled “Reflections on Social Reconciliation Processes: Hispanic Countries vis á vis Post-Apartheid South Africa,” Spring Semester, 2011 Karen
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