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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.
annually to PLU students and faculty members, as well as an annual average of $110,000 in Global Scholar Awards (study away scholarships) to students. Support Study Away Programs “The Wang Center research grants are generally designed for students in the advanced global education continuum,” Williams said. “Students who’ve taken globally focused courses, who have studied abroad, and are well equipped to go abroad and thrive and succeed on their own.” Saiyare Refaei ’14 was awarded a Wang Center grant
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 10, 2016)- Bradford Andrews has spent a decade inviting his students to participate in archaeological research in the Mount Rainier area. This year, the work helped uncover details about prehistoric hunting groups. “This is the sort of opportunity that can only come…
PLU professor, local archaeologist team up with students to study prehistoric artifacts from Mount Rainier Posted by: Kari Plog / March 10, 2016 Image: Professor Bradford Andrews with Emma Holm ’17 (left) and Georgia Abrams ’17 (far right) look over artifacts collected at Mount Rainier in PLU’s anthropology lab on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 10, 2016 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 10, 2016)- Bradford Andrews has spent a
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in environmental studies and mathematics . While at PLU, he founded Birders of PLU , served as a Peace Scholar , and studied abroad in Oxford, England, and Oslo, Norway. We recently met with Paez to learn more… March 27, 2024 Environmental StudiesMathematics
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Why Study Religion? Religion provides orientation and direction for individuals and communities, societies and cultures.
, field work and service learning opportunities are available. You will be encouraged to study abroad or work side by side with a faculty member in important research. PLU’s extensive, balanced and creative religion curriculum is among the best in the Pacific Northwest. The wide range of faculty expertise is complemented by small classes. Our faculty will work with you to design a personalized major, double major or minor around your educational goals. Your faculty adviser will work closely with you
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In the following text, Dr. Carmiña Palerm, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the International Honors Program, considers how a Humanistic approach can inform the design and implementation of a study-away course. In this particular case study, Dr. Palerm describes a class titled “American Genesis: Indigenous Texts and their Resonance” that she offered as part of the Wang Center’s Gateway Semester Program in Oaxaca, Mexico in Fall of 2012.I had two goals in designing this
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Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad (link) view page
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Program Director Responsibilities
Gateway Program DirectorA Gateway Program Director has ongoing responsibility for monitoring the philosophical, cultural, and pedagogical design, as well as the academic integrity of a PLU-operated semester-long study away experience in one of the following locations: China, England, Mexico, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago, and Namibia. As the PLU Gateway faculty representative, the Program Director assists the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education in identifying and recommending
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Junior Rachel Diebel first remembers hearing about the AHA London program during a Study Away 101. Intrigued, she attended an information session about the AHA program and knew it was the perfect
A Semester in LondonJunior Rachel Diebel first remembers hearing about the AHA London program during a Study Away 101. Intrigued, she attended an information session about the AHA program and knew it was the perfect fit for her. As an English Literature major minoring in both Printing and Publishing Arts and Communications, the Humanities-focused academics of AHA London were exactly what she was looking for in a study away experience, “There were so many things that made it the perfect program
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Within a program that is firmly based in the liberal arts, the social work major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional social work practice as well as graduate study in social
students with the opportunity to integrate classroom learning with hands on work with clients who benefit from the help provided.Global EmphasisThe social work curriculum is infused with content on other cultures both in this country and abroad. Students have opportunities for study abroad as well as field learning in other countries. PLU’s Pacific Rim location and Tacoma’s diverse community afford students an opportunity to experience cultures different from their own on a daily basis.Faculty-Student
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations advisory agency that promotes international cooperation on migration. Traveling under a Wang Center Research… June 12, 2023 AcademicsChemistryMathematicsPLU
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