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course on non-Western history taught by a local Namibia historian Learn More & Apply Trinidad & Tobago: Heritage, Cultural Fusion and Sustainability in the Southern Caribbean Gain an in-depth understanding of Trinbagonian culture through a required set of three required courses taught by local professors, local experts and US professors Examine key issues such as post-colonialism, globalization, diversity, equity, social justice, gender and environmental sustainability in a rich, ethnically diverse

place around the globe. This idea of migration as a global and international phenomenon was something I was conscious of based on the experiences I had working at Tacoma Community House with Immigration Services, taking HISP 423 Special Topics in Spanish Literature, going to volunteer workshops for organizations such as AID NW, and more. But it was not something I felt or had a deeper connection to. Program students at IMUMI during the joint presentation of IMUMI and Clínica de Acción Legal. Photo

, presented at the prestigious 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference in Tacoma Sept. 25-27, among more than 2,000 local, regional, national and international participants (including a large contingent from Pacific Lutheran University). Chaired by Jenny M. James, PLU Assistant Professor of English, and including Michael Benveniste, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound, the panel in which Davidson participated reconsidered the legacy of civil rights in the university literature

and Rizelle Rosales ’18 narrated. “It was incredibly important to work with my peers. The more students involved, the more each of us were learning. More importantly, we were helping make more people aware and involved with ending the tragedy of human trafficking,” Anderson said. The two students and their faculty adviser, Joanne Lisosky, were funded by PLU’s new Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Fund to purchase equipment and travel to the Philippines in January. Every PLU student pays $10 a

include scholars and thinkers from a variety of backgrounds. ● Creating course units that directly respond to contemporary social movements, including Black Lives Matter, and help students better understand and critique manifestations of racism, xenophobia, sexism, etc. ● Working to ensure that our classes meet our students’ diverse learning needs. ● Committing to hold PLU as an institution accountable for its commitments to diversity and justice and working effectively towards that end. ● Striving to

, The Gathering Table: Deepening Reflection on Religious and Spiritual Diversity) – a conversation as part of Gender & Sexuality Week. Thursday, October 24, 12noon – 1:15pm.  RSVP to cmin@plu.edu.  Free lunch provided. Campus Ministry Hike – In collaboration with Outdoor Rec, take an afternoon hike on Sunday October 27, 1-7pm. Contact cmin@plu.edu to sign up. All Saints’ Day Worship – during Wednesday chapel, October 30th, 10:30-11:00am.  A time of honoring and remembering the saints in our lives

Students Who Are ParentsPLU is committed to supporting it’s students and assisting them attain their educational goals.  Below is a list of resources for PLU students who are parents and/or are expecting.  Students with specific questions are invited to contact Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability, Commuter & Transfer Student Connections, and/or the Health Center.Child CareLactation RoomHealth CenterPLU's Advocacy ServicesAccommodationsChild Care Day Care PLU cannot recommend

to engage the diversity of our cultures, languages, and beliefs. In our national politics, in the landscape of higher education, and even here at PLU, we face uncertainties and transitions. Such times always come with a temptation to seek easy answers, but the Humanities insists that we pursue something more complicated and more worthwhile. The Humanities helps us to understand ourselves and our own context and then reach beyond both to wrestle with the wide variety of what it means to be human

Course Title ANTH 102 Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity - ES, GE ANTH 103 Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory - ES, GE ANTH 203 Great Discoveries in Archaeology - ES, GE ANTH 335 The Aztecs, Mayans, and Their Predecessors - ES, GE ANTH 343 East Asian Cultures - ES, GE ANTH 368 Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE ANTH 370 The Archaeology of Ancient Empires - ES, GE DANC 301 Dance and Culture - ES, GE ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics - ES ECON 102 Principles

: Conference ScheduleNatalie MayerModerator: Natalie Mayer Conference ScheduleKirsten ChristensenModerator: Kirsten M. Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Bio: Kirsten M. Christensen earned her Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, with an emphasis on medieval and early modern literature and culture, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. Her research has focused on writings by medieval women mystics. In particular, she explores the often fraught relationships between women mystics and their male