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intellectual skills and resources apt to generate success in legal study and practice. Recent successful PLU applicants to law schools have taken such diverse courses as those in the anthropology of contemporary America, social science research methods, American popular culture, English Renaissance literature, news writing and argumentation, recent political thought, international relations, free-lance writing, animal behavior, neuropsychology, public finance, logic, and moral philosophy. Diversity and

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Republic in 1949, the United States government had continuously treated the PRC as an ideological enemy and a satellite state or ally of the Soviet Union. After the two nations clashed in the Korean War in the early 1950s and especially after Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin and adopted a more moderate and conciliatory policy of co-existence vis-à-vis the US, American leaders from Truman to Johnson regarded the PRC as a more dangerous and willful adversary than the USSR. However, soaring casualties

Math CareersMany students think the only possible careers for mathematics majors are in educational fields, but this misconception has been readily disproved by past graduates from PLU. While many of our graduates are accomplished mathematics teachers and district leaders, others have found successful careers as financial analysts or engineers, data scientists, actuaries, consultants, lawyers, software engineers, statisticians, government contractors, scientific researchers and in a variety of

North Thurston Public Schools Bio:  Jerad Koepp, Wukchumni, serves on PLU’s Indigenous Community Advisory Network, is the Native Student Program Specialist for North Thurston Public Schools, the 2022 Washington State teacher of the year, and the first Native American educator to earn the distinction in the state. He is a leader in Native education, policy, and government to government relationships. As an educator, trainer, presenter, consultant, and advocate, Jerad also created and supports his

Oslo. She has taught at several universities in the U.S., including Boston College, Boston University, and University of Massachusetts. She did post-doctoral work at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, financed by the Canadian government, and has received other study grants from the Norway-America Association, Sons of Norway, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation. In Norway, she worked as an assistant professor at Lillehammer University College prior to her current position at

and the Spanish Government, and is a professor examiner for the Diploma en Lenguas Extranjeras (DELE). Jorge Hernández | received a Ph.D in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut and has a distinguished record of publication in anthropology of the Oaxaca region. Most recently, he received a coveted Guggenheim fellowship to pursue research focusing on the issue of inclusion and exclusion in the adoption of the 1994 ‘Ley de Derechos y Costumbres’ in the State of Oaxaca. Herman Luis Martínez

Political Science 354 – State and Local Government Class Field Trip to State Capitol on Friday, February 19, 2010.  The class visited the Capitol to learn about State and Local Government. State Capitol Students at Capitol

¡Bienvenidos! | Welcome! Study Tour to Pueblos Mancomunados del Norte. September 15-17 2017. Development | Culture | Social Change Designed for advanced Spanish language students with an interest in Latin American Studies, this unique semester program explores the intersection of development, culture, and social change through the lens of the dynamic and evolving context of contemporary Mexico. Located in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca – declared “Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony” by the

and government and associate professor of political science, identifies as Latina. She’s a native Spanish speaker who didn’t learn English before beginning school. She was raised in an immigrant household in the Southwest and experienced many of the obstacles fellow Latinos face every day in the U.S. Like many who come from a similar background, Chávez was the first in her family to graduate from college, despite the barriers she faced. She came from a home and a school system that didn’t