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  • Teaching by Practicing By the time the class of about 20 students in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at PLU graduate, they will have provided 10,000 hours of community service.“Everyone that we see here is from this community,” said Renee Johnson, a second-year MFT…

    March 19, 2009 Teaching by Practicing By the time the class of about 20 students in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at PLU graduate, they will have provided 10,000 hours of community service.“Everyone that we see here is from this community,” said Renee Johnson, a second-year MFT student. By community, she means the greater Parkland, Tacoma and East Pierce County area. It’s a welcomed and much-needed service provided by PLU and its master’s level students. And it also provides real life

  • Associate Professor in Art History | 2015 Lutheran Studies Conference | Mathews will present The Past is Present: Holocaust Remembrance in Contemporary German Art. In Germany, art plays a major role in the public narrative of the Holocaust.

    individual and symbolic levels, addressing private losses as well as the enormous scope of National Socialist violence as a whole. As they give testimony to the past, might these artworks also offer opportunities for healing in the present? Dr. Mathews received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, writing on the role of the artist in public discourse in East and West Germany in the 1950s. In addition to writing and teaching on topics such as identity and memory in modern and

  • Core Courses GSRS 201 – Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (required of majors & minors, offered every semester) GSRS 301 – Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Race (required

    – French Feminisms PSYC 375 – Psychology of Women RELI 330 – when taught as “Sex and the Bible” RELI 368 – Feminist and Womanist Theologies RELI 390 – when taught as “Women in the Ancient World” SOCI 210 – Gender and Society Critical Race Studies Electives (CRSE) ANTH 104 – Introduction to Language in Society ENGL 216 – when taught as “Literature of the Raj” ENGL 217 – when taught as “Asian-American Literature” IHON 112 – Liberty, Power, and Imagination NORD 441 – Colonization, Slavery, Genocide & the

  • Professor Emeritus | Earth Science | benhamsr@plu.edu | Dr.

    loved to take students on expeditions to recover whale skeletons or fossils from ancient cold seep communities. All our alumni remember him for his enthusiasm, encouragement, inspiration and for challenging them to be the best they could be. Steve has given generously of his time to the university and community, serving as chair of the department, managing the Rieke Science Center shop, and working with the Facilities staff on many projects, particularly in campus emergency preparedness. He is noted

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  • After millenniums of sex and centuries of poetry, the love poem as understood by Shakespeare and Donne, and by Oxford undergraduates – the true-life confessions of the poet in love, immortalizing

    allows for a breadth and flexibility not often found at other universities.  Our small program offers two majors in Classical Languages and Classical Studies. In addition to the foundational courses in Latin, Greek, Greek and Roman civilization and Mythology, we offer Introduction to Egyptology, A History of Medicine, and Women and Gender in the Ancient World, Masterpieces of European Literature, and study-away courses in Greece and Italy.  Because of the breadth of Classics, we also accept courses

  • Impacted employees, students, and guests may be notified in one or more ways when an emergency incident is unfolding. The purpose of notifying the PLU community is to facilitate safe action/

    Emergency Notification & InformationImpacted employees, students, and guests may be notified in one or more ways when an emergency incident is unfolding. The purpose of notifying the PLU community is to facilitate safe action/choices by individuals given the situation and the individual’s environmental circumstances.PLU Alert!PLU Alert! is the emergency alert system for Pacific Lutheran University. In the event of an emergency incident on or near campus, all PLU community members will receive

  • We are delighted to have you with us, and we will do everything to keep you safe, healthy, and happy throughout your PLU education.

    students who need ongoing care from a specialist, we urge you to begin establishing a relationship with a specialist near the PLU campus now.  Examples may include students who need allergy injections (these are not offered by PLU Health Services,) regular visits to an endocrinologist for conditions like diabetes, and students who require ongoing care from a psychiatrist or other mental health professional. Although PLU Health Services and PLU Counseling Services provide a wide array of services, we do

  • A National Honor for ‘Digging into Cancer’ ‘Fast Company’ magazine names Hunt one of its 100 Most Creative People of 2014 . A Survivor in the Global Spotlight Katie Hunt ’11 fought cancer at PLU, leads the emerging field of paleo-oncology and wowed the crowd…

    Conference in Vancouver, B.C., on March 17. (Photo: TED) Outstanding in Her Very Own Field In remission and back at PLU, Hunt did her Classical Studies Capstone on ancient perceptions of cancer in literary texts. “Nobody’s ever written about it, but it’s definitely there,” she said. “Hippocrates talks about cancer; a lot of ancient Greek, Romans and Egyptians talk about cancer. It’s flabbergasting no one had looked into it further.” After graduation, Hunt moved on to graduate school at Durham University

  • Pacific Lutheran University is located seven miles south of downtown Tacoma Washington, at the intersection of Garfield Street S. & Park Avenue S.

    Directions to PLUPacific Lutheran University is located seven miles south of downtown Tacoma Washington, at the intersection of Garfield Street S. & Park Avenue S. This year’s Rachel Carson Lecture will be held in the CK Auditorium in the Anderson University Center. Address: 12180 Park Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98447 From Interstate 5 (North or South) Take exit 127 off Interstate 5 and head east on Highway 512 Continue on 512 for approximately two miles Take the WA-7/Pacific Ave exit. Turn right on

  • Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation faculty and staff.

    Jennifer Hubbert Assistant Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies Full Profile