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“It was an incredible experience that left my brain, heart, and hands full,” said Christiana Slater ‘20 of her study away trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. “My favorite expedition was to Mexico City, because I’d dreamed about visiting since I saw textbook pictures when I began…
Scholars ProgramIt was established in 2011 as an annual program designed to deepen students’ understanding of the issues and theories regarding peacebuilding, conflict and war.Peace Corps PrepIt is an undergraduate certificate program that helps students prepare for service in the Peace Corps, a US-government organization that sends US citizens abroad to volunteer. “Studying away reiterated to me how vast yet connected our world is today,” Slater said. “My time abroad challenged me to understand and
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TACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2020) — Jared Wright ‘14, political science and global studies double major, arrived at PLU eager to engage in community work and excited to study social justice. He didn’t have specific plans and didn’t know what it would all look like,…
, and now serves as a coordinator of Lutheran Community Services Northwest’s refugee resettlement program. “Looking back at my four years at PLU, it all makes sense,” Wright says. “I’m really grateful for my PLU experience because I feel like it truly did prepare me for the work I do now that is rooted in social justice and community.” Wright will be returning to PLU this week for the 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium. He and four other alumni will discuss “Conflict, Peacebuilding, and the Ethics
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The Wang Center Research Grant Program is designed to support students, faculty, and faculty-student teams that seek to conduct original research in an international setting.
Construction Student-Faculty Projects Joanne Lisosky, Paul Dodson, Julianne Rose and Katie Baumann, Media Lab: Fear and Islamophobia 2011-2012Student Projects Mycal Ford, Chinese Citizenship and Inter-Ethnic Relations Brett Rousseau, Colony Collapse Disorder and the Honey Bee Student-Faculty Projects Paul Manfredi and Leif Nordquist, Chai-na: Documenting the End of the Blackbridge Art Village Claire Todd and Matthew Heglund, Glacial History and Climate Change in Northern Bolivia Robert Wells, Katie Scaff
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Original New York Times article here . My Response to Bryan College Is Torn: Can Darwin and Eden Coexist? by Alan Binder At Pacific Lutheran University, we think of “Lutheran” as an ethic that informs how we think, how we teach and how we help students…
religious dimension, ignorance is not bliss. Think about it: all these issues are charged with religious language – abortion, creationism vs. evolution, fundamentalism, LGBTQ rights, environmental defense and degradation, health care, Holocaust studies, human rights, international terrorism, the Iraq conflict, land use in the Northwest, presidential politics, the quest for peace, poverty, and stem-cell research. The value of your college education actually increases when you have a better understanding
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talk with his or her student Resident Assistant (RA). RAs are trained to assist with conflict and may be able to coach or mediate. If not, the RA will refer the situation on to his or her supervisor, the Community Director (CD), who is a full-time professional staff member living on campus and within the community. Room or Residence Hall Changes Community Directors approve and coordinate all room changes within the same building and are a first step when seeking to switch halls. If your student has
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The World Conversations series is one of the Wang Center's activities that support and strengthen the university's globally focused academic programs and offer public education programming.
illegal wildlife trafficking. Professor Colleen Hacker also gave a keynote presentation about her experiences as a coach in the Beijing Olympics. The Closing Plenary was given by David Suze Manda who spoke on the current conflict in Eastern Congo. World Conversations 2009 concluded with “Canboulay,” a carnival celebration, staged by students fro Trinidad and Tobago along with the International Student Club. World Conversations 2011 focused on Student Reflections on Study Away, Research, Internships
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Two Lutes Attend Peace Scholars Program at the Oslo International Summer School With seemingly unending conflict in the Middle East, and now horrible atrocities in the Ukraine with the downing of the Malaysian jet, it’s easy to throw up one’s hands and wonder if anything, really, anything is going to make a difference in this world. But… July 25, 2014 What's a Lute?
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PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people, for their communities, and for the earth.
cultural, ethnic, and religious traditions. Such diversity of viewpoint and methods in study rests at the heart of a theological tradition, which counsels humility and honesty in the pursuit of truth. In contrast to some church-related universities, the colleges and universities of the ELCA enjoy a supportive relationship with the many congregations who expect their schools to protect academic freedom, encourage disciplinary expertise, foster faithful criticism of cherished assumptions, and prepare
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Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.
2011 Teaching Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, Pacific Lutheran University, for Ethnic Studies Working Group: Curricular Conversations Workshop, with Melannie Cunningham, Spring 2010 Faculty Student Research Grant, Scandinavian Cultural Center, Pacific Lutheran University for “Sustainability and Urban Planning in Malmö, Sweden ”with student Emma Kane, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Kelmer Roe Grant, Humanities Division, Pacific Lutheran University, for “Selling Wind: Sámi as Witches and Witches
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The Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability (DJS) community seeks to create a safe, supportive, and diverse environment that challenges students to explore social justice issues and begin the work
Color Wings For students who identify as People of Color (or not White) who are interested in exploring their racial and ethnic social identities and cultures. Environmental & Social Justice Wings For students who are interested in exploring the intersection of social justice and environmental justice and translating this knowledge into positive social change through leadership and action. Lavender Community For students who identify with the LGBTQ+ community and its histories, communities, and
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