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  • Our curriculum provides students with the skills to contribute to a complex society that encourages justice, diversity, and sustainability at the local, state, national and international levels.

    Pacific Lutheran University where she specializes in American government, public policy, Latino as well as racial and ethnic policies, shares her insights on the Latino vote in the 2024 Presidential Election.Justin Kjolseth ‘10 talks about life as an Assistant Attorney General Laney Abbott had the honor to present her capstone research at the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association conference, November 8th, 2024, hosted by The Foley Institute, Washington State University. Congratulations

    Professor Maria Chávez, Chair
    Xavier, Room 102 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Hildahl Gallery: Our main exhibition space inside the Scandinavian Cultural Center. It consists of 6 bays equipped with special lighting, a flexible mounting system, security, and custom display

    Skolstrejk för klimatet! Textile Technologies Lessons from Julie Ann Hebert: The Art of Rosemaling The Troll with No Heart in His Body Wergeland’s Legacy: Jewish Life and Culture in Norway Beyond the Horizon No Labor Lost: Industries of the Labor Movement Forgotten Nordics: Ethnic Diversity and National Narratives Hypernative: Reconstructed Identities Norway and PLU: 125 Years and Counting Comings and Goings: Scandinavian Approaches to Birth and Death Norwegian Inspiration for Disney’s Frozen 1814-2014

  • The Brown University Physics Department is launching the Brown PREP (Promoting Representation and Equality in Physics) (virtual) program intended to help students from traditionally underrepresented groups and gender minorities to prepare their applications for advanced study in physics. See the link  https://www.brown.edu/academics/physics/brown-prep . We will have sessions…

    application by Friday, October 21, 2022 and join us on Saturday, October 29, from 1 pm to 5 pm EDT for a virtual program. This program is directly trying to address the lack of diversity in STEM and, in particular, physics Ph.D. programs due to racial, ethnic, or gender identity. As such, when we mention under-represented minority groups, there is a special focus on Black, Hispanic, and indigenous peoples communities,  female and female-identifying students, and other gender minorities, but members of

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful Experiences for Kids“ and…

    Experiences for Kids`` and will be followed by a Q&A session with Medina. A Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré winner, Medina is a children’s, middle grade, and young adult author of Cuban descent whose books celebrate Latinx culture and the lives of young people. She serves on the National Board of Advisors for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is a faculty member of Hamline University’s Masters of Fine Arts in Children’s Literature. Her works have been called “heartbreaking

  • Kara Atkinson ’23 earned an associate degree while serving as an Arabic linguist in the United States Army prior to her arrival at PLU. A history major with minors in religion and Holocaust and genocide studies , Atkinson’s passion for research, academia, and higher education…

    translates to “the ongoing catastrophe,” in reference to the ethnic cleansing that occurred in 1948. I am going to argue that ethnic cleansing never stopped, it just changed form. Are there other motivations for pursuing these research topics, outside of your interactions with Palestinians in the military? I can’t deny the human rights violations aspect of what is happening in Palestine, since I am able to follow Arabic speakers and Palestinian farmers on social media, who are just trying to live their

  • Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila reads “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea. Editor’s note: Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “Into the Beautiful North” will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The book you…

    integrating the book into their curriculum. Lisa Marcus, associate professor of English, plans to teach the book in her Writing 101 seminar on “Banned Books.” She wants students to recognize that Urrea’s book has been banned in Arizona as part of a push to suppress ethnic studies, particularly works that address Mexican-American history and experience. Students in her course – after reading about several controversial banning cases around race and sexual orientation – will take up Urrea’s book in the

  • Digital Preservation Specialist | Library | jds@plu.edu | 253-535-7882

    Josh Smith Digital Preservation Specialist Phone: 253-535-7882 Email: jds@plu.edu Professional Education MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Washington BA, Spanish Language & Literature, International Relations, Pacific Lutheran University

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  • 32 semester hours (24 required, eight elective) Students must take at least one Chinese history course.

    Chinese Studies CHSP 250: Urban Culture in China CHSP 350: Chinese Culture and Society CHIN 301: Composition and Conversation CHIN 302: Composition and Conversation CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation HIST 232: Tibet in Fact and Fiction HIST 338: Modern China HIST 496: Seminar: The Third World (a/y on China)** MUSI 105: The Arts of China POLS 381: Comparative Legal Systems Minor 20 semester hours (eight required, 12 elective) Required Courses: Eight semester hours in Chinese language CHIN 101

  • Capstone Title: “Distant Sunken Ships and the Apparition of Empire in To the Lighthouse”

    Spring 2022 English Capstones[ Seminar in Creative Writing | Seminar in Literature ]Engl 452 : Seminar in Literature, Dr. Jenny JamesWednesday May 18, 2022 | 1:00-4:20pm | AUC 201Anna NguyenCasey McNivenBailey SummerhillAndrew WelchJames SecorAnna Nguyen1:00-1:40pm Capstone Title: “Distant Sunken Ships and the Apparition of Empire in To the Lighthouse” Casey McNiven1:40-2:20pm Capstone Title: “The Silence of the Poet & the Role of Augustus Carmichael in To the Lighthouse” Bailey Summerhill2:20

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and faculty alike were excited by the opportunities showcased at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education’s Study Away Fair on March 11. At the event in the Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU faculty,…

    308/489) or the literature and history of the Caribbean with Krise in an English Literature course (ENGL 216). Their paths will cross each time they visit a new location—a total of 18 stops, Krise said. Students from the Business class will brief traveling Lutes about the markets they are about to enter, and English-minded students will explain history and culture. While Krise has visited Lutes abroad throughout his tenure at PLU, this will be the first course he teaches abroad. Krise went to high