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for many. First, the congressional hearings for the Supreme Court nomination surfaced memories of trauma for many sexual assault survivors. Now, the federal government’s potential move to narrowly define gender under Title IX will place an increased burden on transgender, non-binary and other LGBTQ community members. In the past week, the nation has experienced three hate-filled crimes that have left many reeling. On Wednesday, a man with a history of violence shot and killed two African Americans

, coming to our presentations, organizing a Watershed Issues Forum at PLU, and providing feedback on student work. The program is also indebted to Al Schmauder, a long-time community activist who shares the history of activism in the watershed with students, and often leads our watershed tour himself. How does this course fit into the upper-level coursework required for environmental studies majors? All environmental studies majors and minors take this class. Environmental studies majors continue on to

why we live in such a state and will provide students with the tools to consider changing it.” In addition to completing the thoughtfully curated classroom-based curriculum, criminal justice majors also will be required to apply their learning in the field by completing an internship. PLU has a long history of students interning at local criminal justice-related organizations and agencies. “Our decision to require an internship reflects our department’s commitment to supporting students to apply

.) “I would like to thank President Belton and the hiring committee for this opportunity,” said Snyder. “My family and I are thrilled to join the Lute community and cannot wait to get to know all the student-athletes, alumni, staff, and faculty who make PLU such a wonderful institution.” “When I look at Pacific Lutheran, I see a long and storied history of athletic success across multiple sports. This foundation has been built on the legacy of our alumni, and I look forward to partnering with them

and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion.“I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather used to have apple orchards in Eastern Washington,” she said, explaining why her PLU biology classes resonated with her. “From that point forward, I began to pursue plant biology, as I had both personal and academic passion in the subject.” On her way to her degree, Davis completed a capstone project

PLU mission of inquiry, leadership, service and care. “The reason I’m interested in my dissertation and the research involved is because it is inquiry into an area of Lutheran history that is not widely studied––in Scandinavia or here. The Lutheran Church is becoming more and more global, so that means you have a Lutheran tradition that’s being reinterpreted by different communities and cultural backgrounds. Especially in this five-hundred-year anniversary of the Reformation it is important to say

Studies with a minor in Conservation and Resource Studies. Later, she received her Masters in History at the Graduate Theological Union, and then got her Ph.D. in Religion at Claremont Graduate University.  Sarah Robinson-Bertoni, Visiting Assistant Professor Religion and Environment Many factors have influenced Robinson-Bertoni’s career path. The first is her love for the environment. This love was strengthened through the conversations she had with her father, a poet. Robinson-Bertoni is also a poet