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  • York City: ✓ Attend a Super Bowl: ✓ Work for an NFL team: ✓ Finish college and work in his major: ✓ Barnes graduated from PLU with a degree in business—and uses that degree every workday as an intern for the Super Bowl-worthy Seattle Seahawks. All these dreams once seemed so out of reach for Barnes, the first of his family to graduate from college. Growing up in Redmond, where he was the only African-American child in his elementary school, Barnes recalls being bullied and taunted. Of course, the

  • choir has also toured Norway.  Talented Norwegians have also regularly come to Pacific Lutheran University to perform and give speeches, including authors, artists, journalists, musicians, and the world-renown explorer Thor Heyerdahl.Scandinavian-American Traditions at PLUPLU’s Norwegian Heritage has inspired, over the years, many different expressions of cultural heritage. For instance, The Mayfest Dancers always included Scandinavian dances and were active on campus from 1937 to 2001. 1976 was an

  • Global WA, recently released a report outlining the state of global education in Washington, providing a rationale for global education, highlighting best practices, and presenting recommendations for improvement. Read the Executive SummaryLanguage Study Pays OffCheck out this article about top-paying liberal arts majors. Another excellent reason to study a foreign language abroad!Is Study Abroad Essential?How important is it for American students to spend time learning overseas? Read More of this

  • -as-dust lectures she encountered at university. Picketers protest segregated stores in Tallahassee (1960) After graduating with a BA from San Francisco State University in 1979, she did some traveling in the US… but also, amazingly to me, all the way to Australia, where she developed an interest in Aboriginal history and its resonance to Native American experiences. Australian Aboriginal rock art This was exciting for me to hear, since I had just returned from a trip home to research a new study

  • (Quantitative Reasoning) Computer Science A4 or 5CSCI 1444Gen Ed (Quantitative Reasoning) Computer Science Principles3, 4 or 5CSCI 100TR4Gen Ed (Quantitative Reasoning) English Language & Composition3, 4 or 5WRIT 100TR4Elective English Literature & Composition3, 4 or 5ENGL 100TR4Gen Ed (Interpreting Text) Environmental Science with lab3, 4 or 5ENVT 1044Gen Ed (Natural World) French Language & Culture3, 4 or 5FREN 1024Elective German Language & Culture3, 4 or 5GERM 1024Elective Government & Politics: United

  • , joy and boredom), with a goal of asking how existentialism engages these ideas relative to the question of human meaning. As an introductory course we will survey specifically the major thinkers of this tradition and illustrate how existentialism connects to other areas such as religion, psychology and literature. (4) PHIL 248 : Innovation, Ethics, & Society - ES A history of innovation, problem solving, and creativity in the global economy, emphasizing the ethical considerations that arise as a

  • May 18, 2009 Commencement 2009 This year more than 650 students will make up the graduating Class of 2009 at PLU on May 24 at the Tacoma Dome. Here in their own words are a few insights from graduating students about their time at PLU and the next chapter in their lives. Go HERE to see a complete schedule of Commencement events and activities. Allison Cambronne – Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature & Global Studies (Development and Social Justice Concentration) with a Business

  • .” “Howard Thurman wrote, ‘Don’t ask what the world needs; ask what makes you come alive and do it, because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.’ I came alive when I saw what I thought I’d never see in Egypt: people on the street coming together as a collective to demand a just and dignified life.” Professors and students alike left the auditorium moved and thankful for the filmmaker’s visit. “She was so personable and inspiring,” said English Literature major Allison Groseclose. “She

  • Community College (Queensbury, NY) AdventHealth University (Orlando, FL) Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA) Aims Community College (Greeley, CO) Air University/Community College Of The Air Force (Montgomery, AL) Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL) Alaska Pacific University (Anchorage, AK) Albion College (Albion, MI) Allan Hancock College (Santa Maria, CA) Allen County Community College (Iola, KS) Alverno College (Milwaukee, WI) American Musical And Dramatic Academy (New York, NY) American Public

  • does it all with great humility. He performs extremely difficult music at the highest level. Max has been a regular cellist and mandolin player in the Jazz Ensemble and The Choir of the West premiered one of his choral pieces at their Spring concert. Max embodies all that our students strive to be. He was recently a standout performer in the North American premiere of Sandstrøm’s St. Matthew Passion, where he was a leader in the Evangelist quartet. Our faculty witnessed Max’s sharp attention to