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, she led the implementation of a three-year university retention strategic plan. “We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look forward to applying her vision and experience to advancing the distinctive mission of PLU,” said PLU President Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. Brown earned a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Connecticut in 1976; an M.A. in African American Studies and Music from Yale University in 1980; and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale in 1987. She was also an American

Palmer Scholars. The organization was founded in 1983 by Tacoma businessman R. Merle Palmer.Read more Read Previous American Sociological Association’s Honors Program Read Next 20 Minutes Can Make All The Difference LATEST POSTS J-Term 2020 – Study Away in Ireland March 9, 2020 20 Minutes Can Make All The Difference March 9, 2020 American Sociological Association’s Honors Program March 9, 2020 Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting March 9, 2020

PLU Ranks in Top 10 of “value added colleges” in the New York Times Posted by: Lace M. Smith / October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 In an index developed at the Brookings Institution, The New York Times ranks PLU in top 10 of “value added colleges regardless of major” in this piece by James B. Stewart: http://nyti.ms/1FMW7q1 One important thing to note here is that two of the schools named in Stewart’s article are ELCA institutions and three are New American Colleges and Universities. Take a look at

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Mergenthal, Pacific Lutheran University Associate Professor of History, also will speak at the event. “I will be giving a short talk to provide some context and historical background about the Buffalo Soldiers, who they were and what they did,” Mergenthal said. “I want people to understand both the challenges the Buffalo Soldiers faced and the lasting impact of their service.” “Buffalo Soldiers” is the historic nickname given to the African-American soldiers who originally served as members of the U.S

ReformPresident Krise pens an open letter on access for all students. Read the letterThe executive order is not aimed at those already on American campuses and students and scholars continue to have the right to study here; however, we do not know with any certainty, what American policy will be going forward, and what will happen after the 90-day “vetting” period. As with our stated commitments to DACA and DACA-eligible students, I want to assure students and scholars that PLU remains firmly committed to the

now coming into public consciousness, after being taught in school through a settler lens, if at all.” ——– Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead. (2021, October 22). The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/land-acknowledgments-meant-to-honor-indigenous-people-too-often-do-the-opposite-erasing-american-indians-and-sanitizing-history-instead-163787 “Land acknowledgments have been used to start

sometimes fraught relationship with her parents in light of who she has become as a daughter, wife, and a mother. Told in a graphic novel format, Bui explores the universal themes of immigration and migration, family, racism and discrimination, duty, and redemption as they relate to the modern-day Vietnamese Asian-American experience. – from https://www.plu.edu/first-year/ Mortvedt Library has many resources to support your reading of and engagement with The Best We Could Do. In addition to print books

, authority and knowledge, reminiscent of national sports icons like Jim Valvano and Julie Foudy. It’s clear that the soccer field is her second home and I can’t help but notice that she’s wearing a U.S Women’s National Team jersey from the late ‘90s – an era during which she served as a member of the coaching staff. As she discusses her camp, career and the Women’s World Cup, Hacker’s faith in the power of athletics to alchemize a young person’s character, attitude and trajectory is gloriously on full

Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually History of Mount Rainier. This year’s conference is the culmination of a collaborative effort planned in partnership with tribal leaders and elders, faculty from PLU’s Department of Education and the Native American and Indigenous Studies program, and the PLU Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability. Additional partnerships include members of PLU’s Indigenous Community Advisory Network and the ELCA’s Southwestern Washington Synod Native American Work