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  • Throw a dart at a world map, and it’s likely to hit a location where Pacific Lutheran University students or faculty members have conducted research.

    documentary about Islamophobia. “These students grapple with professional production standards, as well as human interactions with people who live their vocations every minute.” During the 2016-17 academic year, grant recipients are conducting research in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Rwanda, representing research in the disciplines of education, communication, religion, history, biology, economics, music, global studies and anthropology. Subjects of the 10 projects

  • Last year Martha Spieker ’16 was ASPLU president, now she works at Congress.

    health summits (official gatherings of Ministers of Health), including CARICOM, PAHO and African Union. He has served as an expert advisor to many Canadian provincial and U.S. state regulatory agencies, Health Canada, Canadian Public Health Agency, U.S. Center for Disease Control, the U.S. Veterans Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human services. He has 17 years experience as a licensed practicing neonatologist in Canada and the U.S. Dr. Graven has been faculty at the University

  • It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan.

    country that has been, and continues to be, in turmoil. For years, David planned to travel back to South Sudan once he’d earned enough money to bring substantial change to the lives of his family. Although his career in corporate human resources is off to a strong start, he won’t return with the means he suspects many expect from him. He says he simply can’t wait any longer to return, and he’s dreading the disappointment that his family may feel. People are going to come to me for help and I will have

  • . They also consider how human communities have shaped and been shaped by their environment and how these relationships have changed over time. Students select two courses (from two different departments) from the following: ANTH 368: Edible Landscapes, The Foraging Spectrum (4) ECON 215: Investigating Environmental & Economic Change in Europe, Pre-req: ECON 101 or 111 (4) ECON 313: Environmental Economics, Pre-requisite: ECON 101 or 111 (4) HIST 370: Environmental History of the US, Pre-req

  • Yannet Urgessa ’16 has lived on three continents and speaks five languages. But it took coming to PLU for her to feel comfortable in her own skin for the first time.

    international students well, too. “It has strengthened my values and morals,” Urgessa said. “We’re not the same. We can’t be the same. That adds to the holistic experience of being a human being.” Urgessa’s cultural immersion won’t end with graduation. She plans to obtain a work visa and attend graduate school. She hopes to work in law and participate in ongoing activism. “I want to create change somehow,” she said. Eventually, she will return to Norway. But she isn’t ready just yet. No matter where her

  • Pacific Lutheran University purposefully integrates the liberal arts, professional studies and civic engagement in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

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  • look at the requirements of individual schools, particularly whether they require a two-course sequence in Human Anatomy and Physiology, which is offered at PLU.Social and Behavioral Science Courses These courses allow students to better understand the people they work with and build better communication skills so that they will be more effective within the societies where they practice. We recommend you take the following courses: ECON 101 – Principles of Microeconomics PSYC 101 – Introduction to

  • look at the requirements of individual schools, particularly whether they require a two-course sequence in Human Anatomy and Physiology, which is offered at PLU.Social and Behavioral Science Courses These courses allow students to better understand the people they work with and build better communication skills so that they will be more effective within the societies where they practice. We recommend you take the following courses: ECON 101 – Principles of Microeconomics PSYC 101 – Introduction to

  • issues such as modernization and development; global resources and trade; and peace, justice, and human rights. As well, there are programs for the study of the world’s regions, cultures and societies.

  • “We are uncatchable” | PLU Women’s Rowing Posted by: Zach Powers / February 1, 2023 February 1, 2023 “There is this moment, where everything around you disappears. Where your vision goes dark, and all you feel is the handle of the oar…” Today is National Girls & Women in Sports Day, so we invite you to put on a life jacket, grab a paddle, and join the PLU Women’s Rowing team for an inspirational morning on American Lake. Video by Matt Shaps ’24. Read Previous PLU’s new anatomy and physiology