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scholar Deborah Miranda to campus. “Scott was teaching a class in Native and Indigenous literature…I was teaching the Creative Nonfiction Capstone. We decided that it would be great to have someone come who was a contemporary Native writer.” She adds, “In addition to doing her public events, Miranda also talked to the Native and Indigenous literature class.” Call made it clear how inspirational it was for students to hear Miranda’s stories in her own voice, an experience that increased many of her

Graduate Profile: Kaleb Cenci Innovation Studies Minor prepares for work as an Executive Team Leader (December 2021) Posted by: halvormj / December 16, 2021 December 16, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies. For December graduation, the Innovation Studies program is excited to profile one of our program graduates. Kaleb Cenci has completed his minor in Innovation Studies and plans to put the curriculum to work this year in the growing field of human resource management

, John provides practical tools participants can use in making positive, sustainable changes in their lives, communities, and organizations. John has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Drama Therapy. He is currently finishing his PhD work at CIIS in San Francisco focusing on social justice, ecology, and indigenous studies. Read Previous Global leader in diplomacy to visit PLU and discuss how ‘Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not’ Read Next Last year Martha Spieker

crew from the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Honolulu, the Hōkūle‘a is in the midst of a 43,000-nautical mile circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean. Hōkūle‘a crew member Mark Ellis told the Tacoma News Tribune that the trip’s purpose is to connect indigenous Pacific cultures with each other and with the natural environment. “We’re sharing a message of caring for our Earth,” Ellis told the paper. “And just bringing awareness to our planet. And then also share with them our traditional knowledge of

dovetailed with what Leavens describes as the “warm embrace” that is the Chief Leschi environment. “We are a close-knit school, and we treat each other with care,” she says. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. The school library is full of books written by Indigenous people about Indigenous people. Students are invited to drum or dance during twice-weekly circle times. Tribal elders visit to tell

the story as compelling and important as we do.” The premiere will include guest speakers from the film as well as a scholarly perspective on the issues of surveillance, Indigenous sovereignty, and border politics. The premiere is made possible in part with the support of a grant from Humanities Washington. Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred LandRSVP for the virtual premiere on Thursday, April 1 at 6:00pm Pacific. You’ll hear from the student creators and a few of the interviewees. An email link

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

. We asked three Lutes who have each managed to study away multiple times (one even squeezed in seven different programs!) to share about their own experiences.Acadia GrahamJunior (Class of 2020). Hometown: Anchorage, AK Global Studies major, Anthropology and dance minors, Peace Corps Prep program (Youth & Development Track) Involvement: Admission Intern, Global Ambassador for Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, Outdoor Recreation guide Number of times studying away: I’ve

The Key to Innovation Innovation Studies program director Michael Halvorson discusses how understanding the past can unlock the future Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Zach PowersResoLute EditorMichael Halvorson ’85 was a technologist before he was a historian. His PLU undergraduate degree is in computer science and he worked at Microsoft for the first 10 years of his career. He spent the next 15 years writing books about software and emerging technology. He went on to earn

indigenous studies research, education Read Next PLU named Top 10 Peace Corps producer in the country COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12