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As a Latino Studies minor at PLU you will become part of an interdisciplinary learning community committed to intellectual inquiry around pressing issues of race, identity, gender, social class,
approaches of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Accordingly, Latino Studies graduates pursue various professional fields and vocations, including work in social services and public health, education, arts and communications, activism, ministry, business, law, and politics.History of Latino StudiesThe first Latino Studies programs in the United States, founded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were Chicano and Puerto Rican Studies programs. As part of the Civil Rights movement, the Chicano and Puerto
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Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU Marissa Meyer ’04 came to the PLU campus in February for her book release and signing of “Cress.” The crowd filled the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo by John Froschauer / PLU) Barbara…
improve both the story and my abilities as a writer.” Cress marks the completion of her third novel, with a fourth book scheduled for release in 2014. This event is presented by the Department of English and the Division of Humanities. Read Previous Take Back the Night at PLU Read Next PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education 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
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TIES Program Update from Joel Zylstra (Director, Center for Community Engagement and Service) The Tacoma Immersion Experience Semester (TIES) program has been discontinued indefinitely. TIES served as one expression of PLU’s long-term commitments to linking global education with our local community. In the early 2000’s,…
local community. In the early 2000’s, PLU faculty and staff worked collaboratively with leaders and residents of Tacoma’s Salishan community to develop a local residential and internships experience for students returning from Trinidad and Tobago. Four years ago, a team of PLU staff and faculty recommitted to establishing a PLU Gateway program and developed TIES in conjunction with the Division of Humanities. TIES was a semester long. study away program where students lived, learned and participated
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By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University…
from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, as well as a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow, one of the University’s highest distinctions for doctoral students. She holds an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, a secondary MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in Political Economy and Classics from the University of California, Berkeley. Liu has been a postdoctoral research associate in the
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By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History . The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University…
from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, as well as a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow, one of the University’s highest distinctions for doctoral students. She holds an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, a secondary MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in Political Economy and Classics from the University of California, Berkeley. Liu has been a postdoctoral research associate in the
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When Matthew Conover ’19 was a student at PLU, he recalls someone telling him there were two types of software engineers: the ones who chose to chase the money, and the ones who had no other choice. “I fall into the latter camp,” Conover said.…
-computer science courses I took at PLU. Physics, for instance, is an amazing way to learn problem solving. I find myself using many of the soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions. While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience? I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in
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When Matthew Conover ’19 was a student at PLU, he recalls someone telling him there were two types of software engineers: the ones who chose to chase the money, and the ones who had no other choice. “I fall into the latter camp,” Conover said.…
soft skills from the humanities courses as I am regularly trying to persuade people of my position’s correctness or trying to better communicate the intricacies of my solutions.While at PLU, you had the opportunity to study away. How was that experience? I spent the fall term of my fourth year at King’s College London. I also spent J-Term my second year in Manchester. The education half I would describe as interesting and the abroad part I would describe as amazing. I also think studying abroad
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PLU's MFT Department partners with local community mental health agencies and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor at each site.
, & Family Services website253 Therapy and Consult, Tacoma, WA 253 Therapy and Consult is an inclusive, multidisciplinary Mental Health Practice in University Place, WA. The practice has years of experience providing culturally sensitive therapy services to clients. The team of therapists is highly trained and skilled in modalities such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, African-Centered Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. Visit 253 Therapy and Consult WebsiteYWCA Pierce County
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Why global studies at PLU? “As a first year, I enrolled in GLST 210 ‘just because’ and by the end of the year had switched my intentions of a pre-med degree to declaring both a Global Studies(GLST) and Political Science major! During this time, I…
(GLST) and Political Science major! During this time, I was supported by both my academic advisor and humanities faculty to pursue my interests and simultaneously fell in love with the interdisciplinary nature of GLST. The Global Studies major changed my worldview, taught me how to create and answer challenging questions, and connect with like-minded peers.”—Courtney T. ’23 “I chose Global Studies because I’ve always had a large interest in learning more about different areas of the world, and
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Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University
Liu’s recent book Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher became an Icon of American Capitalism (Princeton, 2022). To view the lecture, click this link. Feel free to use the resource in your programming and teaching. For questions about usage, contact Michael Halvorson at halvormj@plu.edu.Speaker Bio Glory M. Liu received a PhD in Political Science in 2018 from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, as well as a Gerald J
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