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  • PLU Class of 2009 Hispanic Studies and Global Studies Double Major Studied away in Oaxaca, Mexico and Oviedo, Spain  Current: Assistant Director for the Henry M.

    American & Caribbean Studies (LACS) program and also Assistant Director at the UW Center for Human Rights (UW CHR), also housed at the Jackson School. I frequently utilize language skills I gained in my undergraduate major,  skills that were bolstered, specifically, by the study abroad programs. Also, my knowledge of, and experience with, Oaxaca transfers to other parts of Latin America, which helps better facilitate my interactions with our LACS and UW CHR partners in Latin America. For example, at

  • Posted on November 20, 2017October 31, 2018 How Mexico slowly, but surely, began to change my life Oaxaca has opened an amazing amount of doors for me and I cannot be more grateful. What this program entails and the time I have spent here have made me reconsider my vocational and educational goals. I am confused as to where I stand and to who I now am, but in the best way … Continue reading How Mexico slowly, but surely, began to change my life

  • To apply for a university Purchase Card the application and user agreement must be filled out with the appropriate signatures. Send the original form with original signatures to the Business Office.

    Purchase Card Application with Agreement - Bank of America (pdf) view download To apply for a university Purchase Card the application and user agreement must be filled out with the appropriate signatures. Send the original form with original signatures to the Business Office.

  • Veolia North America has a Field Chemist position available.  To read the job description and to apply please visit the posting on Indeed.

    Open Field Chemist Position at Veolia North America Posted by: alemanem / May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 Veolia North America has a Field Chemist position available.  To read the job description and to apply please visit the posting on Indeed. Read Previous Individual Development Plan (IDP) Read Next Internship Opportunity for STEM Students LATEST POSTS Mississippi State University Now Accepting 2025 Summer REU Environmental Science Applications November 15, 2024 Dept of Energy Computational Science

  • Visits to some of United Kingdom’s most beautiful cities, concert exchanges with important chamber choirs around the world, and participation in a renowned choral competition are all features of the Choir of the West 2019 tour. The itinerary will include stops in Edinburgh, York, Cambridge,…

    most important competitions for chamber choirs, and since its inception, has drawn over 200 choirs from more than 40 countries. Choir of the West will participate with thirteen choirs from Cuba, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, the Philippines, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States. Each choir will perform in two rounds of competition, juried by renowned choral experts from Australia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, and the United States. The festival includes a number of

  • PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies students learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural

    “Spanish” ProgramThe politics of migration in Spain, Spanglish and Latinx music, gender inclusive language in Argentina, indigenous struggles in Mexico—these are just a few of the exciting topics students explore in the PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies Program. Students in our program learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural productions from Spain, Latin America, and Latino communities in the USA

    Hispanic and Latino Studies
    Administration Building Room 207-C Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path…

    March 9, 2012 The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization Professor Yong Zhao, from the University of Oregon, will examine if education reform in the United States is heading down the right path in a world that is more dramatically shaped by globalization and technology, during the Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture. The lecture starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 in the Scandinavian

  • The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr.…

    trying to sustain? We can’t afford to sustain an environmental narrative where my parents and others are ignored.” When Finney started collecting such previously ignored narratives for her dissertation (which, 10 years later, became her book), it helped her see how diversity, justice and sustainability come together—and it motivated her to tell those stories. Finney cited black environmentalist John Francis, who, after a 1970s oil spill, walked all across the U.S. and Latin America for 22 years

  • Sludge from the grill to be recycled The gooey mess which sloughs from the grill at the UC may look like something that you’d rather just toss and forget about. But to Wendy Robins and Colin Clifford, it’s pure gold. Or more specifically, the yellow…

    March 9, 2009 Sludge from the grill to be recycled The gooey mess which sloughs from the grill at the UC may look like something that you’d rather just toss and forget about. But to Wendy Robins and Colin Clifford, it’s pure gold. Or more specifically, the yellow smelly gunk means that PLU will be paid $100 a year to sell its grease to the Arlington-based Standard Biodiesel, rather than pay a rendering plant $300 a year to get rid of the mess, said Robins, day operations manager for dining

  • Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and…

    cereal you never got around to eating? Pacific Lutheran University’s Moveout 2014 has a new twist, and a new partner, to take all these recyclables off your hands as you  clean out your room. PLU and Goodwill are partnering up in May to reduce waste in the landfill, promote recycling and create jobs in Pierce County. The new Goodwill’s Give & Go Campaign is a first for the region, and PLU is one of the first Northwest college chosen by Goodwill as a partner in the effort of sustainability living and