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for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Regional Universities, released Sept. 9.In addition to the No. 14 in the West honor, U.S. News & World Report also ranked PLU: No. 7 in the West for Best Value; One of the West’s “A+ Schools for B Students”; and No. 13 in the West for veterans. PLU has ranked among the top 20 Western region universities every year since U.S. News

to imagine they won’t. Plus, the top-of-the-line soccer ball and T-shirt that all campers receive thanks to Hacker’s USA Soccer-forged relationship with Nike can surely only help. Read Previous PLU Alumna Named Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” Read Next School of Business Faculty Member Elected President of CFA Society Seattle 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

collaborative faculty-student ethnographic research project focuses on Washington State’s Salvadoran and Honduran migrant communities. For the past 18 months, he’s attended Pierce and King County community events with a student, from protests to celebrations. They’ve conducted interviews with Honduran and El Salvadoran immigrants on why they came (and stayed) in Western Washington and their strategies for survival. Before returning to campus in January to teach, he’ll attend an American Anthropological

Emily Davidson) In a letter of support for the grant partnership, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson proposed to inaugurate (and institutionalize) an annual Latino Studies Lecture at PLU. The Tacoma partnership was awarded a $10,000 grant, whose mission is to: highlight Latino arts and culture and support Western Washington’s Latino-American population; promote public participation in programming around the documentary film Latino Americans; raise awareness and celebrate the

Mortensen) searching for his missing daughter Ingeborg across the starkly changing, hostile wastelands of Patagonia, but soon grows into a meditation on the very nature of time, space, and reality. Part revisionist Western, part metaphysical puzzle, Jauja is as open to interpretation as its desert landscapes are to the wind. But what cannot be questioned is its sheer beauty and grandly theatrical manner of placing the human figure in an ecstatic wilderness.* Languages: Spanish, Danish Hippocrates: Diary

? So much has struck me, and I have enjoyed many aspects of my internship and summer at Nordstrom. As an intern in Western Washington, I had the rare and exclusive opportunity to support Nordstrom’s Designer Preview Fashion Show at Pier 91 in Seattle. The night was full of high fashion, a full-blown fashion show, hundreds of high-profile individuals and aesthetic beauty. I was backstage dressing a model in Dolce & Gabbana and Dior — it was amazing! It was exhilarating and has made me begin to

at least as much about seeking meaning and purpose in life.A New York native, Professor Parker first found his love for Classics as a freshman at Vassar College, studying ancient Greek and western philosophy for his undergraduate degree. This inspired him to enter graduate school in the subject. After defending his doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago, he began teaching courses in Classics here at PLU and has been finding ways to incorporate his passion into his teaching while

A Conversation with Dr. Rebekah Mergenthal Sabbatical projects focus on new approaches to Western History Posted by: halvormj / July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021 PLU Department of History You might notice that Dr. Rebekah Mergenthal is not listed as an instructor on the History Department’s teaching schedule during the 2021-2022 school year. Although she is eager to get back into the classroom after so many ‘Zoom sessions,’ we’ll have to wait a bit longer for Dr. Mergenthal’s lively presence in

a liberal arts education is, and an integral part of what a PLU education should aim to be. Another student who graduated last year emphasized how Classics had expanded her awareness of the world: Classics as both subject of language and culture has instilled in me an appreciation of all languages, a love for history, but also a critical lens toward the western world, and what we consider western civilization. . .  I have done amazing work through my courses – work that ties together ways of

, invigorating the learning process for you and your students.   Contextualizing Location Our first example comes straight from PLU from History Professor Mike Halvorson, who created an interactive map of Ancient Egypt that overlaid modern-day Egypt for his course on Western Civilization. Students can zoom in on important locations and monuments, while still able to keep these locations rooted in a global context. Halvorson marks sites down the Nile River. Click to view larger. Bird’s eye view of the