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Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU
Lemkin Lecture and Essay ContestTuesday, April 4, 2017, 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU This year Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, was the featured speaker. His talk was titled “On Luther, Jews, and Lutherans in Nazi Germany.” Along with the lecture, each year, PLU offers students a chance to participate in a Lemkin essay contest. Students are asked to write a 7-10 page essay on the topic “Genocide: What does it mean to you?” A panel of
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Pacific Lutheran University Intramural Sports Department core philosophy has the power to influence, inspire, and challenge students on a daily basis.
Pacific Lutheran University Intramural Sports Department core philosophy has the power to influence, inspire, and challenge students on a daily basis. We pride ourselves on constantly evolving and listening to student feedback. Whether you make an Intramural All-Star team, or have participated in our Live Action Role Playing, or even would like to be part of our broadcasting team for our intramural softball championship we want to hear from you! If you have questions or suggestions concerning
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Professor of French | French & Francophone Studies | wilkinrm@plu.edu | Coached by Professor Wilkin in French soccer slang, the French team won the Hong International Hall World Cup. Professor Wilkin teaches in four different programs at PLU: French & Francophone Studies, the International Honors program, the First Year Experience program, and Global Studies.
e s: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies Vol. 19.1, 2008: 96-127. "Figuring the Dead Descartes: Claude Clerselier’s L’Homme de René Descartes (1664)." Representations Vol. 83, November, 2003: 38-66. Accolades Florence Howe Award in Foreign Languages, Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages, for “Making Friends, Practicing Equality: The Correspondence of René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia,” 2015 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women Translation or Teaching Edition Award
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By Damian Alessandro. Innovation . If you read the popular press, you’ll see that this word is constantly thrown around in professional settings. But what does it mean? For some, innovation is all about progression and disruption. One of the defining ideologies of our time,…
Can the Innovation Studies minor help you to be more (well…) innovative? Posted by: halvormj / November 8, 2017 Image: Turn on the lights. (Photo by Diz Play on Unsplash.) November 8, 2017 By Damian Alessandro. Innovation. If you read the popular press, you’ll see that this word is constantly thrown around in professional settings. But what does it mean? For some, innovation is all about progression and disruption. One of the defining ideologies of our time, innovation makes room for both
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By Thomas Kyle-Milward, Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s had different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation…
PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career Posted by: halvormj / December 21, 2018 Image: Michael Halvorson, Pacific Lutheran University’s Director of Innovation Studies, talks with students in the Makerspace — a dedicated area in Hinderlie Hall for student creativity and collaboration. (Photo/John Froschauer) December 21, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-Milward, Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues. Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever. Blakney isn’t at…
PLU alumna collects, studies mosquitoes in the pursuit of improved public health Posted by: Kari Plog / March 9, 2016 March 9, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 9, 2016)- Mosquitoes are pests to some, but for Rebekah Blakney ’12 they carry a wealth of information that can unlock solutions to global health issues.Now with the outbreak of the Zika virus, that’s as important as ever. Blakney isn’t at the forefront of Zika research, at least yet, but she’s
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s had different connotations at different times over the years, both positive and some negative. Through the addition of a new minor, Innovation Studies, PLU students will now get…
PLU adds Innovation Studies minor, helps students transition from college to career Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / December 19, 2018 Image: Michael Halvorson, Pacific Lutheran University’s Director of Innovation Studies, talks with students in the Makerspace — a dedicated area in Hinderlie Hall for student creativity and collaboration. December 19, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 19, 2018) — “Innovation” is a term that gets thrown around a lot. It’s had
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The Global Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University recently established a chapter of the Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies. PLU is just the second university in Washington to become a member of the prestigious organization. Sigma Iota Rho works to advance the…
PLU becomes the second Washington university to join prestigious international studies organization Posted by: Silong Chhun / June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & Communications The Global Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University recently established a chapter of the Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies. PLU is just the second university in Washington to become a member of the prestigious organization. Sigma Iota Rho works to advance the service and
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9:55 a.m. | March 5 | Regency Room Click here to see a recording of Dr. Ara Norenzayan's talk! Who: Dr.
before joining the faculty of New York University as Professor of Philosophy and Law in 2014. In addition to teaching regularly about African traditional religions, his current interests range over African and African-American intellectual history and literary studies, ethics, the connections between moral philosophy and psychology, and political philosophy and the philosophy of the social sciences. His work at the interface of ethics and psychology was recognized in a special issue of the journal
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 Welcome! We, Rose McKenney and Adela Ramos, are excited to share with you the work of the 2020 class of Environmental Studies students.
. Percussion instruments are one of the instrument groups that is the most environmentally harmful due to rapid production of synthetic instruments and utilization of endangered woods. Through three case studies with rattles, congas, and xylophones, I find that most percussion instruments originally held great cultural significance and were created with natural localized materials, like native woods, animal parts, and plants. However, through industrialization and popularization of these instruments, the
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