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The International Honors Program is a way to satisfy your Gen Ed requirements at PLU — but in classes that are designed to cut across different academic departments, programs, and labels.
universe have a purpose? Does human history have a direction? What is ‘home’? IHON is also an alternate way to satisfy your general education requirements at PLU. Instead of taking classes offered by specific academic departments, you’ll take courses designed just for IHON, around problems or questions, using diverse methods and ways of thinking. IHON is for any student in any major – you don’t need to have taken honors classes in high school to be successful in IHON! As long as you have the commitment
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The value of a college education increases when graduates have a better understanding of religion’s diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life.
diversity and influence in regional, national, and global life. The study of religion will help you speak to why religion gives meaning and purpose to billions of people on the planet. At PLU, students can take classes in environmental ethics, the religions of Asia, feminist theology, Luther, Native American traditions of the Pacific Northwest – to name just a few. PLU students study religion in Tacoma and Seattle as well as far off destinations such as Hawaii, Rome, or Trinidad-Tobago. Our graduates
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Established in 2022 through a gift from David and Lorilie Steen, the Steen Family Symposium brings informed speakers who challenge current thinking and propose healthy change to the PLU campus for
American Studies in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Oregon “Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Water, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human” 2011 – Greg Nickels, Former Mayor of Seattle and U.S. Public Delegate to the United Nations “All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming” 2010 – Dr. David Montgomery, Professor of Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” 2009 – Dr. Coll Thrush, Professor of History at the
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By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…
. Just visit https://hourofcode.com/, create an account, and start problem solving. Melinda Gates visits with local students. Several learning scenarios are available, including an experience organized around Minecraft, Microsoft’s hugely popular video game. You can also create an Hour of Code Dance Party based on the Katy Perry song “Firework,” or other popular tunes. To date, over 600 million Hour of Code sessions have been completed in 180 countries and 45 languages. It is truly a global
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By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org…
https://hourofcode.com/, create an account, and start problem solving. Melinda Gates visits with local students. Several learning scenarios are available, including an experience organized around Minecraft, Microsoft’s hugely popular video game. You can also create an Hour of Code Dance Party based on the Katy Perry song “Firework,” or other popular tunes. To date, over 600 million Hour of Code sessions have been completed in 180 countries and 45 languages. It is truly a global phenomenon with an
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The Pacific Lutheran University MBA Program in the Seattle-Tacoma area is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility.
Apply TodayLearn more about applying to the PLU Master of Business Administration program.Apply NowMake an AppointmentSchedule an appointment with the Program Director for more information.ScheduleRequest InformationFind out more about the Master of Business Administration at PLU.Learn MoreThe Pacific Lutheran University Master of Business Administration is founded on the cornerstones of leadership, creative innovation, global awareness and ethical responsibility. MBA Students choose between a
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PLU maintains an open door with a world superpower, empowering students to learn about politics and culture off the beaten path in a distinct region of the country.
, executive director of the Wang Center for Global Education, says the China program gives students the opportunity to learn about a global superpower from the inside. The experience epitomizes all of PLU’s study away programs that carry the Gateway label. Gateways are defined by a “commitment to long-term partnerships,” Williams said, an open door that meets the educational needs of both places. “The door swings both ways,” she said. Wang Wenhao has found himself on both sides of that door throughout his
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Troy Storfjell is a member of the Sámi community, the only indigenous group in Norway that’s been historically marginalized. It’s why Storfjell, who passes as white in the U.S.
courses that count toward the 24-credit minor are offered by other departments (such as History, Religion and Anthropology). But Storfjell and his colleagues did create a few new courses, including a two-part series called “Interconnections” that aims to provide students and faculty a space to discuss “progress, challenges and the intersection of indigenous approaches and the university experience.” The program as a whole will teach from “a global indigenous focus centered in local and regional
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PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students
Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future More Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies More Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs at PLUThe Holocaust, other genocides, and mass crimes against humanity are phenomena that command serious study and civic engagement. PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an
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PLU Campus Ministry is a community that welcomes, celebrates and engages the diverse spiritual and faith traditions of PLU students, staff and faculty members.
grappling with this brokenness, and in order to mitigate further harm, we specifically prioritize LGBTQIA+ affirmation, anti-racism, and working toward decolonization as ways of embodying PLU’s institution-wide commitments to diversity, justice, and sustainability (DJS).We claim diversity as essential and life-sustaining, a vital part of God’s creation. Therefore, we commit to welcoming, celebrating, and engaging people of all gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, races, economic
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