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program to study away. However, research shows a profound impact on a student’s self-efficacy and cultural competence when they work in an international school, she said. “It’s transformative,” she said of the experience. “You’re very much aware of your perspective and other people’s perspective, and you know how to teach to those.” The Republic of Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990. While the constitution guarantees free, quality education for all, the education system is only 18

September 15, 2009 Giving a people a voice, a face Filmmaker Neda Sarmast stood in front of more than 200 attending PLU students preparing for the screening of her documentary. Her film, “Nobody’s Enemy: Youth Culture in Iran,” takes the viewer into Iran to learn about, listen to and meet the youth of Iran. The size of the crowd was impressive, exciting to Sarmast. “I was just so moved to see how powerful you are and how powerful your international programs are,” she told the crowd about her

October 28, 2009 PLU alum works to close state’s achievement gap Growing up, Erin Jones ’01, had no desire to become a teacher. In fact, she planned to become an international lawyer. But after visiting an economically disadvantaged, inner-city school in Philadelphia, Pa., Jones’ life plans changed dramatically. “I had been given so much (growing up) and these kids had nothing,” Jones said.  “Forty percent had no running water.” Jones charted a new professional direction, and for her students

announced the elevation of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies. Support from the Powell, Heller and Mayer families, as well as contributions from more than 50 donors form across the region and the nation made it possible. The conference also brought more than a dozen international Holocaust scholars to campus and included a reading by former Regent Kurt Mayer from his book, which spans his life, from living in Nazi Germany as a child to the

March 30, 2011 Through experience and contemplation, painter hones his craft In creating oil paintings at his Tacoma studio, artist David Gray, ’92, takes inspiration from what is beautiful, good, excellent and wholesome. Gray has worked as a full-time artist since December 2002. In this relatively short time, he has distinguished himself by winning prestigious awards such as the 2009 Chairman’s Choice Award at the International Art Renewal Center Salon, a competition for artists working in the

, early American, and 17th- and 18th-century British literature. He has served as General Editor of the McNair Papers monograph series and Managing Editor of War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. He has published numerous articles and other works, including Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777 (University of Chicago Press). Krise will arrive at PLU in June to assume the presidency. He succeeds Loren J. Anderson who will leave

engineering) who want to prepare for careers in finance. Students interested in pursuing the CFA charter. International students interested in studying in the U.S. while obtaining the MSF degree and better preparing for the CFA charter examinations. Industry professionals wishing to pursue the MSF degree while intensively preparing for the CFA examinations. Accounting majors fulfilling CPA 150-credit hour requirements. This 10-month, 40-semester hour program will begin in September and continue to the

happens in foreign countries and bring to others our own country,” said Jia-Li Hsu, the Taiwan University professor accompanying the students. International travel allows for real discovery that can’t be replicated, she said. The group chose PLU as part of its journey because during the previous year, a representative from Taiwan visited a class in the History Department and was very impressed with the innovative curriculum. “He actually sent the recommendation made by a PLU student during that class

Thomas Merton. Ramshaw is much published, her works ranging from Reviving Sacred Speech (1999) to Under the Tree of Life: The Religion of a Feminist Christian (2003) and her most recent work, What is Christianity? (2013). A Lutheran scholar of international repute, she is considered one of the world’s leading experts on religious language and its liberating capacities. Ramshaw has lectured and offered courses in many countries, including Australia, China, Denmark, England, Italy, Japan, and Norway

push through and compete amongst the better, more-experienced chapters and still pulled through on top,” she said. “Size and experience do not matter as long as you have a group that’s willing to put in the work and dedication and the willpower to succeed!” Founded in 1919, Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) is an international honorary and service organization for financial information students and professionals. There are more than 300 college and university chapters, whose primary objective is to encourage