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  • General Admission, $5 Senior Citizen and PLU Alumni and $3 PLU Community, any student ID, and 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the Concierge Desk in PLU’s Anderson University Center, by phone at 253-535-7411 and at the door. Buy TicketsChoir of the West receives high honors in global rankingThe Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur.Simon CarringtonGuest-conductor Read

  • provides more than $2 million annually in scholarship support for students. Endowment scholarships and grants mirror the university’s commitment to student access, the recognition of scholarly achievement, and a commitment to global education. New scholarship programs: Global Scholar Grant Program PLU Achiever Opportunity Grants Global Study Opportunity Grants Continuing scholarship programs: Regents’ Scholarships President’s Scholarships Academic Merit Scholarships There are many ways to make an

  • Director for the University of Namibia. The PLU campus visit for the Namibian delegation was arranged by the Wang Center for Global Education at PLU. The dignitaries joining Tjiramba included the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia, Dr. Lazarus Hangula; Dr. Kenneth Mantengu, Director of External Relations for the University of Namibia; and Dr. Alfons Wabahe Mosimane, Head of the Life Sciences Division at the University of Namibia. The Namibian delegation met with several PLU representatives

  • April 6, 2014 Alumni Profile: Tom Paulson ’80 In 2001, Paulson traveled to Nigeria to report on the beginnings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on global health. Paulson says the planking broke on this bridge outside Jos, Nigeria, and the driver inspected the tires because the truck wouldn’t move. “We eventually enlisted some locals to help us lift it up and get going again,” Paulson says. (Photo: Mike Urban) Spreading Curiosity, Caring and Compassion Through ‘Humanosphere’ By

  • is its dedication to helping students succeed in the field of global education,” said Henrichsen. “When the opportunity arose to obtain both political science and communication credit by studying and interning in Norway, I jumped at the chance.” She was hooked. Henrichsen, who double-majored in political science and communication, traveled abroad four separate times as an undergraduate – to Germany and England, to Norway, to the Balkans, and to Switzerland. That is where Henrichsen ’07 finds

  • comparing Ontario’s adoption disclosure laws with those of other English-speaking jurisdictions, including Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. That experience forced me out of my insular focus on the United States and channeled my research interests to international adoption, and in particular, a comparative history of adoption records in global perspective. Quickly, as an unintended result of my new research interest, I became a world traveler. In July 2006, I was

  • to have been selected and are looking forward to PLU students benefiting from this program,” said Tamara Williams, executive director or PLU’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. “We know that immersive study away experiences are often transformative for our students and this grant will help us connect more students with opportunities.” PLU study away participants can pick from semester or full-year programs in locations that range from Norway and China to Trinidad and Tobago

  • , electronic and electromechanical technicians, law enforcement and security technology professionals, cybersecurity professionals, data scientists as well as those interested in STEM-related policy issues such as climate change, emerging technologies, global health, and the supply chain among others at home and abroad! During our virtual career fair, you will have the opportunity to engage with Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals across a broad range of STEM fields.  Learn how your STEM

  • October 1, 2013 ‘Making Seafood Sustainable’ Mansel G. Blackford will be this year’s speaker for the Ninth Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic history at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Anderson University Center. Blackford, Emeritus Professor of History at the Ohio State University, will speak on “Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspectives.” Blackford has taught at OSU for the past 28 years and has received numerous honors and awards, including two

  • and electromechanical technicians, law enforcement and security technology professionals, cybersecurity professionals, data scientists as well as those interested in STEM-related policy issues such as climate change, emerging technologies, global health, and the supply chain among others at home and abroad! During our virtual career fair, you will have the opportunity to engage with Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals across a broad range of STEM fields.  Learn how your STEM background