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  • Professor of Kinesiology | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.

    overtime victory over China in the 1999 World Cup to win the United States its second World Cup title.  Named as an Assistant Coach in 2000, the National Team won a Silver Medal at the Sydney Olympic Games and a second Gold Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.  In the most watched Olympics in history, the Team won their third Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing China.  The United States is the only country in the world to finish in the top three of every major world

  • Manager of Short-Term Programs | Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education | olsencd@plu.edu | 253-535-7628 | Courtney Olsen (she/her) is the Manager of Short-Term Programs at the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education.

    Courtney Olsen Manager of Short-Term Programs she/her Phone: 253-535-7628 Email: olsencd@plu.edu Office Location:Wang Center for Global Education Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education B.A., Economics and History, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.St., Modern British History, University of Oxford, 2020 Responsibilities Supports faculty in the development, implementation, and budget management of Short-Term Study Away Programs including travel logistics Supports faculty in

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  • Editor’s Note: Jim Ojala ’69, a dedicated rower rooted in his PLU experience, earned four varsity letters and fostered a profound connection to the sport. Through a compelling photo essay, Ojala explores the deep ties between Lute rowing and the iconic Husky Clipper, unveiling the…

    A slice of history: PLU Crew, the Husky Clipper, George Pocock, and the sport of rowing Posted by: mhines / December 19, 2023 Image: The 1967 PLU varsity crew in the Husky Clipper scrimmaging against the JV boat. (Photo by PLU Photographer Ken Dunmire) December 19, 2023 By Jim Ojala '69Editor’s Note: Jim Ojala ’69, a dedicated rower rooted in his PLU experience, earned four varsity letters and fostered a profound connection to the sport. Through a compelling photo essay, Ojala explores the deep

  • Fulbright Scholarships. As of 2014, 85 PLU students have won the coveted and prestigious Fulbright scholarship with an all expenses-paid post-graduate year abroad for research and/

    department also offers a number of courses in English that satisfy General University Requirements in Literature (LT) or History (H), and/or meet requirements for majors or minors in Global Studies, Women’s Studies, the International Honors and other cross-disciplinary programs. Hong International Hall: At PLU, you can share your interest in, and commitment to, learning languages with others by choosing to live in Hong International Hall, a one-of-a-kind living-learning community that consists of five

  • It’s a warm summer morning and the scent of scrambled eggs drifts from the kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church into an adjoining room where more than a dozen campers busily make beaded jewelry. Ranging from second to sixth grade, the kids are participants in the…

    Pacific Lutheran University students.This morning, the PLU counselors move from table to table, stopping periodically to answer a question, assist with tying on a bracelet, or simply chat about the music being played as the kids assemble their crafts. In fact, the majority of the kids sing along loudly as they work on their jewelry. “This song is ‘House of Memories’ by Panic at the Disco,” says Kaila Harris ’24, AMP student director and elementary education major. “We were surprised the kids knew it

  • Thank you to all those who attended, as well as to everyone who helped make this event happen!

    healing.” See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4653605/ Learn More Schedule Find out times of each session for the Mar. 9-10 symposium. Learn MoreBenson Lecture The Sixteenth Annual Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History took place as a part of this year’s symposium, with Justin Spelhaug. Learn MoreSpeakers and Panels See a detailed panels list and bios of the 10th Biennial Wang Center Symposium speakers. Learn More The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged

    Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education
    868 Wheeler St. Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Welcome to the Fall 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Fall 2020 Global Studies Capstones.  Juliana AndrewThis project began and ended on the ancestral lands of the Dena’ina Athabaskan people, and would not have been possible without the support of family, friends, professors, and community members. I am endlessly grateful for those who made time to discuss, research, and share their Sacred with me. Sacred Relations: Sanctity and Sovereignty in the Tlingit PotlatchImagine a world in which issues of

  • Professor of French | International Honors | wilkinrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7313 | Professor Wilkin teaches in four different programs at PLU: French & Francophone Studies, the International Honors program, the First Year Experience program, and Global Studies.

    : 88-105. "Gender Equality in Cartesian Community: Descartes, Poulain de la Barre, Fontenelle." Towards an Equality of the Sexes in Early Modern France, edited by Derval Conroy. New York and London: Routledge 2021: 39-59. "Feminism and Natural Right in François Poulain de la Barre and Gabrielle Suchon." The Journal of the History of Ideas Vol. 80, 2019: 227-247. "The Querelle des femmes." The Cambridge History of French Thought, edited by Michael Moriarty and Jeremy Jennings. Cambridge University

  • My decision to be a WMGS major was the culmination of my intro class and a personal belief that gender equality should be a priority. The program has been great!

    pursuing a career in non-profit development. My goal is to work as the West Coast director of major gifts for the Global Fund for Women. Selina Mach, Class of 2014I entered college unsure of the direction my education at PLU would take; my first year was spent dabbling in everything from economics to chemistry. I finally found my niche in a Women’s and Gender Studies course disguised as a first-year writing seminar. I found myself absorbed in the material, often relaying studies and statistics to

  • Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | jennifer.smith@plu.edu | 253-535-7811

    Jennifer Smith Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Phone: 253-535-7811 Email: jennifer.smith@plu.edu Professional Additional Titles/Roles Dean of Inclusive Excellence International Honors Faculty Education Ph.D., English, Western Michigan University, 2006 M.A., English, Miami University, 2001 B.A., English, Franklin College, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Modern & Contemporary British Literature LGBTQ Studies Women's Literature Popular Culture