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dilemmas can be solved without broad, multifaceted expertise. Addressing climate change requires business savvy. Understanding modern racial unrest takes an understanding of American and world history. International diplomacy is often informed by religious traditions. Some of the most successful business managers are experts in psychology. Yet, despite these realities, far too many American universities are neglecting to provide an integrated education—an education that fuses the liberal arts

PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 6, 2016 Image: Image: Kelly Hall ’16 is graduating this spring with an individualized major in Native American and indigenous studies. (Photo courtesy of Hall). May 6, 2016 By Natalie DeFord '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure

aroma. The students will learn that the Makah can make just about anything out of cedar and have for hundreds if not thousands of years, from a bracelet to a canoe that’s able to navigate the ocean. This is just one of the activities the PLU students learn at the Makah Indian Reservation on Neah Bay on the Washington coast. This January, 15 students spent 12 days with anthropology professor Dr. Dave Huelsbeck immersing themselves in the unique American Indian Culture. “Books can only get you so far

Summer Research at Louisiana State University Posted by: nicolacs / March 2, 2017 March 2, 2017 Louisiana State University is anticipating 2017 funding for a new NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Smart Polymer Composite Materials and Structures, with research labs in chemistry, mechanical engineering and civil engineering. Read Previous American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program Read Next Fred Hutch Lab Tech Training Internship Program LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity

November 29, 2011 Paris Cochran ’13 was the first American, and female student, to go into rural Oaxaca with HELPS. “I was able to change their opinion about what Americans, and students, are capable of.” Paris Cochran’s cool internship: HELPS International By Steve Hansen Every student who participates in PLU’s Gateway study-away program in Oaxaca, Mexico, has to participate in a four-week internship. Based on the students’ interests, there are many internship options during the semester-long

reflect on how Mexican, American, and Central American culture, conflicts, and politics are connected. It reminded me that I’m called to walk for others, seek justice and pursue it.”Get started now Apply Inquiry Read Previous If you lived with your classmates, what would learning look like? Read Next Breaking down Fences LATEST POSTS Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for

, the ensemble performs five times a year, including the annual world-wide broadcast of the KPLU Christmas Jam program. The wind ensemble will perform American and Australian music featuring Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy and other new music from American composers that will be tuneful and fun for both the ensemble and the audience. Under the direction of Dr. Edwin Powell, the ensemble performs four concerts on campus per season as well as appearing frequently at local schools, national

continue robustly today.” The king’s trip, scheduled for May 20-28, underlines the important relationship between Norway and the United States and will create increased visibility and attention for Norway, including the very strong Norwegian-American community in Alaska and Washington, said Consul of Norway Kim Nesselquist of PLU’s Office of Advancement, who will serve as the formal host for the Washington visit. “Speaking at Commencement is a first, and a great testament to how important His Majesty

hope that some day nations can live in harmony. Veterans Day 2014 at PLU on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) The date of Veterans Day has some personal resonance for me, because both of my grandfathers were in uniform on that day, November 11th, 1918, and they both expressed their joy at hearing the news of the armistice.  In fact, members of my family have been in uniform for every American war except for the Spanish-American War.  I keep a small framed photograph of my father

impressive set of credentials, with a bachelor’s of general studies from American University in Washington, D.C., and was then completing a master’s of communication, also from American. For nearly 10 years, he’d worked in banking, marketing, and finally public relations. “I didn’t like it, I certainly didn’t hate it,” Wells, associate professor of communication, mused recently during a break from sabbatical work on a certificate in documentary studies at Duke University. “But I came home at the end of