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, and enduring legacy of the Greco-Roman world throughout the Mediterranean. This is a grand ambition. Every Classicist must master Greek and Latin, the dominant languages of the Mediterranean, learn the literature and history of those people, from 800 BCE to 400 CE, be familiar with each of the subfields, and then focus in depth on one or two. This includes learning to read scholarship in at least two modern European languages beyond English. Classics is a broad field that embraces the
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PLU’s Chinese Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program which is designed to provide students interested in China a broad foundation in Chinese language, culture, and history, and an
exploring newly opened trade opportunities with the world’s most populated country and the globe’s fastest growing economy. This emerging global superpower will increasingly influence international politics, culture and trade in the 21st century; there is a growing demand throughout the world for people trained in Chinese Studies. PLU’s Chinese Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program which is designed to provide students interested in China a broad foundation in Chinese language, culture, and
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Free at last? Lutheran Perspectives on Racial Justice Sixth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 29, 2016 At this conference, scholars, students, musicians, and college
respect for the dignity of every human being and our work for justice and peace. At this conference, scholars, students, musicians, and college leaders will present their research and reflection on one of the most critical dimensions of our common life: the quest for racial justice in a region of the country that continues to bear the open wounds of racist policies and actions. The conference is free and open to the public and is made possible by the generosity of the anonymous donors who endowed the
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…
PLU’s Whiteneck and Smith Global Peacebuilding Award helps Lutes independently work abroad on humanitarian efforts Posted by: Kari Plog / September 20, 2016 Image: Taylor Bozich ’17 (Photo by Zach Powers/PLU) September 20, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 17, 2016)- MediaLab at Pacific Lutheran University, the multimedia, applied research organization that celebrates 10 years of success this fall, counts more than 200 students as participants throughout the decade. Those participants are invited to mark the organization’s milestone anniversary Nov. 5…
international video and documentary awards, including three first-place grand prizes from the National Broadcasting Society and major film festival screenings in New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver and elsewhere. “It just grew, it mushroomed, and became this 700-pound gorilla that it is today,” Wells said. One of MediaLab’s first community-oriented projects involved writing stories, taking photographs and editing copy for a weekly newspaper that aimed to serve Jewish residents of the Puget Sound region
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is served – citing the case of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which continued the cleanup long after the television crews had gone home. “I really do believe the flood of grace is deeper, stronger, than the floods of destruction,” Stewart said. And how we view water, or the “metaphors by which we view water,” matter, he added. Giving his first example, Stewart cited a controversy surrounding the Chicago River, which flows through his home town. Big businesses regard the waterway as
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communities forward and serve their members by creating jobs and providing pathways to opportunity for young people entering the workforce. AmeriCorps places thousands of young adults into intensive service positions where they learn valuable work skills, earn money for education, and develop an appreciation for citizenship. Border Servant Corps Border Servant Corps serves along the U.S./Mexico border in organizations that strive to do justice, love, kindness and walk humbly in the region. Full-time
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article on wildlife trafficking in Latin America was the cover story in Smithsonian. His work springs from a wild dedication to the Earth and its creatures. His writing and photography have won several awards, including the Washington State Book Award, Southwest Book Award, Ben Franklin Book Award, and he was a PEN USA Literary Award finalist. He has a particular love for the Southern Hemisphere and has completed two Fulbright Fellowships, in Mexico and Ecuador. He has taught study tours in Antarctica
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, journalist, and author who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. Her new book, I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times was featured on the Glenn Beck Podcast and named a New York Times recommended read. She’s Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels, the nation’s largest cross-partisan grassroots organization working to depolarize America; host of A Braver Way, a podcast that equips people with the tools
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Pave the Way Pave the Way https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/05/maria-chavez-cover-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/04/kari-plog.jpg May 14, 2018 May 18, 2018 Maria Chávez leads with her own experience when she addresses academic opportunity and achievement. Specifically, she empathizes with students who come from marginalized populations. Chávez, chair of politics
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