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globally is the key. IHON students don’t simply study issues from afar – they study them from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of disciplines like the arts, economics, philosophy, politics and religion. They are not simply reading about the great thinkers and the great ideas that have made the world what it is – they are systematically dissecting and testing these ideas and looking at them from every perspective. It means a lot of reading. It means a lot of discussion. It means a lot of work

, Professor of Hispanic Studies.× Third-year Lute Sharlene Rojas-Apodaca is a double major in Hispanic studies and philosophy. Her decision to assist at the PLC was easy, because she’d previously served as an AVID tutor at Keithley and Washington her first two years of college. “I saw how many students needed more help outside of school, so when I heard about the PLC I knew that I wanted to be a part of it,” she said. “It has been a very rewarding experience to be able to work with students, especially

together. The International Honors (IHON) Program is a different way to do your general education requirements. Instead of taking separate subjects like math and art, classes offer integrated topics. So, one course on 1968 combined philosophy, politics and art. It’s cool how different perspectives lead to realizations on how subjects are related. Knapp: I don’t know if I could’ve put on my project so easily elsewhere, with an awesome ability to use the space and resources. Faculty and staff encourage

; as if to deliver a sigh of relief and contentment upon the world, or at the very least, the room and those who were present to breathe in the moment. June 9thToday was the second and final round of competition – the choir gave a stellar performance.  For the evening concert we headed to Dreifaltigkeitskirche in the nearby town of Kaufbeuren.  Choir of the West was the highlight of the evening, singing alongside the German and Swedish choirs. June 10thWe are coming to the end of our journey

enters the world without the ability to critically examine and find relationships between seemingly opposite subjects like philosophy and physics. My PLU experience: One word enters my head when I think about my PLU experience: support. It has been an incredible experience that has challenged me to look beyond my culture, my understanding of my family, my friends and myself. Over the last four years, I have changed and grown as a person due to the relationships with mentors, professors and peers that

think that our greatest contribution to children’s healthcare is through our emphasis on $1, interactive donations. This philosophy ensures that for every $1000 dollars we raise, we’ve ideally involved 1000 people within the PLU community. The interactive effort means that the individual becomes involved in the process of donating, rather than just dropping a dollar in a can. This the donor is more likely to reflect on the act of donating and what it means to them – why they want to support

leaders to make a difference in the Army, Gunovich said. “Brian was that kind of guy,” he said. “Those are the ones who can affect change.” Calata is proof of that philosophy, the result of a chain reaction of Bradshaw’s leadership at PLU.  “He was a year ahead of me and I kind of followed his footsteps,” said Calata, who graduated in 2008 and completed three tours of duty before recently starting his job at the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. Calata said fellow students fondly called him “Brian

passionately backs that fight. “Classics is the foundation of our knowledge, our history, our philosophy and how we make sense of the world we live in now,” said Dobyns, who graduated in 2001 and credits his self-directed film major and his overall professional success to the classics at PLU. “Without that foundation, we have no grounding in why the world is the way it is.” O’Brien and division leaders across the university are now tasked with responding to those preliminary recommendations, part of an

tributaries. Three of our faculty also received Fulbright Awards last year. Joanne Lisosky will teach journalism at Baku University in Azerbaijan beginning next January. Janet Weiss traveled to Namibia in July to undertake work in curriculum development. Jennifer Jenkins participated this past summer in the Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German studies. Every year our faculty produce hundreds of publications, creative works and performances. And this commitment to our

spending more time with my two amazing 6-year-olds, since they have been patiently waiting for mommy to “finish her homework.” Gretchen Elyse Nagel – Bachelor of Arts in German, minor in religion Why PLU? I chose PLU as a transfer student from the University of Oregon because I valued the warmth of the smaller campus community and the dedication to international involvement and travel. I saw opportunities within that smaller community to build meaningful, impactful relationships with both faculty and