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“the word,” while Pauline Kaurin, Carmiña Palerm, and Scott Rogers consider the ways that Humanities instructors engage students in issues that matter: whether in our PLU classrooms, in a cross-cultural setting like PLU’s Oaxaca program, or in the various communities—traditional and on-line—where our faculty pursue opportunities for teaching and learning. In our Departmental pages you can read a tribute to Professor Mark Jensen, who is retiring from our French Program after 27 years of stellar
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Greetings from the Dean 2018 Posted by: Matthew / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Kevin J. O'BrienDean of HumanitiesEach year, the PLU Division of Humanities puts together a collection of stories into Prism, offering a few reflections of the great work our faculty do in classrooms and beyond. This year’s stories will introduce you to a new Philosophy professor, a Nordic Studies professor who returned to teach at his alma mater, and our new Director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center. You will get
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student unveiling for new signs. Monday, April 18 Starting at 10:30 a.m., Chapel will be a sustainability themed service with Professor Kevin O’Brien speaking. Starting at 3:45 p.m. there will be a Grand Sign unveiling and dedication of the Habitat Restoration site, followed by a meat free Monday tabling in the UC. Tuesday, April 19 From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Earth Week speaker Greg Nickels will present “All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming,” in the Scandinavian Cultural Center of the UC. Wednesday
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Tamara R. Williams Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7678 Email: williatr@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Executive Director of the Wang Center Mexico Program Director Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989 M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1981 B.A., Spanish, Queen's University, 1979 Biography Tamara R. Williams is a Professor of Hispanic Studies with expertise in the Latin American region. Before assuming the role of Executive Director of
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Cultural Center. Most recently,she made a gift to Project Access. I think they are doing good work in helping students find their way and training young people to go out into the world and make a difference,” Birkestol said. “I think the more young people that are exposed to an education that you get at PLU the better this world will be.” Read Previous Campus Safety keeps watch over “city” of 4,500 Read Next Student learns disaster’s impact first-hand COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the
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By Genny Boots ‘18 and Kate Williams ‘16 Lark Powers joins the music faculty as the new piano instructor at PLU. She will be teaching the keyboarding sequence as well as piano lessons for students. What is your background? I grew up in Northern California in Humboldt county, on the coast close to the Oregon border. Growing up, I studied both piano and violin. I attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and then lived in Paris for three years studying piano. From there, I
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Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County Posted by: mhines / June 13, 2024 Image: PLU Computer Science major Stuart Gavidia poses for a portrait for his Senior Spotlight, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at PLU. Gavidia interned at Amazon and Pierce-County, and is already working part-time as a software engineer. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 13, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterStuart Gavidia is a first generation
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Lutes win a national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence award and seven regional awards Posted by: Todd / May 19, 2013 May 19, 2013 It is a great time to be a student journalist at PLU. On May 1, 2013, PLU’s student newspaper the Mooring Mast was notified of a national, first place, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence award for in-depth reporting for small universities. This followed the Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards, where students took home
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Award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author Bryn Nelson to speak at Rachel Carson Lecture Posted by: nicolacs / January 22, 2024 Image: The Annual Rachel Carson Lecture will take place on February 21, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. in the Anderson University Center (Chris Knutzen Hall) with guest speaker Dr. Bryn Nelson. January 22, 2024 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsPLU’s College of Natural Sciences is excited for Bryn Nelson to deliver “From Revolting to Revolutionary: How
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