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Family Chair as providing the opportunities for students in history, economics and business to understand the political, social and philosophical contexts of current economic history,” Dale Benson said. The PLU program in business and economic history features a curriculum of three courses, an annual lecture, a summer research fellowship for students and faculty, and support for the Innovation Studies minor. In addition, the Benson Family Chair receives financial and administrative support to pursue

offset the cost of airfare, and students can apply for PLU’s financial need-based Global Scholar Award as well. Chengdu, China (Offered in 2026)Continuity and Change in an Emerging World PowerChinese Language, Chinese Studies, Business, Political Science, History, GenEd | Fall | No language prerequisite Learn More Oxford, EnglandIHON-Oxford International Honors Program IHON, Multidisciplinary | Program participants pursue individualized courses of study in tutorials with Oxford scholars, while also

challenges. All of these elements and others we focus on at PLU (including service, care, and leadership) help develop the skills and dispositions of character that are critical to citizenship in a global world and to living the Good Life. While skills, dispositions and preparation for the world are important to us, we also affirm the intrinsic value of the examination of various aspects of the human experience (hence Humanities), and try to convey to our students and other constituencies the

Clifton Strengths Institute From Youth at Risk to Kids at Hope: Harnessing the power of a culture to ensure the success of all children and youth, No Exceptions! Rick Miller, Founder and President, Kids at Hope 11:50am-1:15pm — Women in Prison and Transformative Learning (Regency Room) Danielle Azevedo, FEPPS Graduate, Student at Clark College Dr. Tanya Erzen, Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies, University of Puget Sound and Executive Director, Freedom Education Project Puget Sound

Minor RequirementsInnovation Studies minors must complete a minimum of 20 credit hours in the following key areas: Introduction to Innovation Studies (4 credits) Innovation Principles (8 credits) Elective (4 credits) Innovation Seminar (4 credits) Innovation Studies minor requirements are listed in the PLU Catalog and described below. Damian Alessandro, Sarah Cornell-Maier, and Zach Webb receive the Innovation Studies Luminary Award (Photo: Halvorson). Program DetailsStudents are expected to

intended meaning (e.g. using retarded to describe something that we dislike or do not understand). Words mean things. We choose the words that we use to communicate with others. Intentionally or unintentionally, the words we choose can have a negative impact on others. They can be experienced differently given context. We must have the courage to LEARN in public. Understand your impact. We must be cognizant that our actions have positive and/or negative consequences. Our decisions, our language

of the most important books of our time.” Ted Danson and Michael D’Orso, Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them (Rodale Books, 2011) “Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-running television series Cheers. But fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a half decades, Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming global catastrophe—the massive destruction of our planet’s oceanic biosystems and

to local and global hunger, Christian art and architecture, and Christian rituals. As the university professor of Lutheran Studies, he teaches courses and seminars on Martin Luther, the Lutheran Heritage, Women Reformers, Lutheran higher education, Lutheran art and music, and the Reformation. He also serves in the International Honors Program and, on occasion, teaches a January Term course in Rome, Italy. In addition to his work in the academy, Dr. Torvend also serves as a theological consultant