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consortium of scholars whose work is economic, political, and social. An internationally-recognized scholar, his recent books, Luther and the Hungry Poor and Flowing Water, Uncommon Birth, balance deep historical analysis with pastoral concerns. His work enhances PLU’s mission, its classrooms, faculty, and staff through his various skills as an educator, scholar, and leader in service to his alma mater. Top Brian C. Olson Student Leadership Award: Nai-Nai Watts '19 Presented to a student who has
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community.Pursuing the personal and political Sandhu’s passions for global studies, anthropology and religion are rooted in her family’s history and background as Punjabi Sikhs. Her father was born and raised in the United States, while her mother immigrated from Punjab, India. Sandhu is the oldest of four children—three sisters and one brother—ranging from 20 to 9, all deeply involved in their community. The Sikh population faced genocide in India’s Punjab region in the 1980s, when government police picked up
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project.” Kelly Ryan – Research in Macedonia Ryan (pictured here on a trip to China) will be working with the Nansen Dialogue Network in Skopje, Macedonia, conducting research in grassroots reconciliation in Macedonia. It’s in connection with his political science capstone project. “I hope to research what makes their reconciliation practices successful and trying to understand how their techniques and findings can impact the rest of the world,” Ryan said. “I am most excited to work with world leaders
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bring on personal and professional levels through fresh perspectives, learning curves and losing my comfort zone. This opportunity is one that will further challenge me in discovering my vocation and I couldn’t be more excited to begin the adventure.” Mycal Ford ’12 – ETA in Kaosiung Taiwan Ford – from Tukwila, Wash. – doubled majored in Chinese studies and political science. He has accepted an ETA in Kaosiung, Taiwan. As part of his teaching assistantship, Ford will be working on a service project
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youth basketball teams and builds community connections through steering-committee roles with political campaigns—you know; in his spare time. “At the core of what I do, both professionally and in service to my community, is communicating information about opportunities, services and resources,” Powers told the Business Examiner. And now he’s looking forward to even more connections. “I’m excited for the opportunity to connect with other honorees,” he said. “There are folks in this year’s class from
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Lute earns spot in prestigious public policy program at Carnegie Mellon, along with full-ride scholarship Posted by: Kari Plog / May 15, 2018 Image: Riley Dolan ’19 chats with Bob Ferguson, Washington state attorney general, during Ferguson’s visit to campus earlier this year. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) May 15, 2018 By Helen Smith '19PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 15, 2018) — Riley Dolan ’19 never intended to go into political science in college. That changed after coming
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graduates are also suited to earn an M.A. in such fields as anthropology, political science, economics, among others. Sociology degree holders may also be interested in earning a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), a Master of Arts in Public Policy (M.P.P.), a Master of Arts in City and Regional Planning (M.C.P.), or a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.). Ph.D. ProgramsStudents wishing to earn a Ph.D. must enroll in a doctoral program. Sociology doctoral programs
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being able to foster that engagement. I’m always in a process of tweaking classes, making them more pertinent to students. You know, some of the things that we talk about in the Spanish Civil War, we can use them to talk about our current political climate. Taking a historical moment that is foreign to students and making it current, or at least pertinent. PM: I like what you say about being able to foster student engagement. They discover that French is something that they need. It is an experience
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political messiness and social friction.” The other “takes the prettifications at face value and asks how they happened.” The push and pull between these two relationships to Austen is evident in the reactions to the newest version of Persuasion; reviewers crave an immersion in the world of Austen that they feel they’re denied even as many try to show how the prettification happened by focusing on recent Austen-adjacent productions. Dames’s formulations are powerfully illuminating. On one view they can
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all about Latin American history and had a big focus on political science,” he said. “I loved everything about it.” Palerm clearly recalls Taylor-Mosquera’s presence in that class and others. “He contributed insightfully to class discussions in the classroom,” she said, “gently pushing his peers to engage difficult conversations about race and class in (Latin American cultures).” At PLU, Taylor-Mosquera’s passion for travel and cultural inquisition grew. He received a Wang Center grant to conduct
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