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  • Music Lessons in the Time of Corona As we begin an unprecedented school year, our students and faculty have adapted to continue their study of music while practicing safety measures such as wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and rehearsing outside in the fresh air. Scroll through these photos to see how PLU… October 8, 2020

  • Music Lessons in the Time of Corona As we begin an unprecedented school year, our students and faculty have adapted to continue their study of music while practicing safety measures such as wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and rehearsing outside in the fresh air. Scroll through these photos to see how PLU… October 8, 2020

  • confronted every obstacle that came up and has gone above and beyond to ensure that students are able to achieve their goals and excel academically. Mauricio Coitiño does research in Communication and Media, Public Policy and Human Rights. He is also a former representative of Uruguay for Amnesty International and an activist of Ovejas Negras, a Uruguayan collective that advocates for the defense of sexual diversity and rights of the LGBTQI community. Part of the educational work this social organization

  • Trinidad and Tobago is, they know somebody from it or they know something about the culture. It’s remarkable.” The line of faculty has remained unbroken throughout the 25 years of the program, attracting scholars across the university that include JoDee Keller, professor of social work and former J-term faculty lead, and Greg Youtz, professor of music and composer, who took over the reins as director of the T&T study away Gateway program in 2015. Jessica Hanson, the current program manager, heads up

  • , and faculty to combat gender-based oppression and enact positive social change. View moreJones oversees student tutors and works out of an office in the Mortvedt Library. He is calm and collected, and really thrives at the university. He may have come in without the family forebears going to college, but he adapted to college life quickly and came into his own. And representing that experience for students who relate to him is invaluable at an institution that welcomes an ever-growing population

  • Chair PLU Graduate 2006 PLU Crew 2002-2006 I am the co-founder and CFO for Long Term Rower Development (LTRD), an athlete centered, research based, and process oriented rowing services company that is also the home of the Seattle Scullers. Outside of my work at LTRD,  I have a 3-year old future rower and I continue to follow my other passions of working to drive social change through cross-sector collaboration. Current projects include working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on issues

  • writing; • Personalized review of grammar structures you want to learn or strengthen; • Cultural projects exploring what it means to be Latino/a/x in the US; • Opportunities to practice various modes of writing and public speaking. HISP 351: Hispanic Voices for Social Change for Heritage Speakers Prerequisite: HISP 252 recommended, but not required. Appropriate for students with or without previous Spanish study Affirm and build upon your Spanish language abilities through: • Community building with

  • then, all this really didn’t much matter – at least when measured in terms of money, political will or media attention. AIDS, of course, has been a big and highly visible part of the global health scene for the past quarter century. But the AIDS pandemic exists in its own category, with a unique set of political and social circumstances that have guaranteed this particular infectious disease a high level of public attention and concern. In a way, AIDS both helped educate people about the global

  • our assumptions. Can we call the work of equity at PLU — or anywhere — “innovative?” And what does innovation even mean in this context? As a white woman who works with other white people to increase racial literacy — and as a ‘21 graduate of the Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program — I’m interested in the semantics of social justice and the idea of challenging default definitions and linguistic habit. A couple of months ago, via Zoom, I met with four

  • & Staff Across PLU! Harstad Women Empowerment & Gender Equity Social Mixer! Snacks: charcuterie board and fruit & lemonadeFriday, 9/16/223:00PM-4:30PMHarstad 1st floor lounge Block Party (Featuring Rock the Vote & Engagement Fair) Join Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Associated Students of PLU (ASPLU; PLU's Student Government) for an epic block party event featuring music & dancing, registering to vote, and meeting/mingling with PLU & Parkland clubs and organizations! Friday, 9/16/224:00PM-8