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Fulbright Scholarships. As of 2014, 85 PLU students have won the coveted and prestigious Fulbright scholarship with an all expenses-paid post-graduate year abroad for research and/
to speak in another language, read literature in isolation, or travel more easily to a particular part of the world. They teach you to hear and to understand the unique voices of cultures, including your own, and develop the trans-cultural skills necessary for a life of “thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service, and care” in an increasingly connected world. Our programs grow out of PLU’s history, heritage, values, and mission. The languages that we offer – French & Francophone Studies, Hispanic
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See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.
semester, PLU faculty will explore the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields. These include: Biology, Global Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Literature and the Arts. The course also includes a panel of PLU alumni in the health and care professions that have been invited to reflect on their experience of the crisis from the vantage point as practitioners. The
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See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.
semester, PLU faculty will explore the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields. These include: Biology, Global Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Literature and the Arts. The course also includes a panel of PLU alumni in the health and care professions that have been invited to reflect on their experience of the crisis from the vantage point as practitioners. The
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The word anthropology comes from the Greek words anthropos, meaning human, and logos, which refers to doctrine, theory or science.
Anthropology OverviewThe word anthropology comes from the Greek words anthropos, meaning “human”, and logos, which refers to doctrine, theory or science. Loosely defined, anthropology is the comprehensive study of humankind with an emphasis on culture. It is a holistic field which can touch on multiple specific disciplines, including humanistic approaches from history to literature the empirical or “natural” sciences from geology to physics, as well as behavioral studies such as sociology to
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The Rainier Writing Workshop is selective. We are looking for motivated adults with established writing and reading habits, and who want to raise their work to a new level.
personal statement, the critical writing sample, and the letters of recommendation. We do not require scores from the GRE exam. Please see the How to Apply page for more information and guidelines about specific items for the application. Admitted applicants who already hold an MA in writing or literature may be allowed to complete the program in two years and three residencies, though this will be at the discretion of the program. If you have questions about admission requirements that are not
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First-Ever Krise Internship Awarded PLU President Thomas W. Krise, right, and Patricia L. Krise, left, pose with Emily Ames, the first recipient of the Krises’ endowed internship. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Emily Ames ’15 Receives $2,000 for Summertime Community Work By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing…
English Literature major with a minor in Non-Profit Leadership; she also will receive academic credit for her internship. At The GreenHouse Center, Ames will perform a wide range of duties, including planning program activities for elementary-school and teenage camps, developing workshops, driving on field trips, mentoring teen camp participants and working as an “Adventure Guide” to build relationships with the elementary-school campers. “My hope is through firsthand experience working in a low
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TACOMA, Wash. (April 30, 2015)—Award-winning authors and PLU alumnae Leslye Walton ’04 and Marissa Meyer ’04 will return to campus May 2 for the inaugural Cavalcade of Authors West youth writing workshop. Cavalcade of Authors West is comprised of two components: 1) students reading novels…
middle-school students and working on her next novel. Meyer is the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Lunar Chronicles. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Children’s Literature at PLU and went on to receive her MFA in Publishing from Pace University. The next book in The Lunar Chronicles series, Winter, is set for release in November 2015. In addition to Walton and Meyer, 13 other authors from the Pacific Northwest will attend the workshop to encourage and
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Preparation for law school at PLU is an advising system rather than a curriculum of prescribed major/minor or otherwise organized courses.
, and coursework aimed at developing intellectual skills and resources apt to generate success in legal study and practice. Recent successful PLU applicants to law schools have taken such diverse courses as those in the anthropology of contemporary America, social science research methods, American popular culture, English Renaissance literature, news writing and argumentation, recent political thought, international relations, freelance writing, intermediate German, animal behavior, neuropsychology
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The field of medicine offers a challenging, yet rewarding career. If you are attracted to helping people and have the aspiration to use scientific knowledge to serve society, then a career in
, the unity of all body parts, the body’s ability to heal itself and preventive medicine.” For more information on allopathic medicine, visit the Association of American Medical Colleges website at: www.aamc.org. For osteopathic medicine, visit the Association of American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine at: www.aacom.org. If you enjoy science and are particularly interested in making research discoveries, you might consider obtaining a joint MD-PhD. *Adopted from literature of the AAMC.Read about
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Introduction The Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) offers “Four-Week Summer Program” scholarships to non-native Chinese speaking college students worldwide to study Chinese language and
Information about Host Universities Beijing University of Technology: http://english.bit.edu.cn/UW in BeijingLocation: Beijing, China Program Terms: Summer Quarter Program Duration: 8 Weeks Credits: 15 UW credits Prerequisites: Minimum GPA 2.5 No prerequisite for 1st year Chinese. Prerequisite for 2nd year Chinese: 1st year Chinese (CHIN 103) or equivalent. Program description: UW in Beijing is collaborative initiative between the Department of Asian Languages & Literature and the Confucius Institute of
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