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  • When Jessica Crask ‘17 found the Diversity Center, she found what made her a Lute. The Center provided a sense of home, friends, and fun, and through it, Jessica found relatability with non-traditional students, practical life skills, and a drive to make the world a…

    and the other spaces of the Center felt like a residence hall to her. Getting involved was a natural result of that welcomeness. Her biggest project during her time at PLU was a campaign against microaggressions called My Language, My Choice. This campaign strove to communicate how language used against certain groups of people can be offensive and damaging. This was important to Jessica because she also had experience with microaggressions. PLU and other organizations supported and funded this

  • Mentor will walk students through a series of questions to: get essential information about their projects and the investigator(s); determine whether projects are considered “research” requiring

    obtain specific information regarding the research methods that will be used. Specifics of using Mentor to provide comments, approve your students’ proposals with your electronic signature, and submit them to the HPRB are covered in Step 6. Please ask your students to answer all questions using clear, concise, self-explanatory language, so that the Unit Designates in your school/division, who may not be familiar with their specific topics, will readily understand their projects.Make sure students

  • USO features student soloists in March concert This month’s University Symphony Orchestra concert on March 22 will feature four student soloists – three sopranos and a composer – that will showcase talent ranging from operatic to the singing of French chants from the 14th century.…

    lost language of the time around the region. In answer to the obvious question – yes it was hard to learn the song, much less a song in a language that died out about 700 years ago.  “You have to do your research,” she said.  Amilyn Hill will be singing Mozart’s “Queen of the Night,” arias from the Magic Flute, complete with costume. “I plan to make it as close to an opera performance as I can,” she said. “I’ll probably be wearing a black dress, maybe a crown.”  Around the age of 12, Hill

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 4, 2015)- After screenings and film festivals and cinemas throughout the world, the acclaimed documentary “Resistencia: The Fight for The Aguan Valley“ will be screening at Pacific Lutheran University. The free, public showing will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in…

    key member of the Real News Network from 2009-11, he produced more than 100 investigative video pieces on economics, politics and social movements in North and Central America. Since 2012, Freeston has directed five documentaries for TeleSUR, the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster. Resistencia is his second documentary film on Honduras. The screening is a collaborative project, co-sponsored by the PLU Departments of Anthropology, History and Global Studies; International Honors

  • Dr. Scott L. Rogers joins the PLU community having served for three years as Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small liberal arts university in northwest Ohio.

    , new media, and rhetoric. Dr. Rogers grew up on a farm thirty minutes outside Springfield, Missouri but moved to Southern California when he was 15 years old. This shift, from the quiet rural life to the bustling suburban metropolis, informs much of his interest in location, language, and culture. Several of Dr. Rogers’ current writing projects focus on the intersections of these three concerns by exploring the ways that place, space, and context shape how and why we write or tell stories about our

  • Each year, the Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture is arranged by the Scandinavian Area Studies program.  This endowed lecture series, made possible by generous donations by descendants of PLU’s first

    understanding, and create new awareness of the human experience through the insights of a national or international expert.  Regardless of the topic, the Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture in its name and purpose links the foundations of PLU with continued commitment to learning in the community. — Claudia Berguson   Harstad Lecture by Cathrine Sandnes (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) Back: Re-envisioning the Language Resource CenterNext: PLUTO and Language Instruction

  • What exactly is a Learning Community (LC)? Here’s how to pick yours. Maybe you’ve already heard about the Learning Communities  (LCs) at PLU, and maybe you haven’t, but the thing you need to know is that  every  student, whether you  live on campus  or  commute…

    Environmental & Social Justice Hong International Community (Global Engagement & Language Immersion) Lavender Community (LGBTQ+ identified and allies) Self & Society STEM House Wellness House Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equity Community How do I pick my LC? Research the LCs to see which interest you the most (you can apply for more than one and rank your choices), then complete the Learning Community application. If you’re living on campus, this is also the application for your housing and your roommate

  • What exactly is a Learning Community (LC)? Here’s how to pick yours. Maybe you’ve already heard about the Learning Communities  (LCs) at PLU, and maybe you haven’t, but the thing you need to know is that  every  student, whether you  live on campus  or  commute…

    Environmental & Social Justice Hong International Community (Global Engagement & Language Immersion) Lavender Community (LGBTQ+ identified and allies) Self & Society STEM House Wellness House Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equity Community How do I pick my LC? Research the LCs to see which interest you the most (you can apply for more than one and rank your choices), then complete the Learning Community application. If you’re living on campus, this is also the application for your housing and your roommate

  • Assistant to the Dean | College of Health Professions | howardrm@plu.edu | 253-535-7659 | Rachel Howard is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the College of Health Professions and the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy.

    and enjoyed traveling throughout the continent of Asia. She is married and has two beautiful children. In 2019, she wrote and illustrated her first published Children’s Picture book, When Your Cookie Crumbles. While her background is in Literature, her true love language is in Psychology and Behavioral Health. In her free time, she enjoys practicing various forms of Yoga, as well as reading about philosophy, psychology, and re-watching classic comedies such as Seinfeld.

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  • “A New Understanding of the Morality of War” – Professor Jeff McMahan

    Ruined by Talking: Kierkegaard on Language, Nature, and Communication (pdf) view download