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  • Issued! Marguerite Porete and A Mirror of Simple Souls 1:20-1:40 pm - Rebeca Salinas Rosaries on my Altar: Towards a Contemporary Mexican-American Women’s Position on Indigenous Spiritual Practices 1:40-2:00 pm - Katie Olson Lutheran theological responses to theodicy 2:00-2:20 pm - Nathan Buegler The ELCA’s Response to Climate Change In Light of Realized Eschatology 2:20-2:40 pm - Marit Gjelde-Bennett An Unexpected Ally in Women’s Health: The Role of Religious Language in Medicine for the Reclamation

  • Program at Bennington College. Stan Sanvel Rubin. Rubin is the founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU who also served for more than 20 years as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum and Videotape Library (SUNY), a multifaceted literary arts program. He holds the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. His most recent book of poetry is Here. Other books include The Post-Confessionals, a collection of his interviews with contemporary American poets; Hidden Sequel, winner

  • March 7, 2008 Vote for the first Hebrew Idol In another PLU twist on Fox’s popular singing series “American Idol,” assistant religion professor Tony Finitsis is bringing “Hebrew Idol 2008” to campus. The event stems from the final project in his “Religion and Literature of the Old Testament” course. In groups, students are asked to reflect on the contemporary relevance of the Hebrew Bible and re-tell a biblical story set in modern times. In the past, students wrote papers, created PowerPoint

  • contemporary research that examines Latinos' quest for political empowerment and how they are transforming American politics and society. Likewise, students will engage in an in-depth examination of contemporary realities for Latino professionals, including ideas on how to increase the numbers of Latino professionals. Finally, the class will provide an intersectional framework for examining how, in addition to race, other identities such as gender, "illegality", and sexuality shape the political

  • against humanity are phenomena that command serious study and civic engagement. Individualized Major The individualized major offers students the chance to design and propose their own program of study, charting a course through PLU’s curriculum that allows them to pursue their interests and prepare for their future. Languages & Literatures PLU offers majors and minors in Chinese, Classics (Greek and Latin), French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish (Hispanic and Latino Studies). Students can develop

  • Dinner Break7 - 8:30 p.m. | The Importance of Migrant Voices and Perspectives The 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture Speaker: Fredy González, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Colorado – Boulder Introduced by Timothy O’Neill, Visiting Assistant Professor of History Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center Friday, March 99:05 - 10:20 a.m. | Homo Itinerans: An Anthropological Perspective on Global Mobility Speaker: Alessandro Monsutti, Head of

  • Course Descriptions SOCI 101 : Introduction to Sociology - ES An introduction to the discipline of sociology. Features an analysis of contemporary American society with emphasis on the interconnections of race, class, and gender. Sociological concepts include socialization, social roles, stereotypes, power, and stratification. (4) SOCI 210 : Gender and Society - ES An examination of gender as a social construction and a system of stratification. Focus is on the structural aspects of gender and

  • exchanges with local students. The jazz ensemble, a student jazz big band, will perform a program of jazz standards and contemporary, original works. Performances will feature compositions and arrangements of such notable jazz composers as Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, and repertoire from historic big bands such those of Buddy Rich, Count Basie, and the Village Vanguard Orchestra. Styles will range from 1930s swing to funk, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian. Under the direction of Dr. David Deacon-Joyner

  • 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, free-lance writing, animal behavior, neuropsychology, public finance, logic, and moral philosophy. Diversity and