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, the national business honor society associated with AACSB, as well as student chapters of Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting), the American Marketing Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, and a Student Investment Fund. The School is also a member of PRME – Principles for Responsible Management Education, a consortium of over 250 business schools worldwide dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders capable of managing the complex challenges faced by business and society

half. In years previous, while looking into her collegiate options, Kirsty ultimately chose to attend PLU because of its notable study away department and the university mission statement’s focus on global education.  Taking advantage of the global opportunities laid before her, Kirsty boarded a plane bound for Valparaiso, Chile in the fall of 2010 to study for a semester. While there, she honed in on her Spanish language, focused on topics of social justice and human rights, and, in her own words

Strategic Plan. Our Lutheran tradition calls on us to see diversity, social justice and sustainability not as three separate concerns but as one crucial cause demanding our best attention and action. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has called on all people to “defend human dignity, to stand with poor and powerless people, to advocate justice, to work for peace, and to care for the earth in the processes and structures of contemporary society” (The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective

Oaxaca was a different experience. “I really didn’t know anything about Oaxaca.” The state of Oaxaca is rich in diversity, with sixteen distinct indigenous communities with their own languages and culture. Alexis firmly agrees, “Not everyone in Mexico speaks Spanish.”  The Oaxaca program is grounded in social justice, exploring complex and developing human rights issues and movements, including indigenous peoples, women, workers, and more. “I saw development projects for indigenous peoples…and I have

2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Fall 2020 Global Studies Capstones.  Juliana AndrewThis project began and ended on the ancestral lands of the Dena’ina Athabaskan people, and would not have been possible without the support of family, friends, professors, and community members. I am endlessly grateful for those who made time to discuss, research, and share their Sacred with me. Sacred Relations: Sanctity and Sovereignty in the Tlingit PotlatchImagine a world in which issues of

American Research Review, the Latin American advisory board of Human Rights Watch, the Global Affairs Board at Occidental College, the board of the General Service Foundation, and the Governing Board of the Institute of Lifelong Learning at UNESCO. She served on the Citizens’ Committee in charge of investigating Mexico’s dirty war and was on the board of the Human Rights Commission for Mexico City for 8 years. In 2015, she was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government for her work on

to advance student learning and development and a campus culture of respect and responsibility. FERPA In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, popularly known as the “Buckley Amendment” and carrying the acronym “FERPA,” PLU has adopted the following policies and procedures. back to top Employment Show more information about these links Human Resources Human Resources strives to promote an exceptional work environment for the PLU community, in order to provide a

a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world. The Wang Center Study Away Advisor can support you in the application process; reach out if you’re interested in learning more. Learn about CLS! The Critical Language Scholarship is a prestigious fully funded opportunity to study a language overseas in summer. Humanity in Action Funds four weeks of summer human rights study in Amsterdam, Atlanta

closely examines. Maya DotsonTo my family who has always supported me, words cannot express my gratitude. To the university faculty who have shown the utmost kindness, patience and care, thank you.Modern Nationalist Movements and Their Threat to the Nation-State In the last two decades there has been a global resurgence of nationalist movements. Particularly, the global community has seen the rise of illiberal nationalist movements which seek to ratify the rights and privileges of some in society who

than oneself.”Close study of the Holocaust and other examples of systematic mass violence challenges us to push far beyond our comfort zones. Students who choose to earn a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies will join a scholarly community that believes that the Holocaust and other genocides must be studied, their victims must be remembered, and human rights and dignity must be honored through our daily beliefs and actions. At the same time, we recognize that the search for lessons drawn from