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language class or have recently taken First-Year Chinese or higher. Students must also be U.S. citizens or U.S. legal permanent residents. Program description: The Chinese Bridge Study Trip is a Chinese language and culture immersion program co-sponsored by Confucius Institute of the State of Washington at UW and the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. It is designed to give UW students a direct and deep exposure to Chinese language and culture through classes and visits to local historical
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Advanced Holocaust Studies (former U.S. Holocaust Research Institute) since 1993. Heberer Rice completed her undergraduate degree in Historical Studies and German Language and Literature at Southern Illinois University as the graduating class’ valedictorian. She conducted her doctoral studies at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Maryland (UMD)-College Park, where Heberer Rice earned a PhD based on her dissertation on the Hadamar killing facility and its role in the Euthanasia program
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explorer Roald Amundsen, his British rivals Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context.” Shelagh D. Grant, Polar Imperative: A History of Artic Sovereignty in North America (Douglas and McIntyre, 2010) “Based on Shelagh Grant’s groundbreaking archival research and drawing on her reputation as a leading historian in the field, Polar Imperative is a compelling overview of the historical claims of sovereignty over this continent’s polar regions
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Students SpeakWhat do current Global Studies students have to say about their experiences in the program? ANDREW ALLEN ‘15“The Global Studies program helped me understand many historical and modern issues from a variety of perspectives, and has led me to think more critically about how to successfully respond to these injustices. Studying in the Development and Social Justice concentration in Global Studies allowed me the opportunity to speak with faculty and peers from different disciplines
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added. Murphy-Mancini is looking forward to sharing his passion for early music and music by living composers. Murphy-Mancini will join PLU from the University of Southern Maine, where he currently serves as organ faculty in the Osher School of Music. He also brings his experience as director of church music at First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, in Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, an M.M. in historical keyboards from Oberlin
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critical life skills: time management, risk taking and, most of all, patience.”Spring also works at Springtide Press, runs the Elliott Press at PLU and is part of the creative duo the Dead Feminists broadsides, a series of letterpress prints highlighting historical feminists. Her work is included in collections around the globe. Spring is currently taking a year of absence from PLU and plans to return in Fall 2015. Along with her fellow award recipients, Spring will be honored at the annual Tacoma Arts
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and inclusion in modern and historical contexts. We encourage students to review these courses, available at https://www.plu.edu/provost/diversity-inclusion and find learning opportunities that fit your academic goals. And if there are other courses that should be added to this list, please drop a note to marcom@plu.edu. Read Previous Lutes gather at CenturyLink Field to soak up sun and Sounders Read Next Death of Dr. Rae Linda Brown COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments
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these personal experiences one can begin to understand the historical and political context of the on-going humanitarian crisis. Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen ( Knopf 2009) Very readable story of incredible characters and amazing athletes (ultrarunners) told within the story of the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon Mexico. Ed Viesturs and David Roberts, K-2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
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meaningful living, and to discuss ways to mentor students to live into the PLU mission. Each seminar group will meet to study and discuss a variety of matters vital to their profession as faculty at PLU. They will discuss some important historical materials and debates about vocation, various contemporary issues in pedagogy and higher education, and related controversies in contemporary society and academic disciplines. These discussions will intersect with consideration of PLU’s mission and individual
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Summer Research Fellows Share Results By Michael Halvorson ’85, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History Are you curious about innovative historical research projects that are transforming PLU? PLU’s Business and Economic History Program invites you to learn more at a presentation of creative scholarship by the 2021 Benson… October 15, 2021 Benson Family Summer Research FellowshipBenson FellowsBusiness and Economic HistoryMichael Halvorson
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