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Peter C. Grosvenor Associate Professor of Sociology & Global Studies Full Profile 253-535-7399 grosvepc@plu.edu
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PLU Weathermon Jazz FestivalMarch 18, 2025Eastvold Auditorium - Karen Hille Phillips Center | Cassio Vianna, Director The PLU School of Music, Theatre & Dance invites High School Jazz Bands to register for our PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival. The festival is sponsored by the Pacific Lutheran University School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies. A non-competitive music event, this festival aims to provide helpful feedback to jazz
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UN and studied Chinese abroad on a one-year exchange program as part of his double major in Chinese Studies and International Relations (now Global Studies). The time abroad was integral to forming his future path. “After spending time in Southeast Asia, I realized I wanted to find a career that would allow me to travel internationally,” Lander said. “I realized I was well-suited to that kind of life, and the experience triggered a deeper appreciation of international politics.” After graduating
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broader Puget Sound Community. Come join us as we consider questions and confront the challenges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Previous symposia have been on China: Bridges for a New Century, Norway’s Pathways to Peace, Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations, Understanding the World though Sports and Recreation and Our Thirsty Planet – A look at Earth’s most precious resource. In recognition of four decades of Holocaust studies at PLU, in commemoration of
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Genocide Studies Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture Annual Raphael Lemkin Lecture Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars and Lemkin Essay contest Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies The Department of Religion Courses throughout history, political science, english, social work, and more. Campus LifePLU is committed to creating inclusive living communities that foster a sense of belonging and comfort for all students. Residential Life at PLU
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Indigenous LearningMission:Native American and Indigenous Studies is an interdisciplinary program grounded in a partnership between students, faculty, staff and local communities, with a global Indigenous focus centered in local and regional contexts. We empower students to recognize, honor and value Indigenous ways of knowing, so that they can work in collaboration with Indigenous communities and all their relations. The Native American and Indigenous Studies minor combines NAIS courses with
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microorganisms, minuscule life forms, wield a vital influence over our planet’s climate. They manage crucial components like carbon and oxygen within the vast oceans and the atmosphere.Over the summer, Professor Angie Boysen and her dedicated team, Lydia Flaspohler ’25, a biology major, and Ryan Fisher ’24, a biology major and environmental studies minor, embarked on a mission to unravel the secrets of these microorganisms. Professor Boysen, Flaspohler and Fisher aimed to understand the compounds these
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to $80 million of last week. Project Access reached its $1 million goal. – New endowed chairs in Holocaust Studies and Elementary Education, as well as an endowed professorship in Lutheran studies were established last year. – The campus has grown with new facilities, like the Martin J. Neeb Center – the new home of KPLU. The building is LEED Gold certified, which is the third building at PLU to receive such certification. Buildings that make up the university’s heritage, like Eastvold, have
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classroom, and become the first in his family to attend college. These stories are all familiar to Michael Farnam, himself a veteran and currently working on his environmental studies degree at PLU. He plans to graduate in 2013. Veterans find a welcoming home and academically supportive environment on campus, Farnam said. As PLU’s VetsCorps Representative, Farnam helps the approximately 130 veterans navigate through financial aide and scheduling questions, to whether they should go back to school at all
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language,” Ramos said. The field of studies she draws from is critical animal studies with a focus in “anthropomorphism” – the attribution of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects animals, plants or pretty much anything that isn’t human. She also focuses on its counterpart “animalization,” which is the attribution of animal behaviors – like crawling – to human beings. It wasn’t long before Ramos noticed how often descriptions used to describe animals are attributed to humans to
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