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  • Request for use of candles, incense or smudging for religious/cultural practice in PLU residence halls PLU is committed to honoring the cultural and religious practices of students, including Smudging for our Native American and Indigenous students, and incense burning and candle lighting as a component of religious/cultural practice.   Smudging involves the burning of sacred herbs...

    Request for use of candles, incense or smudging for religious/cultural practice in PLU residence halls PLU is committed to honoring the cultural and religious practices of students, including Smudging for our Native American and Indigenous students, and incense burning and candle lighting as a component of religious/cultural practice.   Smudging involves the burning of sacred herbs or resins in ceremony.  For Native peoples, smudging is an important part of connecting to their ancestors, circle

  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240

    Giovanna Urdangarain Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7240 Email: urdangga@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 111 Professional Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008 M.A., Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, 2001 B.A., Secondary Education Literature, Artigas Teacher Training Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Contemporary Latin American Narrative Southern Cone Dictatorial and Post-Dictatorial Narrative by Women Writers Memory

  • Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | urdangga@plu.edu | 253-535-7240

    Giovanna Urdangarain Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Phone: 253-535-7240 Email: urdangga@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 111 Professional Education Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008 M.A., Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, 2001 B.A., Secondary Education Literature, Artigas Teacher Training Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1991 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Contemporary Latin American Narrative Southern Cone Dictatorial and Post-Dictatorial Narrative by Women Writers Memory

  • Hildahl Gallery: Our main exhibition space inside the Scandinavian Cultural Center. It consists of 6 bays equipped with special lighting, a flexible mounting system, security, and custom display

    many of our larger household items are displayed, including a selection of furniture. It is also used as our Reading Room. Three sets of locked, glass doors separate this gallery from the shared used space in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The exhibitions change at the Scandinavian Cultural Center approximately every other month. Many exhibitions are curated by the Director of the SCC, student interns, and volunteer members of the Exhibition Committee, and with input from the Nordic Studies

  • The new Professorship of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies is the result of a decade of effort by the Svare family and professor emeritus, Audun Toven. (Photo by John Froschauer) Professorship in Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies announced By Barbara Clements At Pacific Lutheran University’s third annual…

    flurry of fundraising that brought the total to the needed $1 million. At last Tuesday’s festivities, an obviously surprised Toven smiled broadly as he went up to the podium in the Scandinavian Cultural Center, which he helped establish. He said that creating an endowed professorship of Scandinavian studies is important, especially at universities  with a deep Lutheran heritage, such as PLU. Faced with tough times, some universities are reducing or phasing out their Norwegian studies programs

  • Faculty, The Evergreen State College | Confucius Institute of the State of Washington | diamanth@evergreen.edu | 360-867-6736 | Technical Degree, Building and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine, 1964; B.F.A., Painting and Sculpture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel,1975; M.F.A., Photography and New Forms, Pratt Institute, 1978; Ph.D., Arts in Education and Human Development, Union Institute, 1998. Expertise: visual arts, Chinese studies, human development Related Subject Areas Consciousness Studies, Visual Arts, Cultural Studies Current and Upcoming Offerings 2020–21 Arts and the Child: Early Childhood Fall Silk Roads: Culture, History, and Philosophy of China Winter, Spring   .

    Consciousness Studies, Visual Arts, Cultural Studies Current and Upcoming Offerings 2020–21 Arts and the Child: Early Childhood Fall Silk Roads: Culture, History, and Philosophy of China Winter, Spring  

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  • Associate Professor of English | Innovation Studies | rogers@plu.edu | 253-535-7985 | Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home.

    Rhetoric and Writing from the University of Louisville in 2011. His dissertation, called “Writing Out the Storm: Post-Traumatic Pedagogy and the Work of Composition,” examined the role and value of writing pedagogy in the wake of large-scale disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Inspired by programs designed by local citizens to serve their communities after the storm, Scott became interested in community writing and the influence of space/setting on how we make sense of the world. Having spent so much

  • Professors Claire Todd (Geosciences and Environmental Studies) and Sergia Hay (Philosophy) had the honor of working with this year's class of Environmental Studies students as they completed their

    2021 Environmental Studies CapstonesProfessors Claire Todd (Geosciences and Environmental Studies) and Sergia Hay (Philosophy) had the honor of working with this year’s class of Environmental Studies students as they completed their interdisciplinary and culminating projects for their major. This capstone cohort tackled a wide range of current environmental issues and employed the methods and tools of multiple disciplines including biology, literature, chemistry, philosophy, art, political

  • 24 semester hours, completed with a grade of C- or higher and with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher in those courses. (Please see the comprehensive list of courses in the program.

    Environmental Studies Minor Requirements:24 semester hours, completed with a grade of C- or higher and with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher in those courses. (Please see the comprehensive list of courses in the program.) 1. Multidisciplinary Courses in Environmental Studies Four semester hours Students select one of the following multidisciplinary courses that anchor their understanding of environmental issues. This course should be completed prior to enrolling in ENVT 350

  • Learning about the environment offers opportunities to integrate studies of nature and natural systems with those of human systems, and to bring both into dialogue with a humanistic understanding of

    Why Study Environmental Studies?Learning about the environment offers opportunities to integrate studies of nature and natural systems with those of human systems, and to bring both into dialogue with a humanistic understanding of ideas and values. Environmental studies also offer tools and knowledge with which to respond to many of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the coming century. We live in an increasingly endangered and altered world: plants and animals are driven to extinction