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The following are PLU’s annual events. Actual dates are published at www.plu.edu/calendar. Events are subject to change. For more information call us at 253-535-7450 or email to events@plu.edu.
Leadership200February Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial LectureDivision of Social Sciences150FebruaryPI Spring Career Fair: (Humanities & Social Sciences)Career ConnectionsMarch J-Term Study Away FairWang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education100March Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationHolocaust and Genocide Studies Programs350Moved to Fall 2016PI OverKnight (Passport Weekend)Admission & Enrollment Services400MarchPI, CP, PS South Sound Science FairDivision of Natural Sciences and
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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
responsible to the places, people and other living things with which we have relationships. (Shawn Wilson, Opaskwayak Cree)(2) Scholarship as community building: To conduct effective and responsible Indigenous scholarship, we need to build and strengthen a sense of community, not just with other Indigenous scholars, but also with Indigenous communities. And we need to remember our accountability to them. (Wilson)(3) Dåajmijes vuekie: A South Sámi term that describes our understanding of the aesthetic, the
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Bob Zellner spoke to students about his experiences as a civil rights activist in the 1960s as part of the kick-off event for the Diversity Center’s 10 year anniversary. ‘We have a lot of work to do’ By Chris Albert While an angry crowd piled…
study it,” she told Zellner at the time. From then on things would change. He became a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participating in marches, protesting the injustices of segregation and taking part in organizing the Freedom Riders of 1961.The Freedom Riders were an organized group of civil rights activists who rode buses into the south to test the new Supreme Court decision that outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving
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PLU MESA Day: A Bridge to Success Denner Galindo, left, smiles at his teammate Antonio Reyes as the boys’ stick bridge is tested at PLU’s MESA Day event March 25. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) Hundreds of K-12 Students Compete in Annual Event By Sandy…
extra-strong bonds where the sticks meet—and Denner has high hopes it will withstand the 12-ton shop press waiting at the end of a very long line. Denner and Antonio are in Betsy Constantine’s fifth-grade class at Sheridan Elementary School in Tacoma. They—and about 498 other K-12 students from 22 schools—came to Pacific Lutheran University on March 25 to compete in the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program’s 14th annual MESA Day, designed to expose students to a variety of STEM careers, fields and
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Look What (and Who) is New at PLU The newest members of PLU’s faculty gather in front of the library. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s a historic time at PLU as we mark our 125th academic year, but…
completion date of mid-October. Located on the northeast corner of Garfield Street South and C Street South, Garfield Station will house: • PLU Marriage and Family Therapy, Human Resources and classroom space; • 7,500 square feet of retail space along Garfield Street; • 104 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes; • the residential leasing office and amenities for the Garfield Station Apartments; and • a secured parking lot for residents and employees. The $20 million project
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her vision when she was a child, but that hasn’t stopped her from showing up. And she’s continued to show up all the way to the world stage. McCarthy spent the evening and afternoon of March…
Elite rower, PLU alumna continues showing up, competing on world stage with goal of achieving Paralympics gold Posted by: Kari Plog / March 24, 2016 Image: Natalie McCarthy ’09, a former student athlete and varsity crew team member who now trains as an elite rower, was a bronze medalist in the 2013 World Championship in Chungju, South Korea. (Photo by Robert Carrasco) March 24, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 24, 2016)- Natalie McCarthy ’09 lost her
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Presentation Title: Hush No More: Constructing an African American Lutheran Womanist Ethic Who: Rev. Dr.
, North Carolina Bio: Dr. Wallace is currently the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, North Carolina – the oldest Historical Black University in the South. She is an ordained Lutheran Pastor and was formerly the Assistant to the Bishop for the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as well as the former Interim Director of the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta housed at the Interdenominational Theological
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The Anthropology Department is thrilled to present our senior capstone presentations. Students will share their projects and will answer questions.
and Socioeconomic Status in South Korean Cram Schools” 10:30 AM - Scott Gardener “Same Structure, Different Day? An Investigation of Contemporary Neopaganism” 10:45 AM - Sydney Caplinger “Exploring Catalysts for Consuming ‘Ethical’ Coffee” 11:00 AM - Lily Wade “Habitus and the U.S. Military: Examining Community-Building Amongst Dependents” 11:15 AM - Venice Jakowchuk “Utilization of Olmec Mirrors: A La Venta Ceramic Iconographic Analysis” Section Thursday, May 13 2021 Online starting at 10:00 AM
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Resident Instructor of Business | School of Business | pfaffcm@plu.edu | 253-535-7244 | Cosette Pfaff brings 25+ years of business practitioner experience, working on both the revenue generating and operational side of business and has a passion for growing healthy organizations.
base ranges from banking to big toys; the dental industry to ditch digging and other construction related activities; retail to restaurants; car repair to chiropractic; local, state governmental agencies and non-profits. In addition to “Visiting Instructor of Business” at PLU (2017-18), teaching Organizational Behavior and Global Management, Cosette is the current South Sound Group Leader for Excell Puget Sound and President of Fast Forward Your Success. Previous academic work includes: Adjunct
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With great appreciation we are pleased to announce the new Laurence D. and Bonny M. Huestis Endowment for Faculty/Student Summer Research in Chemistry . Thank you so much, Larry and Bonny! This gift strongly signifies the dedication and commitment that Bonny and Larry both have…
, please visit www.plu.edu/advancement: Under “Designations” select “Choose one or more areas to direct your gift” Scroll until you reach the “Natural Sciences” section Select the “Laurence D. and Bonny M. Huestis Endowment” and click “continue” Donations may also be mailed to Pacific Lutheran University, Office of Advancement, 12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447. Read Previous Chemistree Decorating – December 2nd Read Next UT Southwestern Biomedical Sciences Summer Research LATEST POSTS
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