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  • the new artificial athletic field at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7 vs. Trinity Lutheran and on Saturday, PLU football hosts rival sister school CLU at Sparks Stadium at 12:30 p.m. Two noted speakers will come to PLU as part of the inauguration festivities. Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “Into the Beautiful North,” will be on campus on Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his novel that was the focus of PLU’s Common Reading Program this year. Larry Rasmussen, professor emeritus of social ethics at Union

  • his third book of poems, Chord. This is my last year as Dean, and I’m delighted to report that Professor Kevin O’Brien of the Religion Department will be taking the reins. Kevin is a respected scholar of Christian environmental ethics (check out his most recent book in the “Booknotes” gallery) who has served in various leadership positions on campus—including Chair of Environmental Studies and the Faculty Representative to PLU’s Board of Regents. It’s been a great pleasure to meet and communicate

  • these intersect with contemporary challenges, opportunities, and initiatives. This issue explores: Lutheran Social Teaching and Economic Life   Preview essays in this issue with the individual links below: A List of ELCA Social Teaching and Policy Documents The Responsible Professional: Vocation and Economic Life Martha E. Stortz and Tom Morgan ELCA Social Teaching for the Classroom? Roger Willer The Challenge of Inclusion in the Ethics Classroom Faith Ngunjiri Business as Usual? Marketing, God, and

  • help us understand why Ferguson should not have been a surprise. More importantly, the chastening wisdom and powerful courage of religious faith and righteous feminists light the fires of our moral imagination so we can engage the most important question: where do we go from here?Speaker Bio:Jennifer Harvey is Professor of Religion at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Her teaching, writing and speaking focus on encounters of religion and ethics with race, gender, activism, politics

  • Philosophy professors. Dr. Sergia Hay teaches courses in applied ethics and the history of philosophy. Her area of scholarly specialization is Søren Kierkegaard, and she is an organizer/officer within the SOPHIA Organization. Dr. Mike Rings teaches courses in ethics, social and political philosophy, and environmental philosophy. He helps Dr. Hay create SOPHIA-sponsored events that enact deep conversations and dialogues. The purpose of the SOPHIA organization, as Dr. Hay stated in an interview, “is to

  • -Degree Engineering Program. In addition to math and science courses, students will complete an internship/industry experience and/or courses in business, economics, history and ethics. “Project-based learning is a different kind of learning than in-class learning and adds a different kind of value to a student’s degree,” said Bogomil Gerganov, associate professor of physics. “Internships and apprenticeships are extremely valuable training for future engineers, and students with such experience are

  • % plan to return home over summer break. To meet the challenge of staying connected to students during the summer, PLU will be offering twelve fully online courses taught by PLUTO trained faculty. Courses range from Christian Ethics to Beginning Watercolor Painting and allow students to fulfill general education requirements. Enrollment and budget challenges provide PLU with an opportunity to consider the evolving needs of our students. Pioneering faculty are helping PLU to explore how online

  • Oslo. She has taught at several universities in the U.S., including Boston College, Boston University, and University of Massachusetts. She did post-doctoral work at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, financed by the Canadian government, and has received other study grants from the Norway-America Association, Sons of Norway, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation. In Norway, she worked as an assistant professor at Lillehammer University College prior to her current position at

  • Step 2: Complete required online trainingBefore submitting an HPRB application, both you and your students must successfully complete the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) online training course. This is an ethics training to help you understand how to protect the rights and welfare of research participants.According to the CITI site, this training takes ~4 hours on average to complete, so allow adequate time for completion before you intend to submit.Registration for First

  • Step 2: Complete required online trainingBefore submitting an HPRB application, all researchers must successfully complete the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) online training course. This is an ethics training to help you understand how to protect the rights and welfare of your research participants.According to the CITI site, this training takes ~4 hours on average to complete, so allow adequate time for completion before you intend to submit.Registration for First-Time