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, and her student researchers are studying “instructor talk;” in other words, everything an instructor says in a course that is not directly related to the content or topic of study. “I think instructor talk is cool and important because I hear from students about how one thing their instructor said in class has changed their life or career path,” Seidel said. “If what an instructor says can have that much power, it is a variable worth considering.” (Video by Rustin Dwyer, PLU) Seidel and her team

items to complete your application package by April 19, 2019: Resume Cover letter: in your cover letter, describe how your background and experience align with the responsibilities and qualifications for this position, plans for work and study during the term of office. Describe specific goals for the media outlet that you apply for. Portfolio: three (3) samples of media works such as published writing, art, graphic design, scripts, videotapes, or other relevant work. Clearly state which position

forth about whether people who default on their loans are punished too harshly. Beyond her findings, Christensen learned a lot about independent study while pursuing her topic. Travis helped her fine-tune the research question and encouraged Christensen to pursue the national conference presentation. “I applied the day before the deadline,” she said. After learning several months later that she was accepted to present in Memphis, she joked that she “kind of forgot about it.” Christensen had

. Participate in the Global Campus Connection (GCC) program, where new international students are matched with current PLU students!Global Ambassadors Global Ambassadors provide peer support to study away students before, during, and after an off-campus study experience. They’ve spent at least a semester studying abroad, so they know what its like to try to settle back in. Keep an eye out each Spring Semester for the Global Ambassador application and deadline. Please contact the Wang Center for more

country. Sámi students Mathilde Magga '20 (right) and Elle Sina Søerensen '20 study in Magga's room at PLU in December 2017. “We were children, so we didn’t understand the politics,” Magga said. “Children pick up what their parents talk about.” The children who targeted Magga — in an incident she says started as a typical fight between middle-school girls — picked up negative attitudes toward their victim based on her identity as a Sámi. “One girl said I was weak because I was Sámi,” recalled Magga

, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, Scholars-in-Residence Program at the C.S. Lewis Study Centre in England, among others. Traveled abroad including Ireland, Germany, England, France, Laos, Bali, Hawaii, Nicaragua, Mexico, Antarctica, Korea, the Dominican Republic, Guam and Costa Rica, among others. These travels involved research and interviews for novels, memoirs, and poetry sequences; some students participated in immersion programs in language

human communities and their relationships with the earth’s ecosystem. Integrate the methods and content of multiple academic perspectives on an environmental issue. Develop an interdisciplinary approach to a complex environmental challenge. The Pacific Northwest is ideal for the study of the environment. It is a region striving to balance the pressures of population growth with the preservation and restoration of the natural environment. Many PLU students study abroad and therefore have the

for students interested in weaving their future within China’s through pursuit of an international career or through study abroad and travel. PLU’s Chinese Studies program provides a broad foundation in Chinese language, culture and history. The program allows focus on the religious-philosophical world view and the economic structure of China. The interdisciplinary program offers classes in Chinese language, history and anthropology, with optional work in religion, the arts, business and other