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The roots of the liberal arts (artes liberales) extend back into classical antiquity. Roman education, for example, progressed from basic literacy (the province of the litterator), to secondary
educational currents migrated to America and eventually shaped Lutheran institutions of higher learning down to the present. Signs of liberal arts education are everywhere in the curriculum of Pacific Lutheran University. Seven language departments cover languages strategic for the Lutheran intellectual tradition. Great classic literary, theological, and philosophical works are studied in English, Religion, and Philosophy classes. The social sciences offer sophisticated theory and ideas about practical
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English professor receives prestigious award Assistant Professor of English Rona Kaufman was named a recipient of a 2008 Graves Award in the Humanities. The award is given every two years to eight to 10 faculty members from private, liberal-arts colleges in California, Washington and Oregon.…
teachers,” Kaufman said. “The idea is that good teachers don’t give as much to research.” Kaufman is the sixth PLU faculty member to receive the award. Past recipients include Provost Patricia Killen (1991), history professor Beth Kraig (1993), associate English professor Lisa Marcus (1997), associate English professor Jim Albrecht (1999) and associate religion professor Alicia Batten (2007). Only one faculty member from each eligible college can apply for the honor, Kaufman explained. Along with the
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Embracing the ‘bigger questions’ and living with a true sense of joy CALLING ANY UNDERGRADUATE an expert in spirituality might be an overstatement. But in speaking with Timothy Siburg, it is abundantly clear that he has done some deep thinking about the nature of spirituality…
conference of the Fund for Theological Education, an organization dedicated to support young people as they explore and respond to God’s calling in their lives. Siburg graduated in May with a double major in religion and economics. He plans to attend graduate school and continue his research on the effectiveness of the service that religious, nongovernmental organizations provide in less-developed regions of the world. “The overall spirituality of the PLU campus comes out of our focus on vocation
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A lan and Marilyn Anderson ’85 have donated a $25,000 matching grant for PLU’s Drive to the Finish Annual Fund Campaign. (John Froschauer, Photo) A Driving Spirit to Help Others By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications For Alan and Marilyn (Richardson) Anderson ’85, it’s…
provided.”Marilyn Anderson also remembers the closeness with her professors and her cohort group. Hospitals just waited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfmwJmEMUWo for PLU nursing students to graduate so they could snap them up, she said. “I was working at one internship, and they offered me a job at the hospital the day I graduated,” she said. Professors were so in tune with their students, they also noticed when you didn’t show up for class, she laughed. “I remember one 8 a.m. religion class I didn’t
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ELCA’s First Female Bishop to Speak at PLU The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will speak at PLU on Nov. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2014)—The Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and…
not participate in any form of religion,” Torvend said. “And she will be speaking in a part of the country that witnessed many departures from the church after it voted in 2009 for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians as church leaders.” That latter issue still resonates as timely and relevant, especially in light of the Oct. 18 reversal by Roman Catholic bishops of a controversial document that had talked more positively of homosexuals than any other in the church’s history. Eaton earned a
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 22, 2016) – Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. After 25 years, the Women’s Center will change its name to fit its expanded,…
the name.” The name change is the first step toward changing that perception. “We want to reframe for the community the work that we do,” Smith said, “as well as force ourselves to more intentionally incorporate intersectional practices into the work that we do.” Read Previous PLU joins national ranks of prestigious honor society Phi Kappa Phi Read Next PLU Religion class visits Sikh Temple Gurudwara Singh Sabha COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you
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Pacific Lutheran University has announced it will offer a pre-law minor in Fall 2022. The university has long offered a pre-law advising program, but continued interest in the program prompted the College of Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Social Sciences to create a formal minor to…
the ability to read and discern meaning from complex texts. “We have courses from political science, business, history, philosophy, English, economics, communication, publishing and printing arts, religion and mathematics,” Artime said. “We think that is demonstrative of the fact that a liberal arts education is ideally suited to help students develop the requisite skills for the law school application process and success in law school” The pre-law minor is an addition to the PLU’s pre-law
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At PLU, Dr. Erik Arnits ’11 studied biology and chemistry as a double major. At first, he thought chemistry or dentistry was his future—but a medical mission trip the summer before his senior year to Costa Rica and Panama changed everything. He kept a journal…
of and accepting in how I relate to people,” he says. “Both within the emergency room and outside of it. Read Previous Former military linguist Kara Atkinson ’23 discusses her service on campus, academic research, and graduate school plans Read Next PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a
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The 8th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series presented by PLU’s Department of Kinesiology will feature Dr. Richard Lapchick and his keynote presentation, “Facing Uncomfortable Truths” on February 28th, 2024, from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. in the AUC (Chris Knutson Hall). In his keynote presentation,…
. Rich and Ann have four granddaughters: Taylor, Emma, Molly, and Lauren.The lecture is free and open to the public. Visit the PLU Events Calendar for more information.× Dr. Richard Lapchick – UCF College of Business Administration Read Previous PLU, MultiCare, WSU roll out new health care partnership Read Next PLU professor curates an Oxford Univ. museum collection at the intersection of religion, medicine and disability COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you
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They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. We visited six alumni who are thriving and making significant contributions to the progress and well-being of the Big Apple.
the University of Edinburgh. VIEW STORY Jasneet SanduComputer Science & Global Studies Major Ellie DieringerGlobal Studies & Hispanic and Latino Studies Major Teranejah LucasSocial Work Major Stephanie Aparicio ZambranoPsychology Major Gavin KnappEducation Major Kara AtkinsonHistory Major Allison ShefloGeosciences, Environmental Studies & Religion Major Grayson NottageGeoscience Major Tiffany WongNursing Major Sarah DavisBiology Major Alex ReedCommunications & Psychology Major Marc GombioNursing
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