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Social Impact Projects https://www.plu.edu/innovation-studies/social-impact-projects/

We believe that social impact starts when we listen to the needs of a community, share and collaborate with others, and then show that we care by taking action with systemic social innovation. Have you been counted?PLU has been involved with social impact work for generations. But like most colleges and universities, our institution doesn’t have up-to-the-minute data about which projects are currently active and what their outcomes are. Believing that meaningful social impact work begins with

IHON https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/07/23/ihon/

that’s not where the field is heading. When educators advise universities about how to build the honors program of the future, they talk of building an internationally focused program. And PLU has been doing that for years. PLU has a distinct advantage in that regard.” That international focus is what attracted Josh to the program in the first place. “I thought it was a cool opportunity – this was a chance to get the most out of my college career,” said Josh, a Spanish and environmental studies major

Keynote https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-synagogue-and-church/keynote/

“How the Catholic Church overcame its own Theology and Proclaimed that God loves Jews”Keynote: John F. Connelly7:00 p.m. – Keynote: “How the Catholic Church overcame its own Theology and Proclaimed that God loves Jews” (Regency Room, AUC) John Connelly, professor of history at the University of California at Berkley, is currently the director of the Institute for East European, Eurasian and Slavic Studies. He earned his BSFS from Georgetown University, MA in Russian and East European Studies

PLU Interns Connect with New Opportunities https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/08/29/plu-interns-connect-with-new-opportunities/

with him. “I told him he was the reason I wanted to go into politics,” Moran remembers. Obama laughed, thanked her for her work as an intern at the Democratic National Committee and chatted with her about her work. A few candids, as well as formal pictures, were snapped, and she moved down the line. Second Surprise: The first lady is just as gracious. Moran, an Economics and French double major, had expected to be a wallflower at an earlier D.C. fundraising event. Or, at best, a glorified go-fer