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  • Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs | Wild Hope Center for Vocation | byaden@plu.edu | 253-535-7283 | I am a proud native of Tacoma and first generation college student that began my formal second language study in high school.

    to be able to study away in many locations over the years, including Spain, Guatemala, and Russia. In addition to Spanish, I have studied Latin, Portuguese, and Russian. I’m passionate about second language acquisition and linguistics as well as supporting pre-service ELL, bilingual, and world language teachers. My service to PLU and to the profession is a big part of my lift outside of teaching and scholarship. Most recently, I’ve served as the 2020 president of our national world language

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  • The Tacoma Refugee Choir, an important support and resource for Kaelin Lor, History major and '23 alum, recently released the video, Everyone Can Love Someone and Kaelin has shared it with us.

    , Civics, and Contemporary World Problems. Her other roles at the school include teaching various electives, working as a Senior class advisor, and mentoring Senior girls. As a teacher, Abbie loves that she gets to continually study a broad range of history, while also making an impact on students’ lives. She is grateful for her school where she and the other teachers are united by their care for students and by their common mission of developing disciple leaders.Michael Diambri ‘18 Michael Diambri is

  • University Gallery: PLU Faculty Show The Ingram Hall University Gallery opens its season with a collection of recent work by faculty of PLU’s Department of Art & Design. Each year, the University Gallery showcases work from local artists, students, emerging talents and faculty alike. The…

    contrast between vast desert sands and the lush vegetation that springs up around a dab of water is miraculous. And maybe the little darbukkas add drumming sounds to the experience too. Bea Geller, associate professor of art Area of Emphasis: photography and electronic imaging Artist statement: My Hearts of Deception narrative is presented in a series of vignettes. I want my viewer to be seduced by the color, lured by the playful shapes, then drawn into the photographic narratives. Each photographic

  • The Confucius Institute of the State of Washington(CIWA) is led by a team of Directors from both Washington state and our partner institutions in China. Our current American Directors are Dr.

    DirectorsThe Confucius Institute of the State of Washington(CIWA) is led by a team of Directors from both Washington state and our partner institutions in China. Our current American Directors are Dr. Jeffrey Riedinger, Director of CIWA and Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of Washington, Dr. Michele Anciaux Aoki, Director of CIWA Education Center and International Education Administrator for Seattle Public Schools, and Aihua Liao serves as the Assistant Director at the UW

  • 32 semester hours (24 required, eight elective) Students must take at least one Chinese history course.

    Bachelor of Arts Major32 semester hours (24 required, eight elective) Students must take at least one Chinese history course. Required Courses: 24 semester hours ANTH 343: East Asian Culture CHIN 201: Intermediate Chinese CHIN 202: Intermediate Chinese HIST 339: Revolutionary China RELI 233: Religions of China CHSP 499: Capstone: Senior Project Electives: Eight semester hours ANTH 345: Contemporary China BUSA 352: Global Management* CHSP 271: China Through Film CHSP 287: Selected Topics in

  • Nelly Trocme Hewett’s parents, Andre and Magda Trocme Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Rescue in Le Chambon, France By Barbara Clements Content Development Director I t all started in the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, when a lone, and unexpected, Jewish refugee showed…

    March 12, 2014 Nelly Trocme Hewett’s parents, Andre and Magda Trocme Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Rescue in Le Chambon, France By Barbara Clements Content Development Director It all started in the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, when a lone, and unexpected, Jewish refugee showed up in 1938, a Latin teacher from Vienna. Word spread. Others came. The Nazi occupation grew in power and the collaborative Vichy government tightened its grip, remembers Nelly Trocmé Hewett, 86, who will

  • How to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerously divided times 1:45 – 3:30 p.m. | March 7 | Chris Knutzen, Anderson University Center Who: Mónica Guzmán, Bridge-Builder, Journalist,

    Jerusalem (Oxford University Press, 2018). She also directs Disability and Climate Change: A Public Archive Project, a project that partners with grassroots disability leaders to document the way that disability communities are responding to climate change. Her latest book is Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole (Beacon Press, 2023) which won a 2024 National Jewish Book Award for “Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice”Jenny OdellHow to Do

  • Jump to Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

    Education Online THEA 160 Intro to Theatre AR 4 Lecture Online Course Listing SOCI 101 : Introduction to Sociology - A, SO An introduction to the discipline of sociology. Features an analysis of contemporary American society with emphasis on the interconnections of race, class, and gender. Sociological concepts include socialization, social roles, stereotypes, power, and stratification. (4) SOCI 190 : FYEP190: Inquiry Seminar A four-credit seminar to introduce students to the methods and topics of study

  • My decision to be a WMGS major was the culmination of my intro class and a personal belief that gender equality should be a priority. The program has been great!

    women, which would develop to become an interest in understanding oppression and how to act out against that in constructive ways. My capstone works at addressing the understanding of same-sex marriage in the overarching narrative of American marriages and redefinition of family life as a result of changes to the social and legal structures pertaining to marriage. Not just marriage equality for same-sex couples, but also legalization of interracial marriage, oral contraception, women’s presence in

  • “Mother of Exiles”— Refugees in American Myth and History Speaker: Mae Ngai Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: Monday, March 11, 2019 Place: Xavier 201 This event is free and open to the public

    Mae Ngai The 45th Annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture “Mother of Exiles”— Refugees in American Myth and History Speaker: Mae Ngai Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: Monday, March 11, 2019 Place: Xavier 201 This event is free and open to the public