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  • to speak in another language, read literature in isolation, or travel more easily to a particular part of the world.  They teach you to hear and to understand the unique voices of cultures, including your own, and develop the trans-cultural skills necessary for a life of “thoughtful inquiry, leadership, service, and care” in an increasingly connected world. Our programs grow out of PLU’s history, heritage, values, and mission. The languages that we offer – French & Francophone Studies, Hispanic

  • British literature. Sonja M. HedgepethTitle: Presenter, Sexual Violence against Jewish Women panel, “Struggling Against Disbelief: Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women During the Holocaust” Who: Sonja M. Hedgepeth, Affiliation: Remember the Women Institute & Middle Tennessee State UniversityBio: Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth is on the Executive Board of the Remember the Women Institute, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation founded in 1997 and based in New York City. The Institute conducts and encourages

  • semester, PLU faculty will explore the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields. These include: Biology, Global Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Literature and the Arts. The course also includes a panel of PLU alumni in the health and care professions that have been invited to reflect on their experience of the crisis from the vantage point as practitioners. The

  • semester, PLU faculty will explore the pandemic phenomenon through the lens of diverse disciplinary fields. These include: Biology, Global Studies, History, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Literature and the Arts. The course also includes a panel of PLU alumni in the health and care professions that have been invited to reflect on their experience of the crisis from the vantage point as practitioners. The

  • the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s.  He was appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1977 and, with colleagues, founded the Task Force for Child Survival in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin may cause the sometimes deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has

  • University of Namibia. His career has focused on advancing the social, health, economic and educational sectors of countries in southern Africa, particularly of his homeland, Namibia. He has coordinated programs and activities of AIDS non-governmental organizations and conducted survey research within Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, among many other activities. Tjiramba was one of nine Namibian students who received their degrees from PLU after their newly democratic country formed a partnership with

  • personal statement, the critical writing sample, and the letters of recommendation. We do not require scores from the GRE exam. Please see the How to Apply page for more information and guidelines about specific items for the application. Admitted applicants who already hold an MA in writing or literature may be allowed to complete the program in two years and three residencies, though this will be at the discretion of the program. If you have questions about admission requirements that are not

  • early stages of consumer-based brand equity, and to expand the current understanding of brand equity to encompass consumers, brands, and other external influences.  Research: Employing scales from existing literature to measure brand awareness and brand associations, participants in the experimental groups are primed with either the true average ratings of others or a positive or negative manipulation of these ratings. Using shoes, a popular consumer product with existing recognizable brands, the

  • middle-school students and working on her next novel. Meyer is the author of The New York Times best-selling series The Lunar Chronicles. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Children’s Literature at PLU and went on to receive her MFA in Publishing from Pace University. The next book in The Lunar Chronicles series, Winter, is set for release in November 2015. In addition to Walton and Meyer, 13 other authors from the Pacific Northwest will attend the workshop to encourage and

  • , and coursework aimed at developing intellectual skills and resources apt to generate success in legal study and practice. Recent successful PLU applicants to law schools have taken such diverse courses as those in the anthropology of contemporary America, social science research methods, American popular culture, English Renaissance literature, news writing and argumentation, recent political thought, international relations, freelance writing, intermediate German, animal behavior, neuropsychology