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  • Washington D.C. (March. 9, 2017)- The small group of Pacific Lutheran University students, standing huddled together in a jam-packed section toward the front of the National Mall, remained silent. Some shook their heads in disbelief. Others wore expressions of shock. Two couldn’t stop tears from…

    inauguration and featuring behind-the-scenes access and tours of iconic institutions such as the United States Congress and The Washington Post. The result of the November election, however, threatened the course’s agenda. “A lot of students were asking if they could go on the trip, but skip inauguration,” recalled  Kaitlyn Sill, associate professor of politics and government. “And while the answer was yes, we really wanted to encourage them to keep an open mind.” Sill co-taught the course, titled

  • Originally published in 2005 For two weeks of March, 2000, in the vast jungle along Mexico’s southern border with Belize, I joined a team of biologists and hounds in chasing and capturing a wild jaguar. I was in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. It took…

    no “animal studies program” in any American university. In fact, the phrase “animal studies” does not even exist except as I am here using it informally. Even making the comparison between animals and historically oppressed people is much more likely to offend the people involved than ennoble the cause of animals. This even though many feminists, like Carol J. Adams in The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Continuum 1990), have argued animals and women have both been

  • For either the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, the student must take our introductory core sequence (BIOL 225 and 226) and a semester of genetics (BIOL 330).

    352 : Comparative Anatomy An evolutionary approach to the study of structural and functional relationships in the vertebrate body. Includes examination and dissection of major organs and organ systems using preserved animal organs and cadavers (including humans). The course emphasizes the analysis of similarities and differences across groups to assess the significance of adaptations and explore the historical and present diversity of vertebrate morphology. Prerequisite: BIOL 226. (4) BIOL 354

  • if only electronically. We hope that this page will allow alumni to reconnect and current students to meet some of their predecessors. Please email us with pictures and stories to share.

    even if your topic of interest isn’t in her direct line of research, it is guaranteed that you will walk out with a new clarity on your ‘big question’ along with four other anthropologists to read. Taking Nation, State, and Citizen with Steven Thomson, you’ll find yourself learning more about the world around you, its structure, power, and politics through real life examples of abiding traffic laws to his travels in the Gambia, than you could ever get through years of self study. Each professor

  • Students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU.

    to understand how past events in earth history (i.e. glacial cycles and fluctuating sea levels) have affected the distribution of species in this region. Rosemarie (Romey) Haberle My research uses both phylogenetic and comparative chloroplast genomic approaches to better understand the evolutionary biology of flowering plants. Currently, I am studying members of the bluebell family (Campanulaceae) which is an excellent model system to address different evolutionary biology questions. I use both

  • The Learning Outcomes for General Education are listed below. Gen Ed learning outcomes were originally approved via EPC in March 2022 (see below).

    US context Students will gain awareness and understanding of diversity in the United States, directly addressing issues such as ethnicity, gender, disability, racism, or poverty. Diversity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (C) Students will locate cultural and social perspectives and traditions in a global context.  Students will apply comparative perspectives to understand a variety of cultural conditions. Senior Seminar (SR) Students will integrate and/or apply what they have learned in their

  • Back to Normal By Barbara Clements A sense of relief. That seems to be the common reaction from cab drivers, shop keepers, bureaucrats and baristas around Anchorage when Gov. Sean Parnell’s name comes up. It has been a tumultuous two years for Alaska. Its new…

    through a typical 12-hour day, Parnell said his goals are Alaska’s economy, families, and focusing on things like a responsible budget and anti-domestic violence legislation. Although he’d never put “being governor” on his to do list – he was considering a congressional run when Palin told him she was resigning – politics has always been part of his life. His father, Pat Parnell, was an Alaskan lawmaker in the 1980s who started his political career as a Democrat, then switched to the Republican party

  • Mycal Ford ’12 has spent the year teaching in Taiwan on a Student Fulbright Fellowship. Mycal Ford ’12: A journey of discovery leads this Lute to China and Taiwan By Barbara Clements University Communications Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at…

    said. When he returned from Chengdu, he was hooked. China was “like studying a puzzle,” Ford says. And a puzzle that drew him in with its people, its art, history and politics. His intellectual curiosity simply wouldn’t let him put the topic or the place, aside.  He  future was going to be linked to international studies; he just couldn’t wait to get back. He did manage to go back in 2011 to study ethnic minorities in China. It was Professor Adam Cathcart, who happened to be in China at the same

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…

    profoundly impacted by whatever they did,” she said. Bozich, a global studies and biology double major, completed her public health internship in August. She spent two months over the summer living in D.C., assisting with program development and grant writing, as well as learning about the politics surrounding humanitarian work.She said her experiences underscored her passion for a future in public health. “This internship definitely re-instilled the passion in me to work with women’s health and

  • Lutes are dedicated to global education, and student athletes are no different. This fall, two Lutes who studied in Norway managed to balance their studies and training abroad, while PLU welcomed

    studies major requires her to experience the world beyond campus. “That’s why I chose PLU in the first place, to study away,” she said. “I didn’t come to PLU to row.” Her time at Bjørknes gave her new vantage points to examine academic topics, she said. “It’s a different perspective on international politics than you get in the U.S.,” she said. “We’re looking at certain issues from an outside perspective. That’s the most interesting.” For Floyd, the Telemark program was the perfect marriage of all her