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Important text: None Major holidays: Human Light Major figures in this tradition: Enlightenment Scholars, scientists Place of worship: None Brief Summary: Humanists believe in the importance of
Economic Globalization, by Willem H Vanderburg Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsImportant text: the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price Major holidays: Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Pioneer Day, Christmas Major figures in this tradition: Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith Place of worship: Church (weekly meetings) or temple (special occasions) Brief Summary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith. The
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
have a 20-year relationship,” Huelsbeck said. “You can’t develop that kind of trust overnight.” David HuelsbeckProfessor of anthropology at PLU Still, even though he’s considered an adopted member of the community, Huelsbeck is careful not to take the lead. “It’s an issue of authority,” he said. “I’m one kind of authority on Makah culture, but I’m not Makah.” So, staff from the Makah Cultural and Research Center (MCRC) heavily influence the direction of the study away experience. Janine Ledford
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8:30am–11:30am Anxiety: Practical Insights and Interactive Tools and Resources Regency Room, Anderson University Center Free and Open to the Public Focus of this time will be to discuss Anxiety,
topics impact your particular life and work contexts. While this pre-conference session was created in response to pastors and congregations of the ELCA, we welcome members of all religious denominations and secular perspectives as well. Our speakers of the morning will be: Dr. David Ward, PLU Dean of Health Professions and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, Executive Director of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Rev. Molly Knutson Keller
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…
visited her tribe in 2003 and explored her culture by riding in a traveling canoe with her father. After declaring her major as a sophomore, she received a Wang Center grant to go help research involvement in cultural events. At first, she said she felt like an outsider. She didn’t know anyone and had to learn important aspects of the culture. But then last summer, Hall went on her first youth-led Tribal Canoe Journey, where she met many young people from other tribes who also are interested in their
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Sonja Schaefer Studied Away in Beijing, China Fall 2014; Argentina/Antarctica J-Term 2014 Environmental Literature Class of 2016 Majors: Economics and Chinese Studies International Honors
speak intelligently about the middle class in China, how the grandparents are so involved in children’s upbringing, and how much scholastic pressure children receive. Additionally, I was memorizing 40 new Chinese characters four times a week. By the end, I could talk to my host family about the Cultural Revolution in Chinese while sitting around the dinner table dexterously using my chopsticks to eat delicious home-cooked Chinese dishes. I developed strong relationships with everyone in my program
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On Thursday, February 20, the 2014 SOAC Focus Series on Entrepreneurship will kick off with the Black History Month Concert in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Directed by David Deacon-Joyner, the concert plays tribute to the entrepreneurship of African-Americans featuring the legacy of their music, literature, and…
. Black music makers not only had a means to make a reasonable living, but also had the means to be a public voice for personal and community cultural expression. By the beginning of the twentieth century, African-American music represented by ragtime, blues, jazz, and popular song was pulling the American cultural mainstream away from European influence. No one was more aware of this than Europeans themselves, who were captivated by the lively exoticism of this music that had risen from its societal
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 26, 2015)- Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle is taking on the dark roots of the Nazi’s genocidal plan in her first lecture as the new Kurt Mayer Endowed Chair of Holocaust Studies. To hit the ground running, Griech-Polelle, who joined the Lute family this…
New Holocaust Studies Chair Prepares to Give First PLU Public Lecture Posted by: Zach Powers / October 26, 2015 Image: Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Beth Griech-Polelle will lecture on ‘The First Victims: The Nazi Euthanasia Campaign’ on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 26, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 26, 2015)- Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle is taking on the dark roots of
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2017)- Two Lutes were accepted into the prestigious Fulbright Program and will serve as English teaching assistants around the world. A third Pacific Lutheran University student was recognized as an alternate. Sydney Otey ’17 and Alexandra Dreher ’17 were awarded full-service…
until the summer. Otey will be an English teaching assistant in Mexico, where she spent a semester abroad in Oaxaca through a PLU Gateway program. Otey’s time there sparked her interest in education and cultural exchange. Fulbright ProgramLearn more about the program and how to apply“I think I left Oaxaca with a lot more questions about social justice, diversity and culture that I thought would be cool to keep exploring,” Otey said. Otey — who also has rowed all four years at PLU, nabbing two
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 6, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Kinesiology welcomes to campus Sarah Klein, an attorney for Dalton and Associates, PA and sexual assault victim advocate. Klein, who was one the first known survivors of former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics team…
attorney for Dalton and Associates, PA and sexual assault victim advocate. Klein, who was one the first known survivors of former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, is a widely respected speaker and advocate for legal and cultural change.Klein, who spoke on behalf of over 400 “Sister Survivors” at the 2018 ESPY Awards as they collectively received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, will visit PLU on Feb. 26 for an impactful evening in which she shares her story and
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Leaders from the Nisqually Indian Tribe visited Pacific Lutheran University earlier this month to take possession of materials from a PLU anthropology excavation done around Woodard Bay, Washington in the 1990s. This repatriation process was led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Bradford Andrews and Faculty…
Washington State Department of Natural Resources permit issued in the early 1990s. PLU students and faculty explored multiple Woodard Bay sites, completing their work on the materials in the mid-1990s.Defining RepatriationRepatriation means the return of cultural items or individuals that were removed from their homeland. In the United States, repatriation almost exclusively refers to American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native archaeological artifacts and human remains being returned to their
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