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Shamil Idriss is President and CEO of Search for Common Ground, a global conflict transformation organization with offices in 35 countries.
in Economics and Philosophy at Swarthmore College, he demonstrated his passion for conflict prevention writing an undergraduate thesis on the topic of “Track II Diplomacy and International Conflict Prevention.” Track II diplomacy, writes Charles Homans in the 2011 issue of Foreign Policy, “grew out of the observation that private individuals, meeting unofficially, can find their way to common ground that official negotiators can’t.” Governments, Homans continues, “once viewed Track II as a kind
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Wild Hope Fellow Nick Etzell ‘23 helps peers with vocational discernment Nick Etzell ‘23 is a double major in psychology and environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University, with minors in philosophy, business, and innovation studies. In his time at PLU, he has been involved with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation as both a vocation intern… April 13, 2022 Environmental StudiesPsychology
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Human impact on the natural world is impossible to ignore. From severe flooding in Africa, melting of the arctic poles, and fires across Australia, recent years have seen a drastic increase in anomalistic climate events. In response to these problems, Pacific Lutheran University values “thinking…
our planet, and provides students with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to change our shared future.The Holden Village study away trip, led by Associate Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay, helps capture this path of change through discussions of environmental ethics. Living in community at Holden Village, a Lutheran renewal center in the Northern Cascades, students are provided with a unique experience. Dr. Hay explains “The Holden Village J-term trip is one that provides students with a
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PLU’s Division of Humanities concludes the 2020-21 school year with relief and gratitude. Dean Kevin O’Brien working from home. Also pictured is Pancake, one of two cats he adopted during the pandemic You can probably imagine the reasons for our relief. This was the third…
syllabi. You’ll read about how students made distance learning work, how faculty continued campus programs, national leadership, and international scholarship. You’ll read how classes were adapted to ensure that students were cared for and supported in English, Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and the MFA. All these stories are honest about the challenges we faced and the real loss of these last years, but they also reveal how much great work continued. As you read about this work, please know that
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Wild Hope Fellow Nick Etzell ‘23 helps peers with vocational discernment Nick Etzell ‘23 is a double major in psychology and environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University, with minors in philosophy, business, and innovation studies. In his time at PLU, he has been involved with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation as both a vocation intern… April 13, 2022 Environmental StudiesPsychology
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Major in Religion 32 semester hours RELI 499: Capstone Research Seminar (offered only in Spring semester) 8 semester hours RELI coursework from Line One: Christian Traditions (RC): RELI 212, 220-229,
. (4) RELI 227 : Introduction to Christian Theologies - RL, VW This course introduces contemporary theology and theological method while engaging topics such as the relation of faith and reason and the meaning of human suffering. This course focuses on a wide variety of theologies developed in the past 125 years from Europe, South and North America: Protestant, Catholic, feminist/womanist, Latin American liberation, and Black theologies. Students engage their own deepest convictions and beliefs and
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Monday May 20, 2024 2:00-6:00pm in Rieke 103B
ice?” The first case study centers Robert Peary’s Arctic journey in 1909, using a source from the Geographical Review. The second reads from Claudia Aporta and Eric Higgs’ “Satellite Culture: Global Positioning Systems, Inuit Wayfinding, and the Need for a New Account of Technology,” and the last uses a study on double-ridges written by the scientists Culberg and Schroeder called “Double ridge formation over shallow water sills on Jupiter’s moon Europa.” Then, through New Materialist philosophy
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Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things…
may also do some studies in library sciences. She wants to travel and gain conversational experience in the languages she is studying. Einan hopes to be a lifelong learner, and to inspire others to do the same.College of HumanitiesPacific Lutheran University’s Departments of English, Languages & Literatures, Philosophy, and Religion comprise the Division of Humanities. Drawing on a rich tradition, Humanities cultivates an intellectual and imaginative connection between a living past and the global
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PLU art and design faculty display recent work Opening in the University Gallery on Wednesday, February 5 is PLU’s “Faculty Exhibition,” an exhibit featuring work from current faculty of the Department of Art and Design. Participating faculty include JP Avila, Craig Cornwall, Spencer Ebbinga, Bea…
. His work is often described as eclectic and varies in terms of style and content. His love for the printmaking medium is evident. Cornwall adopted a philosophy once voiced by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, ‘You can’t do what you did six months ago, that’s old stuff’. His new series of work in the show features beggars. “[Beggars] can be like urban ghosts, there one minute and gone the next. The works portray the ‘Anatomy of a Beggar’, the mind the heart and the spirit,” Cornwall says. “At some time
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EconClub meets weekly on Thursdays, 6:00-7:00pm, in Xavier 250. The club is open to Econ Majors, Minors, and anyone interested in learning more about economics!
with a GPA of at least a 3.70 or senior economics major with a minimum 3.50 GPA. Internships In conjunction with PLU’s Academic Internships Office, faculty work with corporate and government organizations to develop internship opportunities for economics majors. Local internship partners include the Russell Investment Group, the Pierce County Economic Development Council and the Parkland Light & Water Company. Did you know? Economics majors, in a tie with Philosophy majors, scored higher on the Law
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