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Looking at religion and healing from a comparative perspective, Crawford O’Brien’s course (RELI 230) invites students to consider how illness, healing, and wellness are understood and experienced in traditions outside of mainstream Christianity. This course explores how wellness has to do with the ability to maintain a working identity: a self that can participate in the give and take of society. Here, wellness is understood to involve the whole person, encompassing physical, mental, and spiritual

Program + Learning OutcomesBy participating in the Outdoor Experience Community, students will: Engage with the outdoor environment to foster the development of self-identity Be involved in discussions, programs, and leadership development related to outdoor recreation  Examine the PLU mission of DJS to cultivate a deep sense of wonder and belonging while learning to be good stewards of the earth Develop practical leadership skills related to outdoor recreation Pflueger Hall, home to First Year, New

Obituaries Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Highlights Alumni News The Prologue Malia Oshiro ’13 teaches from a hard-fought place of pride. She didn’t always tout her first-generation status proudly. Now, it’s the first thing she tells her students. Learn more about this teacher and her struggle to embrace her first-in-the-family identity. Read More The PLU Connection Brian Laubach ’84 ’95 and Isaiah Huey ’20 attended PLU three decades apart. All it took was some casual conversation to bridge the

feel at home. Read about how Taylor-Mosquera continues to build his identity as a citizen of the world. View Now VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Features Discovery Class Notes ResoLute Staff Recent Articles Trinidad and Tobago Namibia Neah Bay Travel Journals Tacoma Archives © 2017 Pacific Lutheran University | All Rights Reserved X Facebook

Norway. Students studying in Telemark have the opportunity to learn Norwegian and participate in field trips that underscore outdoor life and regional identity. Lutes in Oslo focus on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, topics Norway is deeply committed to, Williams said. The country is engaged in a dynamic discussion defining and redefining its international roles, and PLU students participate in dialogue on issues such as European integration and multiculturalism in schools. OSLO, NORWAY Explore

future is an exciting prospect for the debaters and those competing at nationals expect to return next year. “We have a solid leadership base and we are ready to continue our winning performance,” Matt Aust ‘17 said. Director of Forensics Justin Eckstein echoed Aust’s sentiment: “We are a young team, poised to return even stronger next year.” Tinker takes top honorsBy Brendan StantonPLU debater Angie Tinker ‘16 won the “top paper” award for her paper “Switchside Gender: Taboo Identity in the Debate

also particular to PLU’s identity as a Lutheran institution of higher education that, in the pursuit of thoughtful inquiry and care, we make sure that we have open and free discussion of difficult issues,” said Hay, associate professor of philosophy. As the PLU community looks toward a cluster of events, during which pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion positions will intersect, the campus is set to practice thoughtful disagreement. And Hay and her colleagues are in the thick of it.In conjunction

2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones.  A. R. AlcantarA Study of National Identity & European IntegrationThis paper uses realist, poststructuralist, and constructivist lenses to study the interaction between national identity and European political socioeconomic integration. I argue that a state’s sense of national identity affects that state’s level of involvement in the European Union. This study examines the following states: France, Italy, the