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  • B.A. in Social Work at PLU: Admission ProceduresSocial work is an academic discipline and a practice profession. Social workers envision an economically, socially, and racially just world in which resources and opportunities are more equitably distributed. Social workers engage in critical analyses of power relations, aim to dismantle inequitable social structures, and work in solidarity with groups that experience poverty, oppression, and exploitation. Social workers assist individuals

  • influential music in the Lutheran tradition. Conference participants will have an opportunity to observe a joint rehearsal of PLU’s Choir of the West and the National Lutheran Choir from Minneapolis, Minn. Past Conferences 2016 – Free at Last? Lutheran Perspectives on Racial Justice 2015 – Tikkun Olam: The Legacy and Future of Jewish – Christian Relations 2014 – Justice in Society: Lutheran Sources of Social Change 2013 – Lutheran Perspectives on Jesus of Nazareth 2012 – Political LifeThe annual Lutheran

  • Spring 2022 Social Work CapstonesFriday May 20th, 2022 9:00 AM - 1:00 PMAnderson University Center - Room 203Block One 9:00 - 9:55 AMSarah KirschenbaumMcKenzie Hart LindgrenAshlee GormleySarah Kirschenbaum “Childhood Trauma: The Effects of ACEs on Mental Health in Adulthood” McKenzie Hart Lindgren “Mental Health: Effects of Bullying on Middle School Aged Students” Ashlee Gormley “Social Justice for Children of Incarcerated Parents” Block Two 10:00 - 10:55 AMArianna Tunstall-McKinneyKaren

  • -standing human issues addressed in the civic traditions of the Greek city-state and in biblical Israel. Justice is not the right of the stronger nor the contemporary whim of global markets. Ideas that shape deep understandings of human being and doing, as well as social and civic betterment, must forever have critical free play in the pursuit of justice. The musical heritage of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, whose combined efforts inspired the Civil Rights Era from the late 1930s onward, continue

  • generalist social work practice as well as a more focused exploration of work with individuals and families. Content on working with diverse populations will be integrated to assist students in developing social work practice skills using various theoretical constructs (e.g. strengths perspective, problem-solving, empowerment) and evidence-informed practices. Additional focus on assisting students in developing a professional self with an integration of social work values and ethics throughout the course

  • Students of PLU, The University Congregation, and Campus Ministry. After my time at PLU, I will be the Director of Children’s Ministry at Hope Lutheran Church in Fresno, CA. Why I became a Religion Major. I feel called to ministry, and am concerned with how Christian theology has and continues to inform politics and social justice in North and South America. When one decides to study religion, they are really studying philosophy, language, psychology, history, and so much more all at once and I love

  • /406: French and Francophone Feminisms (Rebecca Wilkin) HGST 387: Sex, Gender and Holocaust Literature (Lisa Marcus) HIST 289: Gender and Women in World History (Gina Hames) IHON 253: Gender, Sexuality and Culture (Jen Smith)   Critical Race Studies Electives COMA 304: Intercultural Communication (Marnie Ritchie) ENG 380: Global Refugee Literatures (Jenny James) GLST 431: Advanced International Relations (Ami Shah) IHON 112: Liberty, Power and Imagination (Christian Gerzso, Arthur Strum) NAIS 363

  • October 13, 2008 Caring for God’s gift of biodiversity Conservation of the Earth, its animals, plants and resources isn’t only the right thing to do, but it’s how God intends for men and women to tend to His creation. That will be the gist of a lecture – The Difference Nature Makes: What We Can Learn about Christian Ethics from Earth’s Biological Diversity – which will be given on Tuesday night by Kevin O’Brien, assistant professor of religion. The lecture is free and begins at 7:30 p.m. in the

  • Getting Creative: PLU’s Gateway Class in Innovation Studies By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program . Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It… September 3, 2018 Hist/Phil 248historyinnovation studiesMichael HalvorsonMichael SchleeterPhilosophySarah Cornell-Maier

  • Curriculum and ProgrammingThe curriculum for the Business and Economic History program at PLU is administered by the History department, and taught by the Benson Family Chair. Currently, the program consists of six courses taught on a rotating basis, providing students with an introduction to major themes in U.S. Business and Economic history, and providing greater depth in the fields of business ethics, human centered design, and the history of technology. At least two courses offered each