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This year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center.
the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. González is the author of Paisanos Chinos: Transpacific Politics among Chinese Immigrants in Mexico, published by the University of California Press. His work has received the Oscar O. Winther and Bert Fireman Awards from the Western History Association. He is currently working on a transnational history of the Chinese sworn brotherhood, the Hong Men Chee Kung Tong. In 2016-2017, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Taipei, Taiwan.
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On Exhibit: Common Reading Book 2021, The Best We Could Do The 2021-2022 academic year Common Reading book is the critically acclaimed graphic novel, The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. In this timely and breathtaking memoir, Bui explores her experiences as a daughter…
sometimes fraught relationship with her parents in light of who she has become as a daughter, wife, and a mother. Told in a graphic novel format, Bui explores the universal themes of immigration and migration, family, racism and discrimination, duty, and redemption as they relate to the modern-day Vietnamese Asian-American experience. – from https://www.plu.edu/first-year/ Mortvedt Library has many resources to support your reading of and engagement with The Best We Could Do. In addition to print books
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Associate Director, Academic Advising | Academic Advising | kelsey.eagen@plu.edu | 253-535-8776 | Kelsey has been with PLU since May 2019 and has worked in higher education since 2014.
Kelsey Eagen Associate Director, Academic Advising she/her Phone: 253-535-8776 Email: kelsey.eagen@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Biography Kelsey has been with PLU since May 2019 and has worked in higher education since 2014. Kelsey has a BS in Psychology and a MS in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Title IX Law from the University of North Florida. Kelsey works primarily with biology students, pre-med students, and theatre students in addition to
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When: Tuesday, March 6 The Writer’s Story: 4:00PM, Ness Family Lobby Reading: 7:00PM, The Studio Theater
The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, which she co-founded. She graduated from Stanford University, was a fellow at Columbia University, and was a 2011 Fulbright-Nehru Senior.
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Melissa Franke, PLU Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication and Director of Forensics, is making a difference by helping build a Sustainable China Debate Association. The project originated when Willamette University’s Dr. Robert Trapp proposed a project to build a network of debate partnerships between the…
students to get involved.” Pacific Lutheran University is one of six US partners in the project. Franke’s role is to partner with universities in the Northeast region of China to run three events comprised of debate training and tournaments in and around Dalian, Liaoning, PRC. Franke helps the Chinese partner hosting the tournament to coordinate and run the tournament, and gives lectures during the training. Franke has vast experience with international debate, having attended 10 debate competitions
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Portland is the largest city in the state of Oregon, and is less than a 3 hour drive from Tacoma. Known for being environmentally conscious, Portland offers visitors a variety of outdoor activities
and doughnuts with cereal or candy on top! Lan Su Chinese Garden Lan Su Chinese Garden was created through a collaboration between the cities of Portland and Suzhou, its sister city in China’s Jiangsu province, and is considered to be the most authentic Chinese garden outside of China. International Rose Test Garden Portland is known as the “City of Roses” and the International Rose Test Garden is the city’s most famous rose garden. With over 500 different varieties of roses, this garden is a
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At PLU, we’re building up the next generation of Lutes — ones who will be called to lead us into an uncertain future. On Bjug Day you joined together in ensuring students are fully equipped to answer that call. Despite navigating a global pandemic, we…
year really motivated both students and faculty, and we were able to bring that motivation into the classroom through applied projects. Faculty were able to bring these issues into discussions of literature, history, philosophy, ethics, and environmental equity. How have faculty, staff and students responded to that challenge? I’m continually amazed at how my colleagues pivoted so quickly to online classrooms, how they spent the entire summer learning very different kinds of pedagogies and
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26 , 2020 ) — Pacific Lutheran University President Allan Belton recently submitted a Nobel Peace Prize nomination of Dr. Donald Mott to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Dr. Mott is the founder and leader of the China Network Partners (CPN), a group…
PLU nominates physician Donald Mott for Nobel Peace Prize Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 26, 2020 February 26, 2020 TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2020) — Pacific Lutheran University President Allan Belton recently submitted a Nobel Peace Prize nomination of Dr. Donald Mott to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Dr. Mott is the founder and leader of the China Network Partners (CPN), a group of physicians and physical therapists dedicated to training Chinese pediatric therapists in more advanced
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Amy Hillboe has worked in relief and development for 24 years. She has worked for Catholic Relief Services since 1993 and has spent the past eight years focused on disaster risk reduction, climate
Amy HilleboeAmy Hillboe has worked in relief and development for 24 years. She has worked for Catholic Relief Services since 1993 and has spent the past eight years focused on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and resilience. Prior to this, she worked primarily on disaster response and recovery programs. Amy was CRS’ DRR Advisor for the Emergency Capacity Building Project and is a co author of the Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
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Past Chair | PLU Staff Council | girnusjc@plu.edu | Josh Girnus serves as the Director of Retail Services and is responsible for the oversight of Old Main Market, Lute Cafe, Kelley Cafe, The Commons BOH, 208 Garfield and Lute Locker. He also is the primary buyer for Lute Locker, focusing on apparel design and special orders. Josh grew up in Southern California and made his way to Washington through fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. In his spare time he enjoys reading primarily science fiction and philosophy, movies, theater events and camping. .
Josh Girnus Past Chair Email: girnusjc@plu.edu Biography Biography Josh Girnus serves as the Director of Retail Services and is responsible for the oversight of Old Main Market, Lute Cafe, Kelley Cafe, The Commons BOH, 208 Garfield and Lute Locker. He also is the primary buyer for Lute Locker, focusing on apparel design and special orders. Josh grew up in Southern California and made his way to Washington through fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. In his spare time he enjoys reading primarily
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