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  • Join the national celebration of international education & exchange. PLU International Student Services and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education invite you to a week of

    , ethnically diverse culture Study at University of the West Indies, a major research institution in the Caribbean, and engage with local students Engage with the rich cultural, environmental, religious and artistic diversity of Trinidad & Tobago through a series of study tours and lectures that facilitate student participation in Trinidad’s expressions of the Hindu spring festival of Phagwa, the West African Orish and Shouter Baptist festivals, the Muslim Hosay commemoration, and the world famous Trinidad

  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    or clock hours are encouraged to attend. Clock hours will be provided free of charge upon request, and credit can be earned through coursework monitored by Dr. Frank Kline, PLU Dean for the School of Education and Kinesiology. Registration is requested for this free conference. There will be opportunities for a few shared meals at a nominal cost. Registration and additional schedule information available at www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-africa-and-the-holocaust-2017The Kurt Mayer Summer Student

  • Illegal animal trade Charles Bergman approached a man known to provide parrots on demand in the Texas border town of Brownsville. He asked if the man knew where he could get 25 of the colorful, highly intelligent birds. At first the man didn’t buy the…

    a year that come out of Mexico alone each year. Millions of animals – not just birds – are taken from the rain forest and tropics in Central and South Americas and sold to eager buyers in the U.S. (although the trade in birds has been curtailed in the U.S. of late due to the Wild Bird Conservation Act), Europe and now in new markets in Asia and Africa. The forests are literally being strip mined of their wildlife, Bergman mused in his opening keynote speech for PLU’s World Conversations seminar

  • Editor’s note: Speakers from the Nobel Peace Prize forum will be livestreamed at three events March 8,9 and 10 on-campus at PLU. Bruno Correa ’15 and Anna McCracken ’14 will represent PLU as Peace Scholars, accompanied by Claudia Berguson, the Svare-Toven Professor of Norwegian and…

    Professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies at PLU. McCracken, a global studies and anthropology major, said that after she graduates, she hopes to do volunteer work with the Lutheran Volunteer Corps, and work with countries or communities in conflict “to build a common community and move forward.” McCracken said she found her passion when she spent time in Northern Ireland, last J-term, and last fall in South Africa. “After those experiences, I decided, ‘yes!’ this is what I want to do,” she said

  • Economics major Nellie Moran ’15 and President Barack Obama at a fundraiser in Seattle this summer. (Photo by White House Photographer Michael Rosenburg.) PLU Interns Make Interesting and Key Connections Over the Summer By Barbara Clements, PLU Marketing and Communications First Surprise : President Obama…

    Science Center. (Photo provided by Rachael Nelson)  “I see the potential of new markets in Africa,” he says. “I can’t wait to try out some of the concepts I’m using now.” Rachael Nelson ’15 found her summer internship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center by trolling the flyers in PLU’s Rieke Science Center. Her paid internship was developed specifically for PLU students by two PLU alumni. She too credits PLU’s Career Connections with helping her practice for the Fred Hutch interviews, and

  • Leading the fight Mark Twain once complained that everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. With apologies to Twain, I’d like to suggest that many people today are talking about global health but nobody seems to agree on what to do…

    – cared about these diseases. They afflicted the billions of invisible poor in Africa, Asia and the rest of the developing world. What finally made the health of the developing world appear on our radar screen was not some new political movement or mass enlightenment. What happened, very simply, is that some powerful, high-profile people took an interest in these neglected diseases. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Bill Gates, at the time the richest man in the world, his wife Melinda and his father Bill

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    (North Africa, d. 258 ce) and John of Ephesus (Syria, c. 588 ce) and how their responses contributed to the formation of distinct theological reflection on public health crises. This lecture will consider how religion and/or religious beliefs inform responses to disease or fear of disease (including self-care and the role of the arts); what can we learn from historic, religious responses to disease to better prepare us to respond to disease itself, to the spread of disease or fear of the spread of

  • See Dr. Artime's profile Michael Artime is Assistant Professor & Chair of the Department of Political Science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Political Science.

    (North Africa, d. 258 ce) and John of Ephesus (Syria, c. 588 ce) and how their responses contributed to the formation of distinct theological reflection on public health crises. This lecture will consider how religion and/or religious beliefs inform responses to disease or fear of disease (including self-care and the role of the arts); what can we learn from historic, religious responses to disease to better prepare us to respond to disease itself, to the spread of disease or fear of the spread of

  • The Big Idea: Interested in joining PLU’s Anthropology and Geoscience Departments in a fun day long field trip to explore the intersection of geology and anthropology? Two sites will be explored through this lens: Alder Lake was formed as an impoundment dam in the 1940’s to generate the electricity we use as a society. What...

    Park has been a hotbed of Anthropological research for decades. At issue are the very well preserved geological strata of volcanic ash that provide age constraints on human artifacts!! All that is required of you is to: Email Dr. Peter Davis with the intent to participate ASAP!! First come first served as we are planning to take only two vans (22 passengers). Arrive at the west side of Rieke Science center by 7:30 am. A short 20 min presentation will be given that will more explicitly outline the

  • ENTRANCE PRE-REQUISITES Cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 60 Semester Credits (junior status by start of program – Fall entry only).

    ) Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology Writing 101: Writing Seminar Math 123: Modern Elementary Mathematics I WEST-B(Basic Skills Test for Reading, Mathematics, and Writing) or equivalent SAT/ACT Score (Official SAT/ACT scores must be sent to PLU. Equivalent scores are based on test date.) SAT: Reading 500 or 27, Math 515 or 27.5, Writing 490 or 28 ACT: Reading 22, Math 22, Writing 8 or 23 TEACHER CERTIFICATION CO-REQUISITES BAE Teacher Certification Specific Courses (with C grade or better