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  • PLU maintains an open door with a world superpower, empowering students to learn about politics and culture off the beaten path in a distinct region of the country.

    lifetime. Wang, who graduated from PLU in 1988, is a semi-retired English professor in China who prepares students to go abroad, including those coming to his alma mater. CHENGDU, CHINA Students in the program, which is open to all majors and language levels, take courses at Sichuan University in western China. View the China programHe was one of the first Chinese students to come to PLU. “At that time it was extremely hard for Chinese to go abroad,” he recalled. “I’m one of a lucky group, I was chosen

  • Immersive experience in classrooms on the other side of the world teach PLU students how to learn on the fly, one of many skills they bring home with them.

    also taught geography, a steep learning curve for a newcomer with very little knowledge of the country. First GlimpseRead what Allison Rise '12 has to say about her journey abroad in Namibia. “I had to teach the 13 regions of Namibia,” she said, eyes wide. “That prepared me to be a school psychologist, jumping in and figuring it out as I go.” Another challenge was communicating. Allison said many of the students she worked with in Windhoek still were learning English. Overcoming a language barrier

  • PLU Peace Corps program prepares Lutes for service work abroad.

    organization, her plans changed. “It was through conversations with her about her experiences and growth through the program that I decided to apply,” said Nelson, who taught English for two years in Baruun-Urt, Mongolia, starting in 2011. Pacific Lutheran University hopes to create similar connections through its new Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which launches this semester. Beyond course requirements and hands-on work hours, Peace Corps Prep will include speaking events with Peace Corps alumni

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled his childhood in which nobody asked him about his future. The Tacoma native was the product of a broken home, plagued by…

    . Instead, the hardships he endured were his instruction. “I was first educated in the adult world,” Cushman said, adding that domestic violence, drug abuse and gang violence were his teachers. “These experiences taught me that unless I worked as hard as I could to get out of where I was, I would only repeat what was being shown to me.” Determined to break the cycle, Cushman thus motivated himself to earn his diploma from Lincoln High School and pursue a degree in English from Pacific Lutheran

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures  will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…

    college and university campuses. Featured Films The Pearl ButtonWednesday, Sept. 28 | 5:30 | Ingram 100 Starting with the heartbreaking tale of the extermination of Patagonia’s native water nomads, Paris-based Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán traces the history of systemized murder in his country up to and including the ruthless dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet through a pearl button paid by an English expedition in 1830 to buy Patagonian native Jemmy Button and bring him back to England—or in

  • FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Ann Kullberg ’79 has never taken a formal art course, but her work is internationally known—and her story is as colorful as her art. Though the lines were not always straight, and there were rough patches along the way, Kullberg…

    , teaching English for a few years in a rural school, returning to Washington—and seeing a colored-pencil drawing at a relative’s house. These pencils were not just your usual Crayolas, Kullberg thought, and she was captivated that professional brands could be used as an art medium. “Colored pencils and I were meant to be,” she said. “I am a champion for colored pencil artists and the medium. It was all timing and meant to be.” Kullberg then bought her first set of 24 Prismacolors. (Little did she know

  • Keven Drews’ doctor told him he was out of options in his longtime fight for his life. So, he launched a crowdfunding campaign to earn $500,000 for a clinical trial at Fred Hutchinson Cancer

    hardworking despite the fact that he was dealing with so many grave medical issues.” – Rick Barot, associate professor of English and director of the MFA program Drews had been working for The Canadian Press when he decided to apply to PLU. “I didn’t feel satisfied with where my life was at that point,” he said. “The Canadian Press is an awesome place to work, but I wanted to do something more academic.” Drews was a perfect fit for the program, said Rick Barot, associate professor of English and MFA

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 24, 2016)- The eighth episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “civility” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young, Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Kaitlyn Sill and Marriage and Family Therapy Department Chair David Ward.…

    Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin``Protest``Guests: PLU President & Professor of English Thomas W. Krise and Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Justice & Sustainability Angie Hambrick``Failure``Guests: Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila, and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown Read Previous Summer success: Lutes spend off-months working hard, pursuing vocational goals Read Next Sidewalk project begins Aug. 29 to improve pedestrian accessibility near PLU’s campus COMMENTS*Note: All

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- The scholarship of a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member has evolved into a three-part, cross-cultural project that brings together artists and scholars from around the world. Paul Manfredi, chair of Chinese studies, recently published his book “ Modern Poetry in…

    in Art,” resulted from a months-long exchange of painting, photography and poetry. Rick Barot, associate professor of English at PLU, also participated in the project. Barot contributed a poem, which is among a collection of poetry in three languages. The physical exhibition is on display at VALA Art Center in Redmond until Oct. 30, in conjunction with Kirkland-based Ryan James Fine Arts. “Ekphrastic” refers to poetic responses to art, while the idea of “assimilation” refers to the act of

  • By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors…

    gay liberation movement in Greenwich Village Diambri had previously published a review of the book Queer Clout: Chicago and The Rise of Gay Politics, by Timothy Stewart-Winter, which he sent along to the awards committee along with a description of his Benson Summer Research Fellowship and Severtson project. Michael credits his work with PLU faculty members Jenny James (English), Gina Hames (History), Beth Kraig (History), and Jennifer Cavalli (History) for his intellectual growth at PLU, as well