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originates in Asia or is going to Asia from U.S. exporters, and the carriers are all foreign-owned businesses in Europe or Asia. So, our leadership team travels to both Asia and Europe to visit the many different headquarters of our customers. A unique part of this work that I really enjoy is that we get the opportunity to introduce Seattle and Tacoma to the world. Of course, many people in other parts of the world know about our region because of their connection with Boeing, Microsoft or now Amazon

. “The fun thing about fair trade is the showing and telling, getting to share about the person or group who made the items,” said Karen Giguere, the bookstore’s merchandise manager and buyer. Giguere will happily disclose these stories, and if she’s not available, printed cards near the products inform shoppers of the history. Items are made in Africa, Asia South America and even the United States, and are purchased through nonprofit organizations such as Ten Thousand Villages, A Greater Gift and A

History majors chose John Kelly’s The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (2006) as their parting gift from us. Had the state of the world degraded so badly that our students had developed morbid obsessions? Or did they see a connection, as Beth (who specializes in 20th Century US History) did, between global anxieties about AIDS, Ebola, and flu pandemics, and the devastating bubonic plague, which wiped out 25 million people in Asia and

speaker, please contact Asia Lara at (206) 682-1770 x101 or by email. Read Previous Jeremy Knapp ’21 talks interning for a state senator in Olympia, passion for political science and future career Read Next Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate LATEST POSTS Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford July 8, 2024 Quan Huynh ’25 Discusses her Internship at the Washington State Senate February 28, 2023 Jeremy Knapp ’21 talks

artists include 2015 winning artist: Christopher Paul Jordan along with nominees: A’Donna Richardson, Asia Tail, Ben Cobb, Daniel Martin, Diana Leigh Surma, Erika Rier, Gabriel Brown, Jeremy Gregory, Karen Doten, Kassie Mitchell, Kelly McLaughlin ‘14, and Tim Norris. Christopher Paul Jordan, a former student at Pacific Lutheran University, has had a unique path into the art world. Jordan’s artistic journey began at age 12 through digital art, which taught him to compose and illustrate works with

and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema Women and Exilic Identity in the Hebrew Bible Sax Appeal : Ivy Benson and Her All-Girls Band Women Refugee Voices from Asia and Africa : Travelling for Safety Read Previous Black History Month: Black Art Matters Exhibit Read Next Wang Center Photo Contest Winners 2023 Exhibit LATEST POSTS On Exhibit: LGBTQ+ Authors and their Works October 5, 2022 On Exhibit: Graphic Novels January 6, 2022 Black History Month: Seeking (a Supreme Court) Justice

newer research methodologies, such as data analytics, the annual global turnover for research in 2016 was $71.5bn. The US remains the largest market ( 44%) with $19.5bn turnover, followed by the UK ( 15%) on $6.6bn and Germany ( 6%) on $2.8bn. Africa was the world’s fastest growing region, with a net growth rate of 22.7% compared with the previous year. Asia Pacific saw a net growth of 7.8% after inflation. While China has previously been behind much of the region’s growth, Japan has bounced back

joining the Foreign Service in 1979, Barr has served in posts around the world, in Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States. In addition to speaking at commencement, she will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. Barr graduated magna cum laude from PLU with a Bachelor of Business Administration. She earned two master’s degrees from Harvard University and the National Defense University, and speaks Swedish and Russian. This year marks the third time commencement has been held off campus at

top 10 percent have really pulled away from the rest of us.” And this pulling apart of the economic classes hasn’t been repeated in other developed countries, he noted. It’s an American phenomenon. Globalization and the rise of the economies in Southeast Asia hold some of the answer, he said. But not as much as you might think. Much of the change of socio-economic conditions can be traced to the money following those with the highest technical skills, Lindert said in a recent interview

continents.  Kilimanjaro in Africa, Aconcagua in South America, Denali in North America, Elbrus in Europe and now Everest in Asia. Reaching the highest peaks in the world has cultivated an attitude that anything is possible. “People often ask me ‘Why do you climb?,’” he said, “the answer, I think, is actually simple. I climb these mountains because it reminds me I can do things I think I may not be able to do.” Gary Nelson stands in front of a prayer flag monument on Mt. Everest. “When I first started