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In 1889, the Norwegian Synod sent Bjug Harstad to the Pacific Coast to start a school. He visited Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, and it was decided that Parkland, Wash.
language has been taught at the school since its very beginning. Norwegian Academic ProgramsAudun Toven came to PLU in 1967 to teach Norwegian, and in 1976 a Norwegian major was established. When Janet Rasmussen arrived in 1977, she and Toven created the interdisciplinary Scandinavian Studies program. Many of the majors in Scandinavian Studies study the Norwegian language. Since 1984, more than 600 students have taken Norwegian language classes at PLU.Study Abroad AgreementsSince the early 1970s, PLU
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PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students Amanda Brasgalla, Olivia Ash and Valery Jorgensen (L to R) conducting a video interview. New Center for Media Studies Takes the Classroom Into the Community By Natalie DeFord ’16 Communications Major Like many college students, Olivia Ash…
September 5, 2014 PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students Amanda Brasgalla, Olivia Ash and Valery Jorgensen (L to R) conducting a video interview. New Center for Media Studies Takes the Classroom Into the Community By Natalie DeFord ’16 Communications Major Like many college students, Olivia Ash ‘15 was uncertain about her future when she first arrived on the campus of PLU back in the fall of 2011. “I’ve always loved music, and so I knew I wanted to get involved with PLU’s student
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Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Image: Natalie Mayer has endowed a new lecture series at Pacific Lutheran University, the Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, with the hopes of connecting the lessons of our past to the issues of the present. By Thomas Kyle-Milward Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic endeavors with Pacific Lutheran University. Natalie Mayer
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About PLUAs a member of the Associated New American Colleges, PLU is committed to the integration of liberal arts studies and professional preparation. A dynamic academic program features five professional schools and selective graduate programs that maintain a strong liberal arts emphasis at their core. In addition, PLU is committed to developing in all students a global perspective, including an understanding of the intercultural and intellectual richness of the world. More than 40 percent of
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Students may be granted regular or provisional admission to graduate programs, which may come with conditions. Some students may be granted admission with conditions.
recommended by the dean or his/her designee (e.g., program director), and approved by the associate provost for graduate studies and continuing education after the student has been admitted to a degree program. No such credit can be counted that carries a grade lower than B-. Conditional Status Removed: Once all conditions of admission are met, the conditional status is removed. Advising Upon admission each student will be assigned an advisor within the academic unit for which they have been admitted
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Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…
PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China Posted by: Chris Albert / November 4, 2024 Image: Ann Auman, professor and Dean of Natural Sciences, and Bridget Haden, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs, recently taught a summer intensive course at Sichuan University. PLU is working to establish a future exchange that would bring Sichuan faculty to the PLU campus. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) November 4
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Migration, colonial occupation, refugee flows, global travel—the movement of people and ideas across national borders both historically and in the present has political, economic, social and
diversity and political and economic reaction and adjustment. Approved CoursesCourses Offered in this Concentration: HISP 321: Iberian Cultural Studies HIST 335: Slavery, Pirates, and Dictatorship: History of the Caribbean RELI 245: Global Christian Theologies *Courses that are not listed here but which meet the content descriptions of the respective concentrations may be considered via petition to the Global Studies Program. Contact Department Chair, Dr. Ami Shah – shahav@plu.edu
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Created in 2014, the Wild Hope Fellows program aims to nurture a yearly cohort of students who will study various perspectives on vocation and then undertake projects in the university that welcome
: Communication (Concentration in Strategic Communication)Margaret Dobbins Major: Environmental StudiesPaola Garcia Major: BiologyAustyn Blair Major: English Literature Minor(s): Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies (GSRS); Religion; Holocaust and Genocide StudiesEmily Morse Major: Music Minor(s): French and Francophone StudiesAhmira Elyard-Jaeger Major: Elementary EducationSohani Kaur Choudhary Major: Nursing Minor: Psychology
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Women in Development Network Voices of the Shuttle: Webpage for Humanities Research Southwest Institute for Research on Women National Council for Research on Women Civil Liberties and Public
Women's and Gender Studies Networks and Research Centers Women in Development Network Voices of the Shuttle: Webpage for Humanities Research Southwest Institute for Research on Women National Council for Research on Women Civil Liberties and Public Policy: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from Around the World Women's Studies Journals The Women’s Review of Books Womanist Theory and Research Women and Politics Institute Signs: Journal of Women in
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The following are PLU’s annual events. Actual dates are published at www.plu.edu/calendar. Events are subject to change. For more information call us at 253-535-7450 or email to events@plu.edu.
Relations70OctoberPI Athletic Awards Banquet AthleticsOctoberPI Fall Preview Day Admission & Enrollment Services600OctoberPI, CP, PS Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture Division of Social Sciences150-200OctoberPI Internship, Volunteer, and Job FairCareer ConnectionsOctober Board of RegentsOffice of the President70OctoberPI, CP David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture Religion Department150-200OctoberPI Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationHolocaust and Genocide Studies Programs350Fall 2016PI Family Weekend Office of
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