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understanding of the PLU campus community, so too is it intended to reach out to the broader Puget Sound Community. Come join us as we consider questions and confront the challenges Our Thirsty Planet faces, challenges with respect to the environment, human health, social justice, economic health, and political conflict. Previous symposiums have been on China: Bridges for a New Century, Norway’s Pathways to Peace, Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations, and Understanding the World

· Jaipur, IndiaSustainable Development and Social ChangeCurrently Unavailable SIT · Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and SiberiaNomadism, Geopolitics, and the Environment SIT · Rabat, MoroccoMulticulturalism and Human Rights SIT · Rabat, MoroccoMigration and Transnational Identity SIT · Belgrade, Serbia, Bosnia and KosovoPeace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans SIT · Kathmandu, NepalDevelopment, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya SIT · Kathmandu, NepalTibetan and Himalayan Peoples SIT · Kigali, RwandaPost

from 1992 to 1995. The violence resulted in more than 100,000 deaths, some 2.5 million displaced, 800,000 destroyed homes, and widespread human rights abuse. Denial of the crimes took place during the genocide and continued immediately after. Memišević is an assistant professor at the Department of Legal History and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo.Lemkin Lecture Registration Ehlimana Memišević About Raphael LemkinLearn more about the Polish-born Jew who escaped from Nazi

are now 193 counties following a labyrinth of political systems and economic models, and a global population that now exceeds 7 billion. Just as the symposium reaches out to challenge the assumptions and understanding of the PLU campus community, so too is it intended to reach out to the broader Puget Sound Community. Previous symposia have been Migration: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Mobility, The Countenance of Hope: Towards an Interdisciplinary and

peers. Sarah Cornell-Maier ’19 What is Social Innovation? Social innovation differs from other types of innovation in that it uniquely works to solve issues that communities face in the social realm. At Pacific Lutheran University, we begin by investigating political, social, environmental, and economic challenges, and then we apply attributes like critical thinking, inventiveness, and sustainable business design to imagine solutions to the problems. Social innovations can challenge human rights

opportunities to inquire into the human condition and the natural world, opportunities for experiential learning, leadership and service, programs that support students physically, emotionally, ethically and intellectually. These programs also promote the university’s Integrative Learning Objectives and the university intent to educate the whole person – body, mind and spirit. In addition to a number of academically based co-curricular programs, many departments sponsor co-curricular education programs and

“Heyerdahl's Gyre” by Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer5th Annual Thor Heyerdahl Lecture on 17 October 2018  at 7 PM in the SCC Much of the life of Norwegian explorer, Thor Heyerdahl, evolved around the oceans.  His love of the sea and its role in human history inspired him to become an outspoken international advocate for a clean and healthy global environment.  This year’s annual lecture will address this theme with an informative and provocative presentation by a prominent oceanographer, Dr. Curtis

better and to become a contributing member of society, whether local or global. Academic studies cover the arts, humanities, languages, social sciences, and physical sciences. It is this broader understanding of the human condition that is integrated into nursing practice. Person-Centered Care Health care that establishes a partnership among healthcare professionals and clients (or person) to ensure that decisions respect clients’ wants, needs, and preferences and that clients have the education and

better and to become a contributing member of society, whether local or global. Academic studies cover the arts, humanities, languages, social sciences, and physical sciences. It is this broader understanding of the human condition that is integrated into nursing practice. Person-centered care Health care that establishes a partnership among healthcare professionals and clients (or person) to ensure that decisions respect clients’ wants, needs, and preferences and that clients have the education and