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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Alumni Profile: What makes an American an American? This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen.… November 28, 2018 Alumni ProfilesDiversity Justice SustainabilityEconomicsPLU GradsPsychology
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Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | hackercm@plu.edu | 253-535-7363 | Dr.
Practices in Consulting, Las Vegas, NV (2014) Invited Keynote Presentation, Meredith Corporation, From Good to Great: The secret of Olympic Champions, NYC, NY (2014) Invited Keynote Presentation , General Mills, The Secret of the Slight Edge”, Leadership Executive Team, Minneapolis, MN (2013) American Psychological Association, National Convention, Failure as Fertilizer: Lessons learned from the competitive cauldron, Honolulu, HI (2013) Invited Lecture Performance Psychology Keynote Address: AASP
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The Department of History is proud to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student name below to see their presentation title and synopsis.
: “The History of Alcohol in 19th and 20th Century American Fraternities” Todd Dizon Student life within American Higher Education maintains a long-standing history of change over the past 200 years. Alcohol had always been an integral part of a student’s social life since the 18th century. Students commonly drank Beer and Wine within university dining halls. However, once the Temperance movement became prominent in the 19th century, alcohol shifted from a typical facet of socialization towards a
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In 1997, Brian Bannon was a PLU senior. An exemplary student, he wrote for The Mast, and was a double major researching social justice through the lens of queer rights movements. One afternoon, Bannon found himself in the office of history professor Beth Kraig, discussing…
exactly excite him. Kraig, an American history scholar, explained how libraries have been on the forefront of social justice and play a key role in providing access to knowledge that belongs to everyone. Kraig shared how, especially early in U.S. history, private libraries represented wealth and power and exclusion, preventing most Americans from accessing valuable sources of knowledge and information. The innovation of public libraries, she said, was foundational to the democratization of education
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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.
partnership with Chengdu, China, is more important than ever. PLU was among the first institutions to begin a study away program there. It started small in the early 1980s, just as the United States and China were beginning a new era of diplomatic relations after decades of Cold War enmity. Eventually, it grew into the healthy cultural exchange it is today. “China is so fundamentally important to where things are going,” said Manfredi, the program director. (Video by Rustin Dwyer, PLU) Tamara Williams
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Professor Emeritus | Communication, Media & Design Arts | Writer.
Robert Marshall Wells Professor Emeritus Website: https://www.robertmarshallwells.com Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2003-2023 Education M.B.A., Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, 2021 Certificate in Documentary Arts, Emphasis in documentary film, Duke University, 2013 Ph.D., American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2005 M.A., Liberal Studies –with emphases in Social and Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington
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Professor Emeritus | Innovation Studies | Writer.
Robert Marshall Wells Professor Emeritus Website: https://www.robertmarshallwells.com Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 2003-2023 Education M.B.A., Foster School of Business, University of Washington Seattle, 2021 Certificate in Documentary Arts, Emphasis in documentary film, Duke University, 2013 Ph.D., American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 2005 M.A., Liberal Studies –with emphases in Social and Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington
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Lutheran Studies Conference
— the Mother of All Mountains — and titled one of her books Where the Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually History of Mount Rainier.Questions? Contact: Dr. Marit Trelstad at marit.trelstad@plu.edu This conference has been planned in partnership with Nisqually and Puyallup leaders and elders; faculty of PLU’s Department of Education and the Native American and Indigenous Studies program; the PLU Center for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability; members of PLU’s Indigenous Advisory Network
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(CNN)- President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice, as he honored retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House on Thursday. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity.…
Court cases such as Dred Scott v. Sandford and Loving v. Virginia; Jim Crow laws and the Voting Rights Act. Background about why we celebrate Black History Month. Recent Supreme Court news articles available through Mortvedt Library. Print books (on display) E185.61.V35 2010 Living with Jim Crow : African American women and memories of the segregated South E185.89.I56T69 2015 Toward an intellectual history of Black women F279.C49N458 2011 Forging freedom : Black women and the pursuit of liberty in
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus… February 8, 2018 faculty developmentfaculty newsletterLectures and Events
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