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By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—In 2005, two new professors in the Pacific Lutheran University English Department came up with an idea for the Visiting Writer Series (VWS). This year, the series celebrates its 10-year anniversary—with…
writer Ryan Van Meter comes to PLU. Van Meter is the author of an essay collection called If You Knew Then What I Know Now. His work has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Iowa Review and The Normal School Magazine. “Ryan’s nonfiction collection is a gripping and beautifully rendered book that explores gender and identity through narratives that speak to bullying, family, friendships and coming out,” said Skipper. “Like all of the authors we invite, his writing pursues big questions in stylistically
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TACOMA, Wash. (April 21, 2015)—Last fall, Pacific Lutheran University made a big impression on the Puget Sound area with dozens of giant black-and-gold billboards—and Link light-rail trains. We made such a big impression, in fact, we’re doing it again. PLU’s first outdoor campaign launched in…
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 1, 2016)— University Conference launched the beginning of fall semester at Pacific Lutheran University on Wednesday, setting a powerful tone for the 2016-17 academic year. President Thomas W. Krise delivered his annual state of the university address before a crowd of faculty,…
tone for the 2016-17 academic year. President Thomas W. Krise delivered his annual state of the university address before a crowd of faculty, staff and administrators, underscoring the importance of moving PLU from a place of welcoming to a place of belonging. His speech unveiled the Listen campaign, an institution-wide effort to create a true, authentic sense of belonging for students of all backgrounds — regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, faith background, no
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 9, 2016)- Silence blanketed the Ness Family Chapel during Wednesday’s service. Thomas W. Krise, president of Pacific Lutheran University, told students, faculty and staff — some with tears in their eyes — that now is a time to reflect on where to…
and 212 — to gather in community and offer a place for safe expression of civil discourse. Members of the Division of Student Life will be staffing the space to connect with those who need support. “This is also a place for people to express emotions safely,” the council said in a statement. “The space is also for students to ‘just be.'” Additional gathering spaces are open in the Diversity Center and the Center for Gender Equity. Krise, fighting back tears, stressed in his sermon Wednesday that
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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 25, 2020) — Noted academics, activists and practitioners whose life’s work engages polarization — within and across disciplines, traditions, communities and peoples — will gather at Pacific Lutheran University on March 5-6 for the 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium, “Disarming Polarization: Navigating…
the audience to consider the need to go beyond traditional civil rights reform to protect the rights of trans and gender-nonconforming people. UC Berkeley-based physician and medical anthropologist Seth Holmes examines social hierarchies, health inequities and the ways in which such asymmetries are naturalized, normalized and resisted in the context of transnational im/migration, agro-food systems and health care. “Polarization not only drives people apart, it also discourages the kind of
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Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Black Student Union led a ceremony raising the Black Lives Matter flag on Red Square on Friday evening. Organized by BSU student leaders, the ceremony featured Black student and staff speakers who shared with a virtual audience of over…
historically been silenced.” BSU President Marae Tidwell ‘21 speaking at the ceremony.× “Being part of the inaugural flag raising is a reminder that our institution of higher learning is taking actions to be anti-racist one step at a time. Undoubtedly, there will be bumps in the road, but we continue to be resilient.” Other speakers at the flag-raising included Pamela Rice from PLU’s student life office; Associate Vice President for Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Angie Hambrick; Center for Gender
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Pacific Lutheran University Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,…
important political and philosophical ideas in an approachable anthology. “We are confident that our edition—Louise Dupin, Work on Women: Selections—will appeal to students and scholars of history, philosophy, literature, and feminist and gender studies,” said Wilkin. Wilkin became interested in Dupin in 2012 while working on a student-faculty collaborative research project with Sonja Ruud ‘12 who is assisting the ongoing project as a research associate and is currently completing her Ph.D. in
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Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman, You Can Have it All: Theorizing Transreligious Spirituality from the Field of Black Studies, Wed., Oct. 22, 2014 at 7:30pm in the Karen Phillips Auditorium.
Study of Religion, Gender and Sexuality at Vanderbilt University and the M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University. Coleman is currently Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions and Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies at Claremont School of Theology in southern California. She is also Associate Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She has had previous academic appointments at Lutheran School
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PLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the skills…
POSTS Karen Marquez ’22 aspires to help her community through her studies. July 15, 2022 Nicole Jordan ’15 discusses her new role at PLU’s Center for Gender Equity March 16, 2020 The Department of Social Work congratulates alum Patricia Sattier (2002) for receiving NIF Fellowship! February 28, 2020
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