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Latino Studies LTST 241 : Introduction to Latino Studies - IT, GE This course introduces students to the range of issues and analytical approaches that form the foundation of Latino studies. By tracing the history of the “Latino/a/x” concept in relation to key elements of sociocultural life, such as time, space, migration, identity, class, race, gender, community, power, language, nation, and rights, students will develop understandings of the particular ways in which Latino studies takes shape

PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2024/01/29/plu-music-inaugural-paul-fritts-endowed-chair-organ-studies-performance/

PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance Posted by: Liza Conboy / January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 By Liza ConboyPLU College of Professional Studies Beginning in Fall 2024, PLU will be welcoming Dr. Justin Murphy-Mancini as the Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance. Murphy-Mancini began organ study at age 10, beginning his journey in church, “quite literally as soon as I was tall enough to reach the pedalboard,” he

Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/03/31/cms-new-course/

Center for Media Studies to Offer New Creative Media Course in Fall ’15 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 31, 2015 Image: The cast and crew of the CMS student television show “Dear Emily” take the stage at a January kickoff party in The Cave. (Photo: Center for Media Studies) March 31, 2015 By Natalie DeFord ‘16For PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait

PLU Department of Communication launches Film and Media Studies concentration, beginning fall 2018 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2018/04/03/film-and-media-studies/

PLU Department of Communication launches Film and Media Studies concentration, beginning fall 2018 Posted by: Kari Plog / April 3, 2018 Image: MediaLab students film on location for one of their many award-winning documentary film projects. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) April 3, 2018 By PLU Department of CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2018) — In response to years of student inquiries and interest, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Communication announced a new concentration in

PLU environmental studies students chart the challenges facing the nearby Clover Creek Watershed https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2020/01/07/clover-creek-watershed/

PLU environmental studies students chart the challenges facing the nearby Clover Creek Watershed Posted by: Zach Powers / January 7, 2020 Image: PLU students in the Fall 2019 Environmental Studies 350 course take a quick photo break during a water sample collection excursion. (Photos courtesy of Claire Todd.) January 7, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationsAt Pacific Lutheran University, natural science research can lead students all the way to Antarctica and back again. For

Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/11/03/griech-polelle-historic-questions/

Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Posted by: Zach Powers / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Beth A. Griech-PolelleKurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesI think we have all heard the infamous phrase, “Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it.” For most historians, asking questions about our shared past forces all of us to confront uncomfortable truths about the past with the hope that we learn from choices that people

Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies https://www.plu.edu/music/news/2020/04/30/faculty-feature-richard-nance/

Faculty Feature: Meet Dr. Richard Nance, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies Posted by: Reesa Nelson / April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 What is your educational background? I received my Bachelors of Music Education (1977) and Master of Arts in Choral Conducting (1982) from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M) in Canyon, Texas. I received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Arizona State University in 1992. Why did you want to teach at PLU? As a choral

PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and relig https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/plu-senior-allison-sheflo-discusses-her-triple-major-in-geosciences-environmental-studies-and-religion/

PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion Posted by: nicolacs / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 By By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics. She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s definitely not

PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/11/16/paul-fritts-endowed-chair-organ-studies/

PLU receives a $2 million gift for music studies from organ builder Paul Fritts Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University is proud to announce the establishment of the Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance, thanks to the generosity of longtime university supporter Paul Fritts, owner and founder of Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders. Fritts has pledged $2 million to support and

Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to chan https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/01/17/holocaust-genocide-class/

Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future Posted by: Zach Powers / January 17, 2023 Image: Holocaust survivor Peter Metzelaar speaks with PLU students in a course titled “Introduction to Holocaust & Genocide Studies.” (Photo courtesy of Professor Lisa Marcus) January 17, 2023 By Anneli HaralsonMarketing & Communications Guest Writer“There is nothing comfortable about studying genocide,” Beth Griech-Polelle, a Pacific