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  • professors from multiple disciplines, other campus staff, and community members from the greater Tacoma area.While I attended PLU before the induction of the HGST minor, I had the opportunity to take several of the classes that came to be part of that program. Taking classes related to Holocaust & Genocide Studies extends far before and far beyond World War II. Gaining a greater understanding and awareness of all minority groups (ethnic, religious, or both) helped me better contextualize struggle and the

  • .” Her mentor agreed. “In terms of my 25 years in academia, she’s in the top tier of student performance,” Grahe said. “I could see her at a Tier 1 research-focused school where she teaches maybe two classes a year, and the rest of the time does research. I could see her running a nursing ward as an administrator someday, or running a school where other people are learning how to be a teacher. She’s brilliant to start with. Wherever she goes, I think she’ll be successful.” Read Previous J-Term 2020

  • . Johanne (Jo) Madsen, 2016Jo is currently working for State Farm as a claim handler and is excited about learning more about insurance hands-on. She is still working towards going back to school for her masters, but is enjoying learning about economics outside “theory land” as it is a great way for her to find out what topics she wants to dive into when she returns to school. Elizabeth (Molly) Maloney, 2016Elizabeth (Molly) Maloney is continuing her studies at University of California, Irvine, where

  • :  Administrative Version Demonstrate interdisciplinary inquiry or analysis by integrating knowledge and modes of thinking across disciplines to generate a new insight or line of inquiry. Demonstrate the ability to understand and weigh achievements and limitations of claims from the past and present, as well as their own. Articulate a complex understanding and variability of social issues in a diverse, global context. Utilize academic tools and critical thinking in complex and nuanced ways in order to frame and

  • gravitate toward careers in law, law enforcement, and victim advocacy. Students who especially enjoy research design, statistics, and data analysis seek positions in marketing, assessment, public relations, and organizational research. Courses in race/ethnicity, social stratification, and global studies can lead to positions in international business. Students interested in social justice often find meaningful employment is social work. Regardless of students’ career path, the breadth of their

  • little bit slower and it’s a little bit more authentic [Music] [Applause] [video: a shot follows a lift up the side of a mountain, greenery on either side.] [Music] [video: A shot of an old Chinese building overlooking a large waterway.]   [video: Return to Devon sitting outside.] Devon: we’ll study tour at the beginning of the trip [video: Devon’s voice continues over more clips. A historical building with intricate gold paintings on blue-green panels. Mountain scenery. A server ladles soup into a

  • on international studies, music in ten different languages appears in this collection, and there are works by composers from the USA, Italy, Germany, England, Ireland, Finland, China, Taiwan, Sweden and Latvia. PLU student composers Jason Saunders and Philip Serino present their work in this collection, as does PLU faculty member Richard Nance, conductor of the choir. Phoenix was awarded second place in the prestigious “American Prize” competition for outstanding recording by a collegiate choral

  • relationships with people, reading the Bible, just living life,” Serino laughed when asked about his inspiration for the piece. “I guess you could say I was researching the holy spirit.”  Serino, a music and composition major, first started composing when he was in high school in Gresham, Ore. Serino describes his as a rather dramatic piece, with lulls and crescendos. Celeste Godin will be singing a series of  songs from Joseph Conteloube’s Chantes d’Auvergne. She will be singing the songs in Occitan, the

  • to students directly after their currently scheduled degree completion date. Graduate students will be offered opportunities for tuition-free continuing education courses.The university is planning on offering in-person, online, and blended courses and on-campus housing this fall. As part of extensive safety precautions being taken by the university, hundreds of events and programs including some athletic competitions, music and theatre productions, intramural sports, academic conferences, and

  • Water (New Press, 2007). Barlow’s participation in the 2012 symposium is made possible by a generous grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peace and Reconciliation Section.Terje Tvedt - Water scholar, advocate, filmmakerProfessor Terje Tvedt will deliver a keynote address entitled “Water and the Development of Human Civilization: Some Perspectives,” at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24. Tvedt is a professor at the Center for Development Studies at the University of Bergen and a Professor II at