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Scholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story. One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David Roe…
LanguagesWaist-Deep in Mud Read Previous Learning to Pay Attention to the Environment and Religion with Professor Sarah Robinson-Bertoni Read Next The Importance of Dead Languages LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May 26, 2022 Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom May 26, 2022 Introduction May 26, 2022
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way… April 24, 2024 AcademicsMathematicsSeekerStudent Voice
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Margaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at Fred Hutch Cancer Center , they were able to assist in… October 18, 2023 Biology
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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way… April 2, 2024 Mathematics
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Tolu Taiwo and Angie Hambrick know all about wearing natural hair in predominantly white spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at…
spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at a predominantly white institution,” said Taiwo, outreach and prevention coordinator in the Center for Gender Equity at Pacific Lutheran University. So, Taiwo and Hambrick — assistant vice president for diversity, justice and sustainability — decided to uplift the experiences of black students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) who wear their natural hair. In
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All Religion majors complete a major research project. Recent capstone projects completed by Religion majors are listed below.
Theological Critique of Liberation Theology2015Andrew Allen, Seeking Economic Justice Through American Congregations: An Analysis of the Influence and Promise of the ELCA Social Statement on Economic Life Hannah Anderson, Lutheran Responses to Injustice: A New Theology to Combat Gender-based Violence in Southern Africa Jacob Brock, Subduing the Earth Responsibly: Giving “Priority of Labor over Capital” in Laborem Exercens’ Environmental Consideration Louise Buckles, The Gospel of John’s Community: A Group
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Dr. René Carrasco is the new Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, who began at PLU in Fall of 2019. Originally from Mexico City, René came to the United States when he was 15. After he graduated high school, he went on to community college and…
Hispanic Studies and history? RC: Everything about where we live today, everything about this world, was made by humans. It was made by us. Our language, our culture, our identities… everything. Politics, borders or the lines that separate one country from another, gender roles, everything in this world was made by humans. And just like it was made by humans, it can be un-made, and new things can happen, it is entirely possible. This civilization project and its order, its hierarchies, its structure
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Major in Communication 40 semester hours, plus a minor Concentrations Students in this program select a concentration in either Film & Media Studies or Strategic Communication.
Communication Core Courses 20 semester hours COMA 101: Introduction to Communication (4) COMA 120: Introduction to Media Studies (4) COMA 212: Public Speaking (4) COMA 215: Writing in Communication Careers (4) COMA 499: Capstone (4) Film & Media Studies Cluster 20 semester hours from the following: Applied Contexts – maximum 8 hours COMA 226/426: MediaLab (0-2 , repeatable up to 8) COMA 229/429: Student Media (0-2, repeatable up to 8) COMA 301: Media and Cultural Criticism (4) COMA 303: Gender
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For many college students, residence halls are the fertile grounds of first-year camaraderie from which lifelong friendships spring. At Pacific Lutheran University, students get to roll that experience over to the classroom by enrolling in courses thematically linked to their Residential Learning Communities (RLCs) —…
themes. Lutes can choose from housing that uplifts gender empowerment and equity, creative expression, DJS (diversity, justice, sustainability), wellness, STEM, global engagement, and more. Cherish Scheidhauer, a PLU first-year student studying biomedical engineering, didn’t find out about RLCs until well into the admissions process when her admissions counselor mentioned STEM House. “It’s really cool how it brings people together based on their similar interest in STEM, but also it brings a lot of
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Grant supports environmental research With a $90,000 grant, the Environmental Studies Program intends to provide students and faculty members with more opportunities for research and creative projects. The program received the funding from the Wiancko Charitable Foundation in December 2007. The program’s faculty determined the…
will study meat production and the environment. Mini-grants of up to $500 are also available for students and faculty interested in projects to improve the environment. More information and applications is available at the Environmental Studies Web site. The interdisciplinary approach of the Environmental Studies Program is not unique at PLU, Teska added. A number of PLU programs – Chinese Studies, Global Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, to name a few – are designed to bring together two or
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