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  • Students will participate in the ceremony for the college of their degree program. Students graduating with multiple majors will have the opportunity to select the single ceremony they wish to

    Natural SciencesThursday, May 22, 7:00pm Political ScienceCollege of Liberal StudiesThursday, May 22, 3:00pm PsychologyCollege of Natural SciencesThursday, May 22, 7:00pm ReligionCollege of Liberal StudiesThursday, May 22, 3:00pm Social WorkCollege of Health ProfessionsFriday, May 23, 3:00pm SociologyCollege of Liberal StudiesThursday, May 22, 3:00pm TheatreCollege of Professional StudiesFriday, May 23, 11:00am

  • What do current Global Studies students have to say about their experiences in the program?

    about their view on modern injustices, and this more holistic view is so vital to deeper understandings of global issues.” Watch my videoSARA STIEHL '14“The Global Studies program offers a way into the vast interdisciplinary world of academia, nonprofits, think tanks, politics and community organizing. I am now able to engage in critical literature in multiple disciplines such as political science, geography and anthropology for my research. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for the

  • Free pizza, for a cost Eat if you want, but it will cost you. That was the message last week as once again the Pacific Lutheran University’s student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists created the “Republic of Parkland” in Red Square. In exchange…

    sign a contract or passport giving up their First Amendment rights. As the students ate, a dictatorial “queen” of the republic issued edicts and gave orders to “enforcers.” The university’s theater department dressed as the enforcers and queen, as well as some of the protestors. Students acted out the parts of contemporary political and religious figures such as Gandhi and Sen. John McCain. A street theater with a civics message, the event included students dressed as monks literally being thrown

  • Bashair Alazadi, who helped form the Muslim Association and Allies this fall, spoke of Islam and its similarities with Christianity and Judaism at the service. (Photo by John Froschauer) Remembering 9/11 and looking to the future By Barbara Clements It is right to remember the…

    innocents, and that 9-11 was a political, not a religious act of violence. Representatives from the Secular Student Alliance, the Pan-Orthodox Organization and the Oseh Shalom Jewish Club also spoke at the gathering. On Saturday, the commemorative events continued, as the PLU community participated in a Day of Service. Volunteers helped individuals with yard work in the Parkland community. Finally on Sunday, the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, the first of the Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series

  • Pacific Lutheran University’s Wild Hope Center for Vocation is pleased to announce that travel expert, author, television host and activist Rick Steves will visit campus on Wednesday, March 22 to receive the 2023 Wild Hope Award and give a presentation on “Travel as a Wildly…

    Wild Hope Center, and we look forward to learning from him and celebrating his commitment to human and ecological flourishing,” said Faculty Fellow in Humanities and Wild Hope Director for External Relations Samuel Torvend. In 2019, Steves was featured in PLU’s ResoLute magazine and shared insights about the political and spiritual benefits of international travel. “The whole idea about traveling is to get out of your comfort zone, and to gain an empathy for the other 96 percent of humanity

  • Original New York Times article here . My Response to  Bryan College Is Torn: Can Darwin and Eden Coexist? by Alan Binder At Pacific Lutheran University, we think of “Lutheran” as an ethic that informs how we think, how we teach and how we help students…

    , social, physical, emotional and spiritual development of students—allowing religious beliefs and secular education to not only co-exist here, but to individually (and seemingly paradoxically) contribute to our students’ growth. And because PLU unquestionably accepts—and promotes—freedom of expression, all students, of all beliefs, are encouraged to explore their own spiritual development, with the support of the entire PLU community. In a world where most social and political conflicts contain a

  • If you would like to join the Zoom meeting, please email Laura Shneidman at las@plu.edu Please make sure you have updated to the latest version of zoom (Zoom 5.3.

        ** PSYC 242 project    *** Severtson projectZoom Room 4 (Chair, Dr. Ceynar)4:15pm – Navigating the pandemic with your child’s temperament in mind: A guide for parents, Ashley Choi* 4:25pm – Predicted Health Protective Behaviors from Demographics and Perceived Risk, Olivia De Leon** 4:35pm – Anxiety Levels in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Behavioral Changes, Family Structure, and Political Affiliation, Breanne Tarrant and Elsa Yeomans* 4:45pm – The Efficacy of Animal-Assisted Therapy for Treatment

  • The Olympic Games, Social Activism and Responsibility: How Sport Can Affect Change in the World Keynote Speaker: Joey Cheek Olympic Champion, Darfur Activist and Humanitarian Gold medal-winning

    announcer for selected Sounders FC games of the MLS. A popular personality among the Spanish-Speaking community in the Puget Sound area, he graduated with a BA in Communications and Political Sciences from The Evergreen State College. Méndez has been working in Spanish language media since 1993; his work includes mainly radio, TV and theatre. Méndez hosted Latinos Días, an all Spanish morning radio show, on the first totally Spanish radio station in the in the Puget Sound area on Radio Sol 1360 AM and

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    J-Term 2020/Psychology & Political Science- Study Away in Prague J-Term 2020: Travel with us to Prague via our blog. PLU offers a variety of study away program options to make this important component of a PLU education accessible to as many students as possible. Narrow your search by exploring your options by academic discipline,… January 3, 2020

  • The global CI program was initially launched under China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2004, and more recently has been advanced as part of the PRC’s national strategy of Chinese culture

    and concerns about potential constraints on campus programming and speech associated with CIs, the GAO reported that school officials denied having such concerns about their CIs, a finding supported by a contemporaneous 2019 Senate report. Early attempts to impose political requirements for CIs to support the “One China Principle or refrain from discussing Tibet,” for example, were rejected. At least three U.S. universities with CIs have hosted the Dalai Lama, although a CI director warned another