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The PLU Anthropology Department is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity. Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable
Anthropology @ PLUOur MissionThe Anthropology Program is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity. Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable unity with the rest of nature. Greater awareness, appreciation, and understanding of both the difference and commonalities among humans helps to combat ignorance and prejudice. The heart of the anthropological message is respect for all humanity in its amazing diversity. We
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—On Aug. 1, the Lutes and I started our 10-day adventure to England: Eighteen women’s soccer players and 14 men’s soccer players, along with both teams’ coaching staff and a trainer, were fortunate enough to play soccer, experience a new culture…
practices in between, and trained at and toured some of the best soccer facilities in the world. We came home with a great record: 2-1 against three competitive teams. Along with playing soccer, we were able to watch soccer at a highly competitive level. After flying out of SeaTac, stopping in Iceland and finally arriving in England, we were rushed straight from the airport to Wembly Stadium to watch Chelsea play Arsenal. Everyone was exhausted, but the cheers from the 90,000-capacity stadium woke
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Aminda Cheney-Irgens is a smart, driven, and globally-minded Pacific Lutheran University senior who, like her peers, spent her spring adjusting to a new way of doing college. She’s learned to record Zoom lessons, sharpened her Google Docs skills, and misses the real-life campus interactions. She’s…
at the American Academy of Religion conference and the American Chemical Society conference. Because of connections I’d made with faculty, I was recommended to participate in the Rachel Carson Lecture Planning Committee, which was a great experience to meet and work with faculty to plan such a meaningful STEM event for campus. And I would never have learned about the opportunity to attend a United Nations conference as an undergraduate student if I hadn’t talked with Professor Yakelis about why I
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May 10, 2024
for the Darrington Phyllite East of the Straight Creek-Fraser River Fault Faculty Mentors: Alex Lechler & Peter Davis, Earth Science My project presents age correlations of Darrington phyllite across the Straight Creek Fault. The preliminary data shows a 131 and 141 Ma peak, with a Precambrian zircon tail present. The younger peak and tail are explained by a younger oceanic basin with different sediment inputs than Darrington Phyllite. Sonika Nigam, Taylor Rawson, Amy Ruiz, Marissa
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Earth & Diversity Week is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and sustainability and how these values experienced in our contexts today. Earth & Diversity Week is hosted annually during the week of Earth Day and features Earth Day lectures, campus…
PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium Posted by: nicolacs / April 9, 2024 Image: PLU’s 2024 Earth and Diversity week kicks off with two keynote events on campus, the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium. April 9, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing and Communications Earth & Diversity Week is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and
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Earth Day – Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Waters, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human) PLU’s 2012 Earth Day lecture will be by Michael Pavel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Pavel is a professor of education studies…
April 12, 2012 Earth Day – Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Waters, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human) PLU’s 2012 Earth Day lecture will be by Michael Pavel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Pavel is a professor of education studies at the University of Oregon, he carries the traditional name of ChiXapkaid and is an enrolled member of the Skokomish Tribe Nation. He is an honored 2007 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award finalist for his work as
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Earth & Diversity Week is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and sustainability and how these values experienced in our contexts today. Earth & Diversity Week is hosted annually during the week of Earth Day and features Earth Day lectures, campus…
PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / April 9, 2024 Image: PLU’s 2024 Earth and Diversity week kicks off with two keynote events on campus, the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium. April 9, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing and Communications Earth & Diversity Week is an opportunity to explore the interconnected relationship between diversity, justice, and
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“The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of…
133 AND COUNTING: The tragic shooting in Orlando and the need for new gun control measures Posted by: Thomas Krise / June 15, 2016 Image: Flags fly at half-staff on campus and at the Gonyea House honoring the victims of the attack in the LGBTQ nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. June 13, 2016. (PLU/John Froschauer) June 15, 2016 “The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy
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TACOMA, Wash. (April 6, 2015)—Last year, Pacific Lutheran University’s undergraduate Education program achieved a 100-percent hiring rate, while the graduate program saw 90 percent of its students hired. On March 17, 18 school districts from around the state and 10 non-district organizations came to the…
Education program. PLU’s undergraduate and graduate programs offer several paths for students, including an Alternative Routes program, which enables students from different majors—such as English— to work toward becoming a certified teacher. Master’s of Education student Kim Ellithorpe ’15 thinks she made a great choice in choosing her program. “The instructors at PLU have lived education; they have educated others, adults and children alike, and continue to learn themselves,” she said. “Their passion
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A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…
September 3, 2010 A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of Pacific Lutheran University. It is good to see the campus alive once again, filled with your energy in anticipation of what is sure to be another extraordinary year of teaching and learning at PLU. Each year as we gather for Fall Conference we
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