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Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…
resistance to those forces) in the United States, and especially in the 20th century. Her research into the subject include examinations of anti-gay ballot measures in the 1970s, racism in the military in World War II, and feminist voices in popular literature in the post-WWII decades. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary programs and fields of study, including Women’s Studies and Peace Studies, and has participated in research and projects that center on the importance of historical thinking in
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October is LGBTQIA+ History Month. While we encourage engaging with these topics year-round, October is a special time to reflect on the history of LGBTQIA+ movements, moments, and iconic figures. In this exhibit, the Center for DJS, in collaboration with the PLU Library, is choosing…
, and author of contemporary Caribbean literature. Her novel Tentacle was the first Spanish-language book to win the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers in 2017. Although she experienced viral music success, Indiana has since shifted her focus to her literary career. She has authored three short story collections and five novels, three of which have been translated into English. Her work in science fiction prominently features themes of queerness, culture, and Dominican social issues
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Literature - IT, GE FREN 204 Postcolonial Francophone Fictions and Criticism - IT, GE FREN 205 French/Francophone Film - IT, GE FREN 206 French/Francophone Feminisms - IT, GE FREN 210 French History, Culture, Society - VW, GE FREN 211 Francophone Africa in Global Context - VW, GE FREN 301 Advanced French - VW, GE FREN 305 French/Francophone Film - IT, GE FREN 310 French History, Culture, Society - VW, GE FREN 311 Francophone Africa in Global Context - VW, GE FREN 403 Topics in French Literature - IT, GE
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International Honors at PLU Kyle Schroeder lives in the International Honors wing of Hong International Hall. He says that IHON challenges him to think in a different manner. Four first-year students discuss PLU’s honors program By Steve Hansen Ask four first-year students from different backgrounds…
distinct historical and cultural norms. Similarly, the professors who teach the IHON classes also bring diversity in their disciplines – Randhawa’s two first-year IHON classes, for instance, were taught by experts in historical theology and French Literature. Randhawa loved them both. Others see it that way, too. And the benefit isn’t just in the classroom. “I like having friends who have completely different views and completely different visions of where their life is going to go,” said Nellie Moran
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Major in History Minimum of 36 semester hours; including 4 semester hours of historical methods and research (HIST 301) and 4 semester hours of seminar credits (HIST 499).
European, Mughal, Ottoman, and Russian; the development of the world economic system, especially comparing the West with China and Japan; and cultural globalization in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. (4) HIST 107 : Ancient Near East - IT, GE Surveys the history of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean regions, including ancient Sumer, Egypt, Israel, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Major themes include empire building, religion, law, art, and literature. Students learn to investigate historical
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Elizabeth Sloan, Senior Capstone Seminar Using Biolog Ecoplates analysis of microbial communities from canopy soil in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest was analyzed.
concentration of DNA with acceptable purity but failed to produce true amplification in the qRT-PCR assay until after being ‘cleaned’ with Bioline Sureclean ® DNA Purification kit. Based on the literature, it is probable an inhibitory contaminate originating either with the anticoagulant used at harvest or other innate whole blood polysaccharides caused inhibition of the enzymes used in qRT-PCR amplification. This suggests special attention also needs to be focused on pre-assay protocols to identify
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Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…
foreign languages—particularly the “soft” ones such as Spanish and French—while men gravitate to the “hard” languages (German, Russian) and other academic subjects such as science and math. In the larger university setting, most foreign language departments have traditionally been split between (mostly male) tenured and tenure-track faculty members engaged in original research in literature or literary theory, and (mostly female) non-tenured lecturers and teaching assistants responsible for the
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If you complete an IB Diploma, you'll receive the following 32 PLU semester hours of credit.
(Quantitative Reasoning) Computer Science A4 or 5CSCI 1444Gen Ed (Quantitative Reasoning) Computer Science Principles3, 4 or 5CSCI 100TR4Gen Ed (Quantitative Reasoning) English Language & Composition3, 4 or 5WRIT 100TR4Elective English Literature & Composition3, 4 or 5ENGL 100TR4Gen Ed (Interpreting Text) Environmental Science with lab3, 4 or 5ENVT 1044Gen Ed (Natural World) French Language & Culture3, 4 or 5FREN 1024Elective German Language & Culture3, 4 or 5GERM 1024Elective Government & Politics: United
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Major in Philosophy Minimum of 32 semester hours, including: PHIL 499 Two courses from: PHIL 311, 312, 313, 314 Five additional PHIL lower- or upper-division courses (20 semester hours) GLST 325 may
, joy and boredom), with a goal of asking how existentialism engages these ideas relative to the question of human meaning. As an introductory course we will survey specifically the major thinkers of this tradition and illustrate how existentialism connects to other areas such as religion, psychology and literature. (4) PHIL 248 : Innovation, Ethics, & Society - ES A history of innovation, problem solving, and creativity in the global economy, emphasizing the ethical considerations that arise as a
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High school directors, please use the link provided below to nominate and recommend students that you would like to participate in the Northwest High School Honor Band.
Ensemble, overseeing the graduate wind conducting program, teaching courses in wind band literature and wind conducting, she oversees all aspects of the concert band programs at Penn State. Her appointment at PSU follows three years as Assistant Director of Bands and Associate Director of Athletic Bands at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her tenure at UofSC, Mitchell-Spradlin taught at Valdosta State University as Director of Athletic Bands and was Director of Bands at Chamblee High School
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