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Ahmed and Sarah Ward are 2018 Peace Scholars. Aziza Ahmed and Sarah Ward were 2018-2019 Peace Scholars. Aziza is a Sociology and Politics & Government major, and Sarah is a Global Studies/Transnationalism and Communications major. Aziza will be graduating in 2019 and Sarah in 2020.2017 Peace Scholars Cate Rush and Austin Beiermann were 2017 Peace Scholars. Cate is a Nursing major and is interested in holistic health and the role of health workers in creating and maintaining peace. Austin was a

our daily lives through its broad application, such as to medicine, agriculture, and technology. Students in Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy work on reconstructing a gray whale skeleton. Professor Brian Naasz and ENVT 350 students take samples from the local Clover Creek Watershed. Physics major Julian Kop '24 makes an adjustment to the telescope during research with Professor Sean O'Neill. MissionWe educate students within the liberal arts tradition to apply scientific and quantitative reasoning

Anthropological Association’s Race Project and the related book, Race: Are We So Different? ● Anthropologists exploring the impact of racism in Covid deaths as well as the pandemic more broadly worldwide ____________________________ 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates. 2014. “How Racism Invented Race in America. The Case for Reparations: A Narrative Bibliography.” The Atlantic. June 23, 2014. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations-a-narrative-bibliography/372000/

to engage the diversity of our cultures, languages, and beliefs. In our national politics, in the landscape of higher education, and even here at PLU, we face uncertainties and transitions. Such times always come with a temptation to seek easy answers, but the Humanities insists that we pursue something more complicated and more worthwhile. The Humanities helps us to understand ourselves and our own context and then reach beyond both to wrestle with the wide variety of what it means to be human

Report” and HBO’s “Real Time.” Wright’s most recent book is “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic world.” Her other books include “Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East” (2008), which The New York Times and The Washington Post both selected as one of the most notable books of the year. She was the editor of “The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy” (2010). Her other books include “The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran” (2000), which was

build knowledge and healthy practices. Clean water is important, though how clean water is used is transformative. You are a bit nervous, though the training provided as part of the program by interdisciplinary PLU faculty that shares about the country, region, politics, culture, and customs is very helpful. You begin to understand the foundation of Transformative Learning Theory, the theoretical and applied foundation for this course, from Dr. Mulder. You realize that this is so much more than a

2024 3 credits GNUR 701 Foundations of Scholarly Writing & Communication (2) GNUR 702 Advanced Practice Roles & Collaboration (1) Fall 2024 10 credits GNUR 703 Theoretical Foundations & Evidence-based Practice (3) GNUR 710 Advanced Patho (3) GNUR 711 Advanced Pharm (3) GNUR 712 Advanced Pharm Discussion (1) January 2025 2 credits GNUR 704 Pop Health, Policy, & Politics (2) Study Away option (Mexico/DC/Oly/Tacoma) Spring 2025 10 credits GNUR 705 Information Systems & Patient Care Technology (2) GNUR

organizations, or a Business Administration course with emphases on Marketing or Non-Profit Leadership. All of these courses, with the exception of business and literature, are taught by Oaxacan instructors. See Maestros | Faculty. Study Tours complement sudents’ academic experience by exposing them to Mesoamerican culture (Monte Albán, Atzompa, Mitla, and Yagul) and contemporary Mexico’s social, cultural, political, and economic realities (migration, government and politics, sustainability and

served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, from 2000 to 2003. Since 2004, Kissi has been teaching and conducting research at USF. His research focuses on 20th Century economic and diplomatic history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa; history of US foreign relations (with Africa) since the 20th Century, and the comparative history of genocide and human rights. He is the author of Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and Cambodia (2006

education a priority at Pacific Lutheran University. He says Lutheran higher education is intellectually inclusive, and therefore his calling to promote interfaith dialogue is a perfect fit. “Free inquiry includes asking about other religious traditions,” said Hammerstrom, associate professor of East Asian and comparative religions. Hammerstrom already teaches classes that immerse students in Buddhist communities here and abroad. During the summer, he took that commitment to the next level. He