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  • Samuel Torvend Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location:Hauge Administration Building - Room 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Director for External Relations - Wild Hope Center for Vocation Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, Pacific

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  • Samuel Torvend Director for External Relations Phone: 253-535-8106 Email: torvensa@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 222 J Professional Biography Video Additional Titles/Roles Professor Emeritus and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Education Ph.D., Historical Theology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, 1990 M.A., Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa, 1980 M.Div., Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1978 B.A., History, Pacific Lutheran University, 1973 Books

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  • Conference ScheduleThursday, September 29, 2016Sessions take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center, unless noted. 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Registration in the University Center Upper Lobby 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Ideas Matter: Justice as Equality, Freedom, and Community in a Post-Enlightenment World Dr. Doug Oakman and Dr. David Deacon Joyner Very old ideas about justice continue to have relevance for our contemporary struggles. Racial injustice is rooted in long

  • Troy Storfjell Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-8514 Email: storfjta@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 2001 M.A., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 1995 Grunnfag, Nordic Studies, University of Tromsø (Norway), 1994 B.A., History & German, Andrews University, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sámi studies

  • President Krise’s open letter of support for Muslim community Posted by: Thomas Krise / January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017 An executive order signed by President Trump late Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and non-immigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. has had immediate effects on scholars and students nationwide.  More than 17,000 students in the U.S. come from the seven countries affected by the immediate 90-day entry ban: Iran, Iraq

  • Waist-Deep in Mud: Engaging with Tradition through a J-Term Course in Honolulu Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Photo by Nicole Juliano May 6, 2020 By Elena Bauer '21English & German MajorOn a January morning, sixteen PLU students stepped waist deep into the flooded, muddy field of the loʻi, a traditional taro patch, to take part in a practice that once sustained the Hawaiʻian people.Elle Sina Sørensen, a senior majoring in anthropology and global studies with a minor in Native American

  • Statement on Systemic RacismWe, the staff of the PLU Counseling Center, stand against systemic racism, police brutality, and the injustice visited upon the bodies, hearts, and minds of people of color individually and in our communities. We recognize these injustices are rooted in longstanding history, perpetuated by systems, and insidious throughout our nation, our local communities, and our beloved PLU. We acknowledge that our discipline of psychology and our community of mental health

  • Attention Residential Students – Please contact your RA’s and/or CD’s in your respective halls for submitting work order requests. Commuter Students – Please contact a Faculty member and/or a Building representative for submitting work order requests. Maintenance ServicesDid you know that there are 42 buildings on campus? Our maintenance crew is here to help! It manages all the exterior and interior repairs, basic maintenance, safety-related maintenance, and distribution and maintenance of

  • Statement on Systemic RacismWe, the staff of the PLU Counseling Center, stand against systemic racism, police brutality, and the injustice visited upon the bodies, hearts, and minds of people of color individually and in our communities. We recognize these injustices are rooted in longstanding history, perpetuated by systems, and insidious throughout our nation, our local communities, and our beloved PLU. We acknowledge that our discipline of psychology and our community of mental health

  • The King of Norway is Coming to PLU in May Posted by: Sandy Dunham / February 10, 2015 February 10, 2015 HM King Harald V to Speak at Commencement, Receive Honorary Degree By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 10, 2015)— As part of his official visit to Washington and Alaska in May, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway will speak at Pacific Lutheran University’s Commencement ceremony, where he’ll receive a Doctor of Laws jure dignitatis.HM King Harald also will