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also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. The Wang Center’s symposium will highlight global health, one of the dominant issues of our times. It has a direct effect on other major issues, from globalization and poverty to natural resource use and climate change. Currently, the center is hosting a film series about the topic. Symposium presentations and seminars on campus Feb. 22 will feature representatives of non-governmental organizations and

this is in the context of studying natural history and conservation issues. BRAZIL, ARGENTINA Cosmopolitanism: Citizenship in a Globalizing World Students and faculty together conducted an investigation of the impact of globalization upon two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, the largest city in Latin America, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, arguably the most cosmopolitan city in South America. And, they investigated the concept of cosmopolitanism from a philosophical perspective and its

shut Read Next The Third Annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture – Catching up to Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and

that students who studied abroad found a job closely related to their major more often, and found employment quickly and at a higher salary than those who did not study abroad. A recent New York Times article also noted that in the age of globalization and international competition for jobs, a study abroad experience is vital for a graduate competing in the national—and certainly international—marketplace. PLU Presidential Delegation share lunch with students in Chengdu. | Via @profhammerstrom on

January 18, 2008 T-shirts make a splash in Brazil It’s a simple T-shirt, black cotton with silk-screened words. The white “Sojourner” across the chest identifies the PLU students as temporary guests in another country. The phrase “global citizen,” screened in Portuguese, English and Spanish on the back, represents the countries the students are visiting – Brazil and Argentina. The students are investigating the impact of globalization on South America. They are one of 27 groups currently

and love that they have for places around the world,” said PLU Associate Professor of Art and Design and T.I.E.S. Program Director JP Avila. Joel Zylstra, Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service at PLU, helped plan and launch T.I.E.S. He says the program connects “global influence with local concerns and opportunities.” “Tacoma offers an incredible window in seeing how globalization continues to influence how local communities function,” Zylstra said. “While PLU’s international

Off to the Faeroes! Posted by: wardei / August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016 By Dr. Elisabeth I. WardDirector, Scandinavian Cultural Center4 days of adventure! Read Previous PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project LATEST POSTS PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project July 28, 2016

October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his

understand that driving does impact the world’s health, she wrote. The eight groups featured in the blog are: Journeying from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Antarctica to study natural history and conservation issues with English professor Charles Bergman. Investigating the impact of globalization on two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with assistant philosophy professor Brendan Hogan Studying the concepts of peace journalism in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with

instances of funds of knowledge, particularly as they relate to early childhood education in the Muslim community. When she took a group of PLU education students to India last J-Term to visit schools, she realized she knew very little about the cultural practices in Muslim community schools. It made her wonder – what are the learning practices that south Indian Muslim children bring from home that might facilitate learning later in the classroom? And how could those cultural practices inform what is