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  • Global Education Committee Membership: Three members elected for three-year overlapping terms from the faculty at large, one faculty member to represent the PLU Gateway Programs selected each year by the current PLU Gateway Program Directors, with the provision that this representative serve no more than 3 consecutive years and that this person not be one of the four elected members of the committee. Advisory Members: Provost, the Executive Director of the Wang Center for Global and Community

  • Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of…

    Discipline Dash: Professor Ami Shah on Global Studies Posted by: vcraker / June 9, 2021 June 9, 2021 Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs.Take a moment to hear

  • Alum to address changing face of global health Epidemiologist William Foege will speak on campus Feb. 22 at the Wang Center for International Programs’ symposium “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations.”The symposium will highlight the work of non-governmental organizations that are searching for global…

    February 1, 2008 Alum to address changing face of global health Epidemiologist William Foege will speak on campus Feb. 22 at the Wang Center for International Programs’ symposium “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations.”The symposium will highlight the work of non-governmental organizations that are searching for global solutions to control disease. These organizations, many from the Pacific Northwest, are stepping up to meet a need where governments cannot or have not. A

  • Like many students, Emily Peterson ’14 began her time at PLU unsure of what, exactly, she wanted to do. “I wanted to work for the United Nations,” she says. “Although at the time, I didn’t know what it was, to be honest, when I was…

    Emily Peterson ’14 : Global policy, politics and partnerships Posted by: Zach Powers / September 8, 2023 Image: Emily Peterson ’14 majored in global studies and economics at PLU. She is now a senior program manager at Edelman Global Advisory. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 8, 2023 By Lora ShinnResoLute Guest WriterLike many students, Emily Peterson ’14 began her time at PLU unsure of what, exactly, she wanted to do. “I wanted to work for the United Nations,” she says. “Although at the time, I

  • Riley Dolan, ‘19, a double major in Hispanic Studies and Political Science, interned with the U.S embassy program during the summer of 2017.

    abroad had a particularly big influence on him, inspiring him to take a closer look at foreign governments, genocide studies, and digital mapping. Research in itself can open new avenues for anyone, and can inspire and support a cause worth fighting or defending. That’s why it is important to conduct research: the experiences gained through meaningful global research are life shaping!Ashley Carreño-Millan is a PLU junior, with a double major in Hispanic Studies and English Writing.  She is a

  • The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education opens thanks to the vision and generosity of donors Peter (’60) and Grace Wang.

    The Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education opens thanks to the vision and generosity of donors Peter (’60) and Grace Wang.

  • Choir of the West brings back the grand prize at International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival The Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize award at…

    Choir of the West wins on a global stage Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / July 9, 2015 Image: The Choir of the West with jury members after winning the Anton Bruckner Choir Grand Prize Award. July 9, 2015 Choir of the West brings back the grand prize at International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival The Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize award at the 5th Annual Anton Bruckner

  • Choir of the West brings back the grand prize at the International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival The Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize award…

    Choir of the West wins on a global stage Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / June 15, 2015 Image: The Choir of the West with jury members after winning the Anton Bruckner Choir Grand Prize Award. June 15, 2015 By Mandi LeCompte and Zach PowersChoir of the West brings back the grand prize at the International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and FestivalThe Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize

  • Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham) Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy…

    March 17, 2014 Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham) Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy began juggling during his freshman year at Pacific Lutheran University to distract himself when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. “I found it therapeutic that I learned how to juggle,” Malloy said. Malloy kept juggling

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 25, 2020) — Noted academics, activists and practitioners whose life’s work engages polarization — within and across disciplines, traditions, communities and peoples — will gather at Pacific Lutheran University on March 5-6 for the 9th Biennial Wang Center Symposium, “Disarming Polarization: Navigating…

    Disarming Polarization: PLU symposium to address national, global divisiveness Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 25, 2020 Image: The Wang Center Symposium takes up the issue of heightened political and societal polarization within the U.S. and globally as well as its primary consequence, the increasing inability to communicate and collaborate. February 25, 2020 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 25, 2020) — Noted academics, activists and practitioners whose