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The Endowment's RoleThe Scandinavian Cultural Center Endowment Fund is administered by Pacific Lutheran University and enables us to: Broaden the scope of our mission to preserve and promote Nordic heritage at PLU and in the community. Expand the number of educational/cultural programs and exhibits. Sponsor artists and speakers from the Nordic countries. Provide educational/cultural grants to deserving students and Nordic organizations. Provide for staffing needs to support the director. Make
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PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project TACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association. Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June… July 28, 2016 Scandinavian Cultural Center
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September 1, 2009 8:05 a.m. – Ms. Dozier’s eighth grade literature class Most of the 21 students in the class of Alethea Dozier ’02 are interested in today’s lesson on the Holocaust, as well as the Japanese internment camps during World War II. Others are asleep on their desks, heads on crossed arms. Others are eating breakfast, which Dozier allows. She knows many face an empty fridge at home. Dozier, 32, is responsible for more than 100 eighth graders each year. She’s also raising, as a single
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Norwegian and Scandinavian Area Studies Program (pdf) view download
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History and literature senior aspires to be a lifelong learner Posted by: vcraker / May 10, 2022 Image: Kathryn Einan ’22 (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 10, 2022 Kathryn Einan ’22 is a self-proclaimed “book nerd.” She is a triple major in Literature, History and Nordic Studies with a minor in Chinese. She has a deep love of learning and hopes to become a teacher one day. “There are so many interesting things to study!” says Einan about her impressive triple major. Einan came to PLU with the
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian Area Studies programs…
PLU Stages Special 125th Anniversary Exhibition at Seattle’s Nordic Heritage Museum Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 31, 2015 August 31, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian
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Two of PLU’s most important Gateway programs — Telemark and Oslo — connect PLU to its roots while also teaching students about contemporary Norway.
Telemark Gateway, says both programs look beyond Scandinavian heritage and focus on the “needed element” of studying contemporary Norway. “Our courses (in Scandinavian-area studies) and study away both strive to move students from an interest in heritage to an interest in how Norway approaches disciplines like business, alpine ecology and literature from their perspective,” she said. Norway NostalgiaRead what Sonja Ruud '12 has to say about her journey abroad in Norway. Students studying in Telemark
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The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at
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The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at
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The Pacific Lutheran University English department offers emphases in writing and literature, as well as minors in Children’s Literature and Culture and Publishing and Printing Arts.
What Can You Do With a PLU English Degree? … Almost Anything! Learn more about these recent PLU English alums -- And how their English degree prepared them for their exciting careers! Read More Study a Minor in Publishing and Printing Arts Program Details Study English at PLUWhether you choose a concentration in Writing or Literature, an English major will help you understand and practice the creative, critical, and persuasive uses of the written word. Writing and literature are powerful means
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