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  • Hispanic Heritage Month at PLU: A New Student Group and Annual Lecture, and More https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/09/15/hispanicheritagemonth/

    TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2015)—As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off across the country on Sept. 15, this year’s observation at Pacific Lutheran University takes on extra emphasis with two new campus-wide components: • the revival of a student organization representing Latino/a and Hispanic students, and…

    Diversity Center, include the Latino Youth Summit on Oct. 3 and a Día de Los Muertos celebration on Nov. 1.Latino Studies LectureLast spring, PLU was invited to partner with the Tacoma Art Museum, Centro Latino and the University of Puget Sound in applying for the Latino Americans grant from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during a May 2015 research trip. (Photo courtesy

  • Women’s and Gender Studies https://www.plu.edu/diversity-inclusion/timeline/womens-and-gender-studies/

    The Women’s Studies program changes its name to Women’s and Gender Studies.

  • Chair of Lutheran Studies https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/07/27/chair-of-lutheran-studies/

    July 27, 2011 New Chair places Lutheran tradition in a 21st century context When an anonymous donor committed to give PLU $1 million to endow a Professorship in Lutheran Studies, followed by other donations to put the endowment to chair status at $2 million in gifts,  it was more than simply establishing another chair on the PLU campus. Samuel Torvend, Chair of Lutheran Studies. (Photo by John Froschauer) With this chair, PLU reached yet another level of distinction by which it sets itself

  • Hispanic and Latino Studies Faculty https://www.plu.edu/global-cultural-studies/department/hispanic-and-latino-studies-faculty/

    Emily Davidson Director of Hispanic and Latino Studies Full Profile 253-535-7311 davidsef@plu.edu

  • Environmental Studies https://www.plu.edu/academic-programs/program/environmental-studies/

    Crawford O’Brien, Chair of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Professor Ramos: Hi, I’m Adela Ramos, Chair of Environmental Studies. Professor O’Brien: And hi, I’m Kevin O’Brien in the religion department. All: And this is our Major Minute. [video: A visual countdown from three flashes on the screen in yellow and black colors. A countdown clock appears on the left side of the screen counting down from 60 seconds after Man claps his hands in the foreground] (three beeps) [video: Only Professor Ramos

  • Support the Scandinavian Cultural Center https://www.plu.edu/scancenter/get-involved/endowment-fund/

    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

  • Study Away – Hispanic and Latino Studies https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/hisp/

    Hispanic and Latino Studies - Study Away Hispanic and Latino Studies students are encouraged to consider studying away! Below you can learn about a few Spanish language immersion study away options that are a good fit for HISP/LTST students. J-Term Program: Montevideo, UruguayIMPORTANT: In the past, there has been a HISP J-Term program offered in Uruguay. However, since J-Term study away course offerings are different each year there is no guarantee that short term faculty led programs that

  • News in Scandinavian Cultural Center https://www.plu.edu/scancenter/blog/topic/scandinavian-cultural-center/

    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

  • PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/05/06/individualized-major/

    TACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted to do, and several fields I explored just didn’t fit right,” said Hall, a senior at PLU.…

    PLU senior Kelly Hall prepares to graduate with an indigenous studies major she designed herself Posted by: Kari Plog / May 6, 2016 Image: Kelly Hall ’16 is graduating this spring with an individualized major in Native American and indigenous studies. (Photo courtesy of Hall). May 6, 2016 By Natalie DeFord '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 6, 2016)- Kelly Hall couldn’t decide on a major when she first came to Pacific Lutheran University. “I didn’t know for sure what I wanted

  • 17th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture https://www.plu.edu/religion/events/2022-knutson-lecture/

    Knutson Lecture

    :00 PM. Dr. Dollinger has also published on Black American and Jewish American relations (Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s, 2018) and Jewish struggles for inclusion in U.S. culture (The Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America, 2000). His forthcoming book addresses Antisemitism in U.S. culture.BiographyDr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University I’m Marc Dollinger and I get to teach