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  • When picking a Common Reading book, we consider how the book addresses PLU's commitments to diversity, justice, sustainability, and global education.

    hopes, dreams, and life situations. It takes away the “othering” of the poor and brings up questions of not only class but also race, sex, religion, ability, and power. This book shows the intersections of identity and the difficult decision that many are forced to make in order to obtain This book is enjoyable to read, has won many awards, and can provide for rich and interesting discussion that will benefit incoming first year students. It aligns more with PLUs mission statement than any book I’ve

  • On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…

    working for the United Nations. RACHEL ESPASANDIN Hometown: Vancouver, Wash. Major: Political Science, with minors in Religion and Conflict Resolution. Graduation date: May 2014. Peace-building experience: Espasandin participated in PLU’s Alternative Spring Break trip to a remote village in Nicaragua, where a team partnered with a nonprofit to install a clean-water well. That might not sound like a typical peace-building activity, but Espasandin says it absolutely is. “A lot of conflict can erupt if

  • Join the national celebration of international education & exchange. PLU International Student Services and the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education invite you to a week of

    , homestays, language learning, finish with an independent research project or an internship. Focused around a program theme. Featured SIT Programs Include: Rwanda – Post-Genocide Restoration and Peace Building Morocco – Field Studies in Journalism and New Media Morocco – Migration and Transnational Identity Morocco – Multiculturalism and Human Rights India – Public Health, Gender and Community Action India – Sustainable Development and Social Change Indonesia – Arts, Religion, and Social Change Mongolia

  • The following terms are used to describe academic standing at PLU; separate progression and retention policies may be in place in individual programs; please see the individual program section of the

    senior standing of 90 semester hours. Students may transfer in a maximum of 96 semester hours or 144 quarter hours; of these the maximum transferable from a two-year school is 64 semester or 96 quarter hours. These students will have satisfied all General Education Program elements except for four hours in The Academic Study of Religion (RL); four hours in Global Engagement (GE); and the Culminating Experience (SR). Applied Science Degrees: Students with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree seeking a

  • Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.

    —“the religion of the blood.” 4 Rosenberg argued that each aspect of human existence fit perfectly into this racist system, so that “Race and self, blood and soul, stand in the closest connection.”5 This made his philosophy self-sealing: any attack upon its contents would simply mean that the attacker lacked the “racial soul” necessary to properly understand Rosenberg’s argument. And anyone lacking the proper racial soul to understand his argument was ignorant, inferior, and inherently deserving of

  • Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.

    —“the religion of the blood.” 4 Rosenberg argued that each aspect of human existence fit perfectly into this racist system, so that “Race and self, blood and soul, stand in the closest connection.”5 This made his philosophy self-sealing: any attack upon its contents would simply mean that the attacker lacked the “racial soul” necessary to properly understand Rosenberg’s argument. And anyone lacking the proper racial soul to understand his argument was ignorant, inferior, and inherently deserving of

  • The traditional undergraduate program is designed for students who do not hold licensure in practical or registered nursing. The L.P.N. to B.S.N.

    semester hours of liberal arts courses prior to beginning the nursing program, in such study areas as anthropology, fine arts, history, languages, literature, philosophy, political science, religion or writing. Graduates are required to meet the PLU 48-semester-hour general education program. Courses in the classic liberal arts & sciences are integral to developing the baccalaureate-prepared nurse. Admission to the University Applicants must be accepted by the University before consideration for

  • How to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerously divided times 1:45 – 3:30 p.m. | March 7 | Chris Knutzen, Anderson University Center Who: Mónica Guzmán, Bridge-Builder, Journalist,

    ’ Dungeons & Dragons campaign. A Mexican immigrant, Latina, and dual US/Mexico citizen, she lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents.Julia Watts Belser2024 PAUL INGRAM LECTURE IN RELIGION Wild Kinship: Disability Wisdom, Interdependence, and the Elemental World 3:40 – 5:10 p.m. | March 7 | Regency Room, Anderson University Center Who: Julia Watts Belser, Professor of Jewish Studies and Disability Studies Core Faculty, Georgetown University

  • Endowed Scholarship in Religion Plus Business Scholarship Fund Bernice Polchow Endowed Scholarship Nora J. Ponder Scholarship Military Order of the Purple Heart Robert B. Quello Family Memorial Scholarship The Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation Edward Ramsdale Endowed Scholarship Edward Ramsdale Endowed Scholarship Anders and Emma Ramstad Award The William Kvindlog and Betty Ann Ramstad Endowed Scholarship in Education Marvin J. Ramstad Endowed Scholarship Margaret and Winfield

  • Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…

    words, as large as a human teenager’s. Third, we used the narratives of our experiences and our photography to write several articles, exploring complex relations between the legal trade and the illegal trade. The legal trade, for example, offers cover for the illegal smuggling of birds, and the same people are often involved in both. Seth Dowland, Ph.D., and Clayton Bracht Department of Religion Sports, Christianity, and Manliness:  Evolving Notions of Christian Manhood in the YMCA Kelmer-Roe