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addition to a Psychology student’s repertoire. It provides a valuable understanding of business models and emerging technologies, which will help Psychology students become well-rounded and prepared to work in teams as they enter the world of work. In addition, having an understanding of economic history, business ethics, and communications will give Psychology students a leg up in graduate school, should they choose to attend, as well as positions in companies that value problem solving and the

PLU Jazz Day in Seattle May 3 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsJazz music is a dish best served live and in person. A fusion of African-American, European-American and international musical traditions, jazz is known for its energy, creativity and ingenuity. Its iconic founding fathers and mothers are revered as some of the greatest improvisational artists in modern history. No performance stage is too grand or too modest

September 7, 2009 The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958, Forness pursued graduate studies, culminating with the Ph.D. in history from Penn State. He joined the history department at Gettysburg College in 1964 and taught there for 36 years. He was remembered by a colleague as a

competitive market.” After a short pause, Torvend added, “After all, the distinctive part of PLU is its middle name.” Torvend is in a unique place to understand that distinction, as he is the first holder of the new Chair in Lutheran Studies. He is a 1973 graduate in history from PLU. He also received his masters in divinity, his masters in theology and, ultimately, his Ph.D. in historical theology. He returned to PLU in 1998, serving as a professor of the history of Christianity. And since 2007, he has

January 31, 2013 Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist regime with a Utopian dream, decimated its own country. Like the Holocaust, the history of Cambodia needs to be remembered.   The Cambodian genocide is part of a larger story of human atrocities in the 20th century

in the world in science and engineering. UMBC was founded in 1963, the year Hrabowksi — a wide-eyed ninth-grader who loved learning — participated in what’s known in history books as the Birmingham Children’s Crusade. Commencement 2018Learn more about the ceremony and related events“For 50 years, it’s been an experiment,” Hrabowski says of the institution he’s led since 1992. And the experiment is working. UMBC leads the country in producing black students who complete science and engineering

Musician turned math major is excited about teaching in his community Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and CommunicationsKevin Canady-Pete ’22 has a history with the Pacific Lutheran University campus. He grew up down the street, just a couple of miles from the university. The Franklin Pierce High School graduate came to PLU intending to pursue a music education major. While he enjoyed playing music at PLU, he discovered he had a passion

history was so eye-opening. I never got to learn about it really up to this point, and it was just something that led to me becoming a bit more conscious,” Kop said. “When I took Latino studies, that really opened the floodgates, learning the history and systemic issues.” Kop was so impacted, he talked to professor Emily Davidson, PLU’s director of Hispanic and Latino studies, about becoming a Latino studies minor. “That J-Term, I had Dr. Maria Chavez for Latino politics, and learning more about those

. Photo by Irene Takizawa Because Hawaiʻi is seen as a tropical vacation spot, many people come and go, ignoring the complexity of the cultures and peoples who struggle daily to foster and practice their religions. For Katherine Sinclair, a senior nursing student, this course offered the opportunity to dig into the history and diversity within Buddhism. Specifically, she learned how hard Japanese sugar plantation workers fought “to keep their religion prevalent” and “how many variations there are in

specialized middle school for music.” But at the time, Ha’s teachers in South Korea didn’t value music as highly as other disciplines. “There seemed to be a prejudice, at least among some, that art and music were for kids who weren’t as good at academics,” she says. “It’s since changed, but back then a lot of my teachers thought that math and science were the most important skills to have, then language, then the arts. I showed talent in math as a young kid, and a lot of talent in language; but because