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  • Thursday, March 4 - Symposium in Downtown Tacoma Opening Reception (5:30 pm - 7:00 pm) Location: Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, Foyer Keynote 1 (7:00 pm - 8:45 pm) The Olympic Games,

    of sports for “social good” such as assisting the integration of new immigrants and in reducing crime in the cities of Norway. Also considered will be the relationship between voluntary sports clubs and health policy. Dr. Eivind Asrum Skille, Faculty of Health and Sports, Hedmark University College, Elverum, Norway Location: University Center, Room 133 B-3) “Beijing-The Paralympic Experience” The world is experiencing a large expansion of athlete participation. The roots of the Paralympic games

  • PLU President Allan Belton is a morning person. He’s frequently among the first employees to arrive at the Hauge Administration Building, but not before his morning cup of joe. His favorite coffee stand is on South Tacoma Way, the seven-mile arterial that is the economic…

    announce the forthcoming construction of the MultiCare Medical Center at Pacific Lutheran University. Funded by MultiCare and located on part of the grounds that were formerly the PLU golf course, the new center will provide high-quality, accessible outpatient services to the almost 200,000 people in and around Central Pierce County. PLU students will benefit from the expansion of internships, clinical placements, and other experiential learning opportunities — right on campus. Officials from the WSU

  • For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…

    proved to be useful when I was able to land an internship with Alaska Airlines after my junior year. Additionally, my capstone experience allowed me to see the culmination of a business education through the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition. Our team competed in a simulated business and took 1st and 1st runner up awards!  If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t change a thing about the past four years. What’s next? After graduation, I will be working on a market expansion project

  • As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, Student Life publishes an annual report highlighting progress toward key strategic priorities, highlights of annual departmental work and points

    implements a strategic plan for building relationships with our closest constituents, the Parkland community, through an anti-racist and equity lens.  Campus Safety, despite an inhospitable office, limited resources, and dramatic turnover in their work force, has demonstrated their ability to deliver services that our community values and utilizes extensively, such as building admits and escort services. The 24/7, 365 availability of Campus Safety has resulted in a dramatic expansion of the scope of

  • Melodramatic, selfish, pouty Mary Musgrove is the only Persuasion (2022) character who says anything meaningful about Regency womanhood that is congruous with gender expectations today. Her lines in Carrie Cracknell’s adaptation are like Reductress captions, with just a little less of the same satirical punch.…

    on various levels--sex, race, and class, to name a few--and a commitment to reorganizing U.S. society so that the self-development of people can take precedent over imperialism, economic expansion, and material desires." @savebythebellhooks For those new to this account, it places Saved By the Bell (1989-1993) stills alongside bell hooks quotes, in this instance taken from Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1981). Although hooks focuses on US society in the twentieth century, the Regency

  • If you have previous experience with French, Spanish, or Chinese, you can use this guide to determine the course level that is right for you.

    designed to meet you where you’re at and support you in reaching your language goals! PLU course number HISP 252: Spanish for Heritage Speakers Appropriate for students with or without previous Spanish studyAffirm and build upon your Spanish language abilities through: • Community building with other heritage speakers and exploration of topics related to language and identity; • Conversations about literary and cultural texts; • Vocabulary expansion exercises; • Workshops on using accents in your

  • Sounds of Christmas with a Reformation choral work performed by University Singers and Men’s Chorus and directed by Associated Director of Choral Studies Brian Galante.

    Reformation in Germany and ScandinaviaSunday, April 2 (Opening) – Scandinavian Cultural CenterThis exhibit, prepared by Dr. Elisabeth Ward (Scandinavian Cultural Center) and Dr. Michael Halvorson (PLU History) chronicles the emergence of the Lutheran reform movement in Germany and its expansion into the Nordic countries during the 16th and 17th centuries. The exhibit can be viewed during regular hours when the center is open to the public. Hours: Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from

  • Major in Religion 32 semester hours RELI 499: Capstone Research Seminar (offered only in Spring semester) 8 semester hours RELI coursework from Line One: Christian Traditions (RC): RELI 212, 220-229,

    development, expansion, and contemporary issues. (4) RELI 211 : Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible - RL, IT This course introduces students to the critical study of the books in the Hebrew Bible Canon. Students will become familiar with the socio-historical context of these biblical books and their major theological themes; explore in depth a representative selection of Hebrew Bible texts; learn about a variety of historical, theological, and interpretive approaches by means of which to

  • Welcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    abuses that this system has created against indigenous peoples around the world; specifically examining the case study of Mapuche Indigenous Communities in Southern Chile. The US National Park system’s foundation was based on the notion of western expansion and colonization; working to keep land “pristine” for upper class white America’s enjoyment and escapism. From its beginning in the 1900s the National Park System has inflicted human rights abuses against indigenous communities across the country

  • Faculty members at Pacific Lutheran University enjoy all rights not only of the law of the land but also of their individual contracts with the university, which incorporate those embodied in the

    , and expansion of knowledge and truth. This tradition is grounded in the traditions of the most ancient Western universities. The Lutheran Reformation promoted transformative ideas about the freedom of conscience, interpretation, and inquiry—ideas that contributed to the development of a Lutheran higher education tradition. Institutions in this tradition, such as Pacific Lutheran University, affirm the rights and responsibilities of all academics to search for truth. This search requires the rights