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COVID-19 & Other Health Emergencies Protocol for Study Away Updated as of 9/26/2023 The Wang Center strives to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty, and host communities, and evaluates risks on a program-by-program basis. PLU requires student participants to be aware of the following expectations and adhere to them before, during, and after their programs.Requirements of PLU Study Away Students Study away students must follow PLU’s vaccine requirements. Students are strongly

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News and Achievements“….an experience I’ll carry with me through my entire writing life and it’s shaped me in ways I’m only beginning to understand.”Recent News December, 2013: ’13 RWW graduate Carrie Mesrobian’s book, Sex and Violence was honored in Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books 2013”. For the full list, visit Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Fiction of 2013. The novel was her MFA thesis. November, 2013: ’09 RWW graduate Julie Riddle is interviewed in this month’s Georgia Review, “The

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to former slaves or their descendants. In 1981, Mauritania legally abolished slavery—the last country in the world to do so. Slavery took on different forms in different places, however, and the plantation system that US readers typically picture didn’t exist in the Sahara desert. “Slaves carried out a lot of roles, and arguably had a lot more autonomy,” Wiley said. Because the slave-owning population was historically nomadic, some slaves in farming communities only saw their masters once a year

women who are Haratine — a term that refers to former slaves or their descendants. In 1981, Mauritania legally abolished slavery—the last country in the world to do so. Slavery took on different forms in different places, however, and the plantation system that US readers typically picture didn’t exist in the Sahara desert. “Slaves carried out a lot of roles, and arguably had a lot more autonomy,” Wiley said. Because the slave-owning population was historically nomadic, some slaves in farming

Lutheran University’s longstanding educational partnership with Chengdu, China, is more important than ever. PLU was among the first institutions to begin a study away program there. It started small in the early 1980s, just as the United States and China were beginning a new era of diplomatic relations after decades of Cold War enmity. Eventually, it grew into the healthy cultural exchange it is today. “China is so fundamentally important to where things are going,” said Manfredi, the program director