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conflict, forced migration, major epidemics, natural disasters and climate change. The 2016 Wang Center Symposium will gather scholars, writers, artists and practitioners to explore the concept of resilience in individuals, communities, organisms, organizations and systems from an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective. It seeks a complex and multifaceted understanding of what one author describes as the “dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the context of significant
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Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on… June 8, 2023 Events, Performances, Athletics
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create a space and a community where we can freely be who we are, and I think we prioritize that at PLU. Rylie Wada ’25 Study Nursing at PLUPacific Lutheran University School of Nursing is dedicated to improving healthcare for all by improving health equity and eliminating health disparities enacted through transformational nursing education, committed and responsive leadership, and meaningful scholarship. Keep reading to learn more. Read Previous PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time
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essays. The following is an email conversation we had with Professor Tvedt last week: Q: How did you first become interested in the issue of water conservation? Tvedt: I can identify this moment quite clearly. I got a “water shock.” I had moved from Oslo in Norway to Bergen in the summer of 1981. In Oslo the climate is comparatively dry, while Bergen is what I would call the capital of the Scandinavian rain coast. I had never given much thought to this fact, but then, in the autumn of 1981, http
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Discovery Discovery https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2016/05/kari-plog-avatar.jpg April 21, 2014 June 10, 2019 Research GrantsLearn more. AccoladesLearn more. Lute LibraryLearn more. BlogsLearn more. Erik Hammerstrom says Lutheran higher education encourages learning about what’s different Erik Hammerstrom, Ph.D., makes interfaith
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August 20, 2013 Professor Joanna Gregson did research into writers of romance novels and found herself intrigued and surprised. (John Froschauer, Photographer) Romancing the readers isn’t that easy, prof discovers in research project By Steve Hansen It all started when a box of pink and lavender romance novels arrived at Professor of Sociology Joanna Gregson’s office. The box came from a friend and fellow sociology professor with whom Gregson attended graduate school. It was in response to a
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, trying to see why I couldn’t put a book down, and all the ways you can say something to subtly point a reader in a particular direction,” she says. PLU communications director Zach Powers ‘10 interviewed Matthias recently about her new literary fiction novel, The Runestone’s Promise. Matthias discussed how the novel has roots in her family’s history and what it’s like writing a novel set in 1799 Christiana (now Oslo). Read Previous PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Read Next
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communities, health vulnerability for all people and climate catastrophes across the planet. She will also share both Navdanya’s experience and her scientific research on how biodiversity and agroecology create economic and social health and climate resilience. Bio: Dr. Vandana Shiva trained as a Physicist at the University of Punjab, and completed her PhD on the ‘Hidden Variables and Non-locality in Quantum Theory’ from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She later shifted to inter-disciplinary
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microaggressions. Microaggressions are “the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely on their marginalized group status” (Sue, et al., 2007). Ultimately, regardless of origin, bias incidents have the potential to disrupt teaching and learning, a sense of belonging and community, student success, and the overall campus climate at PLU. Citation
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training, professional support and resources students need to tackle climate change, protect public health, revitalize our democracy, feed the hungry and more. Field Ecologist I – Instrumentation – NEON Project – Colorado – posted 11/2/18 The Field Ecologist I is a biological sampling lead performing seasonal and periodic sampling activities and sample processing. Seasonal field sampling is conducted with the assistance of temporary field crews under the guidance of the Field Ecologist. Field Ecologist
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