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academic program, coming to PLU from beyond the fifty states, or simply have a passion for global education, the Global Community is a great place to celebrate cultural and globally held identities. Students participating in the Global Community receive support when getting ready to study away and a welcoming home to return to after the adventures of study away. Within the Global Community, there are five sub-communities, including: Global Language & Culture Community — for any and all students
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cultivate relationships through cross-cultural exchanges. The university has frequently produced volunteers, who have served in places such as Mongolia and Namibia.As a result of PLU’s deep commitment to Peace Corps work, the organization approached university administrators to launch the new Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which debuted in the spring. PLU is one of just three universities in Washington state to offer the program. It combines hands-on experience and coursework that prepares
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-cultural issues and themes, or major authors in British literature. Emphasis is on careful interpretation of literary texts with attention to their contexts. Course content varies. Course is repeatable once with different topic. (4) ENGL 370 : Studies in American Literature - IT Study of specific historical periods, literary movements, socio-cultural issues and themes, or major authors in American literature. Emphasis is on careful interpretation of literary texts with attention to their contexts
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Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art at Vanderbilt University will give the keynote address, “The Victory of the Cross in Early Christian Art: Transforming the Iconography of Conquest.” Her talk on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center is the inaugural Alice Kjesbu Torvend Lecture in Christian Art. “She’s the primary North American expert of early Christianity,” Torvend said. “She has done groundbreaking work in terms of how Christian images have served as challenges to
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The PLU ExperiencePLU offers over 40 academic majors, 50 minors, and purposefully integrates professional studies with the liberal arts and sciences for a comprehensive education to successfully prepare students for “lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care.”Who teaches you?All classes are taught by PLU professors, not teaching assistants, with an average class size of 18 students. Our professors are experts in their fields who care as much about who they are teaching as they
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April 12, 2012 Earth Day – Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Waters, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human) PLU’s 2012 Earth Day lecture will be by Michael Pavel at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Pavel is a professor of education studies at the University of Oregon, he carries the traditional name of ChiXapkaid and is an enrolled member of the Skokomish Tribe Nation. He is an honored 2007 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award finalist for his work as
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Jamie Rose’s Story – IAU Aix-en-Provence Global Studies and French (Peace Corps Prep minor) – Class of 2020 What she would like other students to know: During my semester abroad, I practiced French every day with an amazing host family and took courses on the Muslim presence in France and refugee politics in Europe. It was an enriching cultural and academic experience. A piece of advice to future study away students: Don’t be afraid to speak a foreign language while abroad! It’s okay to make
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Indigenous Scholars, We are Lutes TooIndigenous Scholars, We are Lutes Too A poster exhibition designed and installed by Native American & Indigenous Studies students Fall 2019 Opens February 6, 2020. Closes February 29, 2020. This exhibition was created by the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Interconnections class, Fall 2019, as their semester project. These posters represent some of PLU’s Native students, faculty and alum, with a quote from each individual, taken from a
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department.2012-2013 Visiting ScholarsBaoping Jin Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China Jin taught a summer course in Chinese painting, covering the materials, techniques, and history of Chinese painting. Lan Pang Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China Lan researched linguistics and cross-cultural communication with the Department of Languages and Literatures. Linfei Zhu Xidian University, Xi’an, China Linfei served as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for the Chinese Studies
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The Dept. of Psychology is honored to present our senior capstone presentations. May 14, 2020 Download the ProgramZoom Room 1Jon Grahe & Andrew FranksNot A Sure Thing: Comparing Bayesian and Quantum Models of Decision Making. * Clara Elizabeth College Student Perceptions of Various Target Groups. * William Goff & Meghan Kajc-Nelson Memory & Meaning: The Effect of Language on Short-Term Memory. ** Maria Anderson, Stephanie Knaack, Alisha Nkwonta Effects of Red on a Performance Task
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