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with important global issues. There is something inherent in studying away that facilitates a shift in how you view the world and your part in our increasingly interconnected globe. Although I cannot speak for all study away programs, for me, Chengdu challenged me to think critically about issues of political representation, economic advancement, and globalization not only locally in China, but back home in the US as well. Because of my study away experience in China, I am better equipped to think

Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st CenturyThursday, March 5Friday, March 6Thursday, March 58:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center 9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia

The Diversity Center hosts first Orientation Welcome Reception, to welcome and celebrate students and families from various cultural affinity groups.

The Global Studies and French-Francophone Studies programs of the Cultural Studies Department are pleased to present their 2024 Spring Capstones Monday, May 13 – 1:30-5:00 pm and Tuesday, May 14 – 1:00-5:00 pm Karen Hille Phillips Center, Room 201 Click on each student name to see their presentation title. Monday - May 13, 20241:30-2:00 - Introductions - Professor Rebecca Wilkin2:00-2:30 - Sophie Jeter2:30-3:00 - Alina Boorse1:30-2:00 - Introductions - Professor Rebecca Wilkin2:00-2:30 - Sophie

VALEDICTION LECTURE BY SAMUEL TORVEND, PROFESSOR OF RELIGION Crumbs from the rich man's table In this public lecture, Dr. Samuel Torvend will narrate how a student’s crisis significantly shifted his teaching and research. Livestream (3/3 at 7 p.m.) Crumbs from the rich man's table: How a poor, single-mother Lute changed my lifeValediction Lecture by Samuel Torvend, professor of religion Thursday, March 3, 2022  |   7:00 p.m. (PST)   |   Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center

Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA at PLU Tuesday, February 25, 2014 “The Writer’s Story,” 3:30PM, Garfield Book Company Reading, 7:00PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center Stan Sanvel Rubin is founding director of the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program at PLU. His third full-length collection, Hidden Sequel, won the Barrow Street Book Prize and was a Small Press Distribution bestseller. A fourth, There. Here., will be published in

The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at

The Importance of Migrant Voices and PerspectivesThis year’s Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 8, 2018 in Anderson University Center’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. The Wang Center is pleased to partner with PLU’s Department of History to embed the 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture into the 8th Biennial Wang Center Symposium‘s lineup. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fredy Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at

Monocultures of the Mind pose essential challenges to the dominant paradigm of non-sustainable, industrial agriculture. Through her books Biopiracy, Stolen Harvest and Water Wars, Dr. Shiva has made visible the social, economic and ecological costs of corporate-led globalization. Dr. Shiva chairs the Commission on the Future of Food set up by the Region of Tuscany in Italy, she is a Board member of the International Forum on Globalization (IGF), and a member of the Steering Committee of the Indian People’s

Visiting TacomaTacoma is the city closest to PLU. It is located just a short car ride north of campus, and offers many cultural experiences. With a multitude of museums downtown, a walkable waterfront and beautiful nature in the surrounding area, Tacoma is worth exploring. Places to see in TacomaPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium With over 360 different species, this combined zoo and aquarium is fun for people of all ages. Meet everything from tigers to otters, and polar bears to elephants. Museum