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  • News in Lectures and Events https://www.plu.edu/provost/news/topic/lectures-and-events/

    News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.

    New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals The 2018 New American Colleges and Universities (NAC&U) Summer Institute will be held at Pacific Lutheran University June 19-21. The Summer Institute theme is Engaging Civility: Leading Dialogue In and Beyond the University. PLU is excited to welcome colleagues from across NAC&U institutions to campus… February 8, 2018 faculty developmentfaculty newsletterLectures and Events

  • The haves and the have nots, closing the gap https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/09/29/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-closing-the-gap/

    The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer,…

    September 29, 2008 The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer, and the poor and middle class fall further and further behind.“The incomes are as unequal in American as they have ever been in history,” said Professor Peter H. Lindert, who will speak on campus next week. “The

  • Global & Cultural Studies https://www.plu.edu/global-cultural-studies/

    The Department of Global and Cultural Studies is a dynamic curricular hub for global education made up of the following programs: Chinese and Chinese Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Global

    social justice, translational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs Affiliated/Related programs Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education Study Away CatalogThe department offers majors and minor Chinese Studies, French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, and Hispanic Studies and minors in Chinese and Latino Studies. The department also contributes to Native American and Indigenous Studies by offering introductory level

    Department of Global & Cultural Studies
    253-535-7678
    glcs@plu.edu
    Administration Building Room 222-C Tacoma, WA 98447-0003

  • Major and Minor Requirements https://www.plu.edu/environmental-studies/major-minor/

    This list includes all the courses that contribute towards the Environmental Studies major and minor, and specifies the General Education requirements they fulfill and their pre-requisites.

    Environmental Studies CoursesThis list includes all the courses that contribute towards the Environmental Studies major and minor, and specifies the General Education requirements they fulfill and their pre-requisites. You can download a pdf version of this list. For more details on these courses and requirements, see the full University Catalog.   Bachelor of Arts Degree Major in Environmental Studies 40 semester hours, completed with a grade of C- or higher and with a cumulative GPA of 2.00

  • Scholarships and Grants https://www.plu.edu/financial-services/students/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships-and-grants/

    Achievement AwardsArtistic Achievement Awardshttps://www.plu.edu/professional-studies/arts-scholarships/Rieke Leadership AwardEligibility: Students with a 3.00+ GPA and demonstrated leadership or active involvement in a multi-ethnic context. Requires full-time enrollment (12-17 credits per semester). Amount: Up to $2,000 per year, awarded for fall and spring semesters only. Comments or Conditions: Requires application; deadline March 22. Applications available through the Center for Diversity, Justice

  • Sacred sites and coal mounds https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2013/04/22/sacred-sites-and-coal-mounds/

    Sacred sites and coal mounds As part of Earth Week, PLU’s GREAN Club will host two guests from the Lummi Nation to talk about their struggle against one of the country’s largest coordinated industrial developments. The land along the northern border of the Lummi Nation’s…

    April 22, 2013 Sacred sites and coal mounds As part of Earth Week, PLU’s GREAN Club will host two guests from the Lummi Nation to talk about their struggle against one of the country’s largest coordinated industrial developments. The land along the northern border of the Lummi Nation’s land, located west of Bellingham, is one of several proposed building sites for massive coal export terminals in the region. For months, individuals like Jewell James, a long-time leader of the Native American

  • Killer Drones – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly https://www.plu.edu/lutheran-studies/documents/killer-drones-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

    “The Ethics of Lethal Drone Warfare” – Dr. Bradley Strawser

    Blue Gold: World Water Wars (link) view page Explore this year's World Philosophy Day theme, "Inclusive Societies, Sustainable Planet," with a screening and discussion of Blue Gold: World Water Wars, a documentary film about the depletion and privatization of the world's water supply and their consequences for the developing world.

  • Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/ebenezer-scrooge-martin-luther-and-the-power-of-the-past-and-of-language/

    Originally published in 2012 There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter…

    Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Eric NelsonOriginally published in 2012There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter 2011. I’m sitting next to the Christmas tree (as yet untrimmed), finals and graded papers drifting around the

  • Minor and Major Requirements https://www.plu.edu/nais/minor-and-major-requirements/

    22 semester hours completed with a grade of C- or higher

    PNW’) ENGL 217: Topics in Literature (4) (when the topic is Native Literatures) ENGL 288: ST: Indigenous Literature of North America (4) HISP 322: Latin American Cultural Studies (4) HIST 333: Colonization and Genocide in Native North America (4) HIST 348: Lewis and Clark: History and Memory (4) HIST 351: History of Western and Pacific Northwestern U.S. (4) NAIS 230: Indigenous Creation Narratives of the Americas (4) NAIS 244: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples (4) NAIS 286: Sámi Film

  • Ellie Dieringer explores impact of the Holocaust in South America https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/09/05/dieringer-holocaust-research-resolute/

    Close to 50,000 Jewish refugees fled to Argentina during the rise of Nazism and World War II. In fact, between 1933 and 1945, Argentina received more Jewish refugees per capita than any other nation in the world, except Palestine. But to most – outside of…

    where she explored how curators decide which stories to tell. She thought of the work being done by Urdangarain and Kaufman and the relatively little known Holocaust museums in South America.Hispanic and Latino Studies @ PLUThe politics of migration in Spain, Spanglish and Latinx music, gender inclusive language in Argentina, indigenous struggles in Mexico—these are just a few of the exciting topics students explore in the PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies Program. Upon returning to PLU, Dieringer and