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  • Game of Thrones news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    What Game of Thrones Teaches Us About Innovation By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler… May 26, 2019 Daenerys TargaryenDamian AlessandrodisruptionGame of Thronesinnovation studiesPetyr BaelishPLU

  • Hour of Code news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Celebrate Computer Science Education Week By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org… December 5, 2018 Alice SteinglassBrad SmithCode.orgComputer Science Education WeekHour of CodeMelinda GatesMichael HalvorsonMicrosoftPaul G. Allen School of Computer Science

  • volunteers around the world to work in a variety of sectors including education, health, environment, agriculture, community economic development, and youth in development. Classes in chemistry fulfill several program requirements. The program is also useful for anyone considering conducting international or domestic service. More information is available here: https://www.plu.edu/peace-corps/ Want to learn more? Come to an information session! Information session: Friday, February 17; 10:30 – 11:00 a.m

  • am going to build peace,” Beiermann said. Beiermann ’18 will join Cate Rush ’19 for a seven-week peacebuilding experience in Norway as part of Pacific Lutheran University’s Peace Scholars Program. They will learn peacebuilding skills and practices at a weeklong workshop in Lillehammer, along with 16 other students from Lutheran universities across the U.S. Then, they will spend six weeks at the International Summer School, part of the University of Oslo, with students from around the world. This

  • students prepare for service in the Peace Corps, a US-government organization that sends US citizens abroad to volunteer for two-years in over 60 countries. Larsen studied both religion and anthropology at PLU, noting that both disciplines examine what is important to people and their cultures. “They also focus on what lens does an individual view their world. This may be through their faith and understanding of religion, the cultural constructs that shape their everyday experience, or the languages

  • PLU and Peace Corps Alumni PanelTuesday, March 9th, 2021 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Virtual Event Registration required to receive event link As part of the biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Celebration of Service, there will be a panel presentation by PLU and Peace Corps alumni – Margaret Chell ’18, Colin Hartke ’08,  Annē (Hoblitt) Linn ’08 – on the topic of, Reflection on Community Health Service in a Global Context . Former Ambassador Chris Stevens served in the Peace Corps in Morocco.About the

  • malaria work in Senegal with their own volunteers. Bonnie Nelson ’08 served in Mongolia (2011-2013) where she worked as a Community Development Volunteer in Baruun-Urt. While in the Peace Corps, she taught English at the Mongolian University of Science & Technology, as well as participated in local community led projects including the Good Father Project and Awesome Mongolia. Bonnie is currently a service-learning coordinator at Seattle University. At PLU, she majored in psychology.

  • PLU professors and students dive deep into the psychology of the pandemic Posted by: nicolacs / April 26, 2021 Image: PLU psychology major Ricky Haneda and department chair Jon Grahe (photos by Silong Chhun/PLU) April 26, 2021 By Lisa Patterson '98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterAs the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic.PLU

  • PLU Psychology Professor Elected 2015-16 President-Elect of International Honor Society Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 30, 2015 Image: Jon Grahe, PLU Professor of Psychology. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 30, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 30, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University Psychology Professor Jon Grahe has been elected the 2015-16 president-elect of Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology. His three-year term begins in May

  • PLU professors and students dive deep into the psychology of the pandemic Posted by: Zach Powers / April 26, 2021 Image: PLU psychology major Ricky Haneda and department chair Jon Grahe (photos by Silong Chhun/PLU) April 26, 2021 By Lisa Patterson '98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterAs the world was beginning to realize the enormity of COVID-19, two Pacific Lutheran University professors seized the 2020 moment to do significant research into the psychology of the pandemic.PLU