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  • By Sarah Cornell-Maier. Understanding the function of the human brain is a truly enlightening experience, especially when you tie brain research into the newest developments in computer technology, creativity, and innovation studies. Recently, I got the opportunity to sit down at Pacific Lutheran University with…

    Innovation and the Mind Posted by: halvormj / January 11, 2018 Image: Problem solving in Psychology is closely related to other disciplines. Photo by Morgan Harper Nichols on Unsplash. January 11, 2018 By Sarah Cornell-Maier. Understanding the function of the human brain is a truly enlightening experience, especially when you tie brain research into the newest developments in computer technology, creativity, and innovation studies. Recently, I got the opportunity to sit down at Pacific Lutheran

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Global & Cultural Studies | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Book Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest (University of Nebraska Press 2013) : View Book Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger 2008) : View Book Native American Religious Traditions (Pearson 2006) : View Book American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 Volume set) co-edited with Dennis Francis Kelley (ABC-CLIO 2005) : View Book Accolades 2014-2015 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Global Studies Program | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Book Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest (University of Nebraska Press 2013) : View Book Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger 2008) : View Book Native American Religious Traditions (Pearson 2006) : View Book American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 Volume set) co-edited with Dennis Francis Kelley (ABC-CLIO 2005) : View Book Accolades 2014-2015 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 2, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and staff gathered outside Leraas Hall in the Rieke Science Center on Oct. 2. to write and sign sympathy cards for the communities of North Seattle College and Umpqua Community College. Five students of North Seattle College…

    PLU Sends Thoughts and Sympathy to Northwest Colleges Coping with Recent Tragedies Posted by: Zach Powers / October 2, 2015 October 2, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 2, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and staff gathered outside Leraas Hall in the Rieke Science Center on Oct. 2. to write and sign sympathy cards for the communities of North Seattle College and Umpqua Community College. Five students of North Seattle College were killed Sept. 24 in a collision involving an amphibious tour

  • Originally Published in 2016 The German word for the humanities is die Geisteswissenschaften – literally translated, the sciences of the spirit or of the mind. The term, coined by the historian Wilhelm Dilthey in the 19 th century, has its roots in the German philosopher…

    (Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt), and religion (Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich), to name a few. Beginning in our intermediate-level German courses and continuing through our upper-division literature seminars and our cultural history sequence, the German program at PLU incorporates the study of many texts, artworks, treatises, and other cultural products from several humanities fields, enabling students to approach the study of the German-speaking countries from an

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Book Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest (University of Nebraska Press 2014) : View Book Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger 2008) : View Book Native American Religious Traditions (Pearson 2006) : View Book American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 Volume set) co-edited with Dennis Francis Kelley (ABC-CLIO 2005) : View Book Accolades 2014-2015 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Native American and Indigenous Studies | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Book Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest (University of Nebraska Press 2013) : View Book Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Praeger 2008) : View Book Native American Religious Traditions (Pearson 2006) : View Book American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 Volume set) co-edited with Dennis Francis Kelley (ABC-CLIO 2005) : View Book Accolades 2014-2015 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award for Research

  • PLU climbed three spots, from 14th to 11th, in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 12 of the highly competitive category that…

    PLU Rises to 11th in the West in 2023 U.S. News Rankings Posted by: Zach Powers / September 14, 2022 Image: PLU students Isabella Daltoso ’23 (left) and Jenny Kamimura ’24 (right). September 14, 2022 By Zach Powers ‘10Marketing and CommunicationsPLU climbed three spots, from 14th to 11th, in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked in the top 12 of the highly competitive category

  • Urban or Wilderness?There’s nothing quite like the Pacific Northwest. It is a special place to live and learn – and PLU is committed to making sure that you will get to experience all of it. Through PLU Outdoor Rec you can go on adventures around the Pacific Northwest, from exploring the rugged Olympic National Park coastline to climbing Oregon’s Smith Rock. During your time at PLU, you’ll be sure to go on plenty of independent journeys and spur-of-the-moment group outings – the Pacific

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 29, 2018) — Ken Morrison ’79 has a storied career — quite literally. Four decades after studying broadcast journalism at Pacific Lutheran University, Morrison has amassed 40 regional Emmy Awards for his work producing “ Front Runners ,” a Seattle-based magazine show…

    Lute’s creative background in broadcast and music production is ‘the straw that stirs the drink’ Posted by: Kari Plog / May 29, 2018 Image: Ken Morrison ’79 May 29, 2018 By Eric Zayas '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 29, 2018) — Ken Morrison ’79 has a storied career — quite literally.Four decades after studying broadcast journalism at Pacific Lutheran University, Morrison has amassed 40 regional Emmy Awards for his work producing “Front Runners,” a Seattle-based magazine show