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253.535.7209 www.plu.edu/individualized-majors/ bixelp@plu.edu Patricia Bixel, Ph.D., Interim Dean Individualized Major in Interdisciplinary StudiesThis program offers students the opportunity to develop and complete personally designed, interdisciplinary majors that are grounded in the liberal arts and build connections with professional programs. Students may apply for the Individualized Major in Interdisciplinary Studies at any time during their years at PLU, but it is preferred they do so
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2020 Global Studies CapstonesWelcome to the Fall 2020 Global Studies Capstones. Juliana AndrewThis project began and ended on the ancestral lands of the Dena’ina Athabaskan people, and would not have been possible without the support of family, friends, professors, and community members. I am endlessly grateful for those who made time to discuss, research, and share their Sacred with me. Sacred Relations: Sanctity and Sovereignty in the Tlingit PotlatchImagine a world in which issues of
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: Nearly every evening, members of the accomplished RWW faculty hold free readings in PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. “The program’s faculty are well-known writers,” said RWW Director Rick Barot, associate professor of English at PLU. “You’ll hear terrific fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at their readings.” Here’s this year’s lineup: Sunday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m. Brenda Miller. Miller is the author of three essay collections: Listening Against the Stone, Blessing of the Animals and Season of the Body. She
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Jes Takla Associate Dean for Campus Life, Co-Curricular Learning, and Assessment Phone: 253-535-7597 Email: jes.takla@plu.edu Professional Biography Education M.A., College Student Personnel, Bowling Green State University B.F.A., Photography & Fiber Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Selected Presentations ACPA Annual Convention, Flourish and flow: Cultivating creative mindfulness to support student success, Houston, TX (March 2018) NASPA Annual Conference, Flourish and
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live in a country that doesn’t really value bilingualism,” Davidson said. “They have distinct talents that we need to help support and develop.” Davidson designed the course series, now in its third year, as a hybrid between cultural studies and language learning. It offers bilingual students the rare opportunity to develop both languages simultaneously and in community. It also aims to destigmatize the use of so-called “slang,” or less formal ways of speaking. “It’s not seeing them as a population
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life more meaningful, and I think that is an important message to pass on to children.” Helton says his Children’s Literature minor has encouraged him to look deeper into the meaning of stories and that he was struck by the thematic depth of Charlotte’s Web. “Most children’s books do not deal with death, and Charlotte’s Web handles it so delicately,” Helton says. “During my studies, I came to the realization that children need an outlet to deal with loss and this story can help with that.” Helton
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religious dimension, ignorance is not bliss. Think about it: all these issues are charged with religious language – abortion, creationism vs. evolution, fundamentalism, LGBTQ rights, environmental defense and degradation, health care, Holocaust studies, human rights, international terrorism, the Iraq conflict, land use in the Northwest, presidential politics, the quest for peace, poverty, and stem-cell research. The value of your college education actually increases when you have a better understanding
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life more meaningful, and I think that is an important message to pass on to children.” Helton says his Children’s Literature minor has encouraged him to look deeper into the meaning of stories and that he was struck by the thematic depth of Charlotte’s Web. “Most children’s books do not deal with death, and Charlotte’s Web handles it so delicately,” Helton says. “During my studies, I came to the realization that children need an outlet to deal with loss and this story can help with that.” Helton
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Student-Faculty Publication: Bringing a Berry Back from the Land of the DeadAn Environmental Studies capstone has led to a co-authored publication for Kimberly Wogahn (’14) and Religion Professor Suzanne Crawford O’Brien. Wogahn’s senior capstone in Environmental Studies provided a critical assessment of the (predominantly Euroamerican) organic and slow-food movement, placing it in contrast with efforts to improve food accessibility for marginalized and at-risk communities. One aspect of her
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Meet Your Sojourner Advocates Sonja Schaefer Studied Away in Beijing, China Fall 2014; Argentina/Antarctica J-Term 2014 Environmental Literature Class of 2016 Majors: Economics and Chinese Studies International Honors Entering PLU as undeclared but sure I wanted to study away, left me unsure on where and about what I wanted to study… But I did get started early my freshman year talking to Wang Center staff about my options. As freshman year progressed, I slowly realized that Economics and
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