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  • Social Innovation at PLU https://www.plu.edu/innovation-studies/social-innovation-at-plu/

    peers. Sarah Cornell-Maier ’19 What is Social Innovation? Social innovation differs from other types of innovation in that it uniquely works to solve issues that communities face in the social realm. At Pacific Lutheran University, we begin by investigating political, social, environmental, and economic challenges, and then we apply attributes like critical thinking, inventiveness, and sustainable business design to imagine solutions to the problems. Social innovations can challenge human rights

  • Schedule https://www.plu.edu/restoration-renewal/schedule/

    Peak Solutions, Muckleshoot – BSN, MA Introduction by Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Professor of Religion and Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies Location: Zoom 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. | Healing as Transformative Justice Speaker: Gilda Sheppard, Professor of Sociology, Cultural and Media Studies, The Evergreen State College Introduced by Jenny James, Associate Professor of English and Chair of Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Location: Zoom PLU only community screening of Since I Been Down is

  • Students Speak https://www.plu.edu/gender-sexuality-race/student-resources/students-speak/

    pursuing a career in non-profit development. My goal is to work as the West Coast director of major gifts for the Global Fund for Women. Selina Mach, Class of 2014I entered college unsure of the direction my education at PLU would take; my first year was spent dabbling in everything from economics to chemistry. I finally found my niche in a Women’s and Gender Studies course disguised as a first-year writing seminar. I found myself absorbed in the material, often relaying studies and statistics to

  • New Holocaust Chair at PLU https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/04/22/new-holocaust-chair-at-plu/

    April 22, 2010 New Holocaust Studies Chair announced at Pacific Lutheran University By Steve Hansen When the third annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference wrapped up its last session on March 20, organizers viewed the three-day event as nothing short of a success, especially with the announcement of a new chair at PLU. The conference was also a time to celebrate important milestones that will ensure the Holocaust will be studied at PLU for years to come. New gifts in support of the Kurt

  • Profile https://www.plu.edu/about/profile/

    -Faculty Research. Expanded student-faculty research opportunities have enhanced the highly valued educational experience of students and faculty working one-on-one and in small groups to delve deeply into issues critical to disciplines across the curriculum. There are now several endowments for collaborative research: the Kelmer Roe Research Fellowship in the humanities; the Severtson/Forest Foundation Fellowship in the social sciences; as well as Undergraduate Research Funds in the natural sciences

  • Indigenizing the Academy https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/indigenizing-the-academy/

    colleagues and Indigenous scholars from other nations. Currently, I am involved in two major research projects: a place-based study on competing and collaborating stories and perspectives with Dr. Kikki Jernsletten, a Sámi colleague in Norway, and a project on Indigenous aesthetics with an international group of Indigenous scholars including Sámi, Cree, Maori, and Native Hawaiians. Both projects involve developing critical scholarly approaches deriving from Indigenous ways of knowing.This research focus

  • Articles Posted by https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/author/powerszs/

    Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way… April 2, 2024 Research & Academics

  • Barrie Jean Borich https://www.plu.edu/mfa/staff/barrie-jean-borich/

    celebrates shifting topographies as well as human bodies in motion, not only across water and land, but also through life.”  Borich’s previous book, My Lesbian Husband (2000), won the American Library Association Stonewall Book Award. Borich’s essays have been anthologized in: Isherwood in Transit; Critical Creative Writing; Waveform: Twenty-First Century Essays by Women; and in After Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover the Essays, and have been cited in Best American Essays and Best American Non

  • New American Colleges and Universities Summer Institute to be held at PLU – Call for proposals https://www.plu.edu/provost/news/new-american-colleges-and-universities-summer-institute-to-be-held-at-plu-call-for-proposals/

    to improve civic engagement, with particular emphasis on the role of civil dialogue and will be a continuation of the discussions at last summer’s institute at Valparaiso University. The issues of civility and dialogue are still important and perhaps even more critical today than they were last year. The need for an engaged campus community crosses disciplinary and geographic borders. This boundary crossing reflects NAC&U’s commitment to the integration of professional studies and the liberal

  • Accelerated MS in Electrochemical Technology at the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry https://www.plu.edu/physics/news/accelerated-ms-in-electrochemical-technology-at-the-oregon-center-for-electrochemistry/

    Accelerated MS in Electrochemical Technology at the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry Posted by: nicolacs / April 8, 2022 April 8, 2022 Electrochemistry underlies technologies critical to avert the worst effects of climate change. Get the knowledge and training needed to help address the world’s biggest challenges! Chemistry, physics, engineering are all appropriate backgrounds – each brings unique complementary skill sets. Requirements: Passion for team-driven science and technology