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. Elana majored in Environmental Studies and Global Studies with a concentration in Development and Social Justice.2019 Peace Scholars Dejan Perez and Barbara Gilchrist Barbara Glichrist and Dejan Perez were 2019-2020 Peace Scholars. Barbara is majoring in Global Studies, Psychology, and Political Science. Dejan is an English (emphasis in Writing) and Women’s & Gender Studies major, and Norwegian and Native American and Indigenous Studies minor. Both will graduate in 2020.2018 Peace Scholars Aziza

an immersive environment for our students to develop their Spanish language skills and deepen their understanding of Mexican history and culture. Courses this fall begin with a three-week Spanish immersion term and continue during a second term when students take two of the following courses: Mexican Anthropology, Mexican History, Mexican Literature, and Biology. During the third and final term, students choose between a Mexican Art History course, an internship working with Oaxacan non-profit

will read diverse texts within their historical and cultural contexts, developing a critical understanding of how literature can both uphold and resist existing structures of power. 5. Critical Approaches. Students will apply ideas from works of criticism and theory in their own reading and writing. 6. Vocation and Community. Students will evaluate the roles reading, writing, and language play in their vocational goals and in different community settings.

This project seeks to answer three questions: First, what happens when we focus our reading and discussion of Austen’s work on her representations of the environment. Our definition of the environment includes air, wind, water, landscapes and grounds, and the more-than-human world (animals, plants, microbes, and more). Second, what can reading Jane Austen in the midst of our present environmental crises teach us about the possibilities that literature opens up and closes off for our deep

can readily understand how he and his courses have this effect.  Dr. Bergman is infectious.  He doesn’t hold back.Learn more about Dr. Bergman at his website www.charlesbergman.com Such unique dimensions of his work should not distract us from his many other, no less valuable contributions. Year in and year out he has taught vital courses for the English Department – Environmental Literature, English Renaissance Literature, American Environmental Writing, etc. He was the founding director of the

2017 Special Focus: Crossing DisciplinesHumanities faculty are involved with all of the interdisciplinary programs at PLU. These programs include majors in Chinese Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Scandinavian Area Studies (soon to be Nordic Studies), and Women’s and Gender Studies, as well as minors in Holocaust Studies, Publishing and Printing Arts, and Children’s Literature and Culture. Additionally, the First-Year Experience Program and International Honors Program are taught

Faculty Philosophy The Faculty of Pacific Lutheran University establishes the educational philosophy that shapes and supports the curriculum and programs of study. This philosophy is reflected in statements of educational goals, objectives, and principles. Of particular significance to all students are statements about learning objectives, general education, and writing throughout the curriculum. History Pacific Lutheran University was founded in Tacoma by Norwegian pioneers in 1890, who were led by

, found real success—and unites at PLU on Oct. 4 as headliners for the Homecoming Fall Festival. You’ll also find: the story behind PLU’s (literally) huge new outdoor campaign, which is spreading the Lute word far and wide, high and low, on more than 100 giant billboards (and on a light-rail Link train) throughout the Puget Sound; exciting new developments at PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop; details on the prestigious Norwegian art exhibition at the Scandinavian Cultural Center; and a preview of PLU’s

, where he went into the home-construction business. He was introduced to Pacific Lutheran University when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his memoir, Mayer wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian Lutherans would teach the evils of Nazism and spare no one who was guilty from being exposed was for me the key.” Mayer served on the PLU Board of Regents from 1995-2005. With encouragement from family members and friends, The Kurt Mayer Chair

Yan World Premier Opera The Gamers Indie-Film Sensation Steinar Bryn Dialogue Expert Jess X. Chen Poet Jennifer Harvey Ph.D. and Professor of Religion Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education Women and the Holocaust Brian Bannon CEO of the Chicago Public Library Stephen Mihm Associate Professor of History Ragnar Kvam Jr. Distinguished Norwegian Sailor Sigbjørn Skåden Award-Winning Sámi Poet John Arthur Nunes President of Concordia College LuteVote Election Themed Events Suzanne Moore