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Pacific Lutheran University’s Wild Hope Center for Vocation is pleased to announce that travel expert, author, television host and activist Rick Steves will visit campus on Wednesday, March 22 to receive the 2023 Wild Hope Award and give a presentation on “Travel as a Wildly…
,” Steves shared in the magazine. A widely respected authority on European travel, Steves empowers Americans to take European trips that are fun, affordable and culturally broadening. He produces a best-selling guidebook series, a popular public television show, a weekly public radio show, a syndicated travel column and free travel information available through his travel center and ricksteves.com. Steves is also the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe, a travel business with a tour program that
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Thinking about graduate study in history? Pacific Lutheran University history majors have an excellent track record when it comes to earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (or both) in history. I recently touched base with Carli Snyder, ’17, about her first year in grad school.…
multiple trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (free admission for CUNY students!), visited the Statue of Liberty with her parents, and savored a slice of Joe’s Pizza in Washington Square Park. Taking notes in the New York Public Library Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with fellow PLU grad, Sarah Ameny ‘17 Fun as it is to be in New York, studying and making new academic connections are major (and rewarding) parts of the graduate school experience. Carli earned minors in
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School of Business | passda@plu.edu | Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr.
Daniel Pass, MBA Email: passda@plu.edu Biography Biography Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr. Pass served for twenty years as an Army Intelligence Officer with multiple assignments in the United States plus tours overseas to Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. His has combat tours in Iraq for Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Southwest Asia, and in Somalia. Specific assignments included multiple Commands
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Master of Business Administration | passda@plu.edu | Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr.
Daniel Pass, MBA Email: passda@plu.edu Biography Biography Following graduation from Washington State University with a BA in International Relations-Political Science, Mr. Pass served for twenty years as an Army Intelligence Officer with multiple assignments in the United States plus tours overseas to Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East. His has combat tours in Iraq for Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Southwest Asia, and in Somalia. Specific assignments included multiple Commands
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Important text: None Major holidays: Human Light Major figures in this tradition: Enlightenment Scholars, scientists Place of worship: None Brief Summary: Humanists believe in the importance of
: Summer and Winter Solstice, Spring and Fall Equinox, Lughnasad, Imbolc, Beltane, Samhain Major figures in this tradition: Triple Goddess Place of worship: The circle, a consecrated space Brief Summary: Paganism is an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of traditions, one of which is Wicca, which this entry is focused on. Modern Wicca is a return to an Indigenous tradition of Europe, with a focus on the natural world, the Triple Goddess, and God. It is not a centrally organized religion; rather, single
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Major in Economics Minimum of 32 semester hours Required Courses for all Economic Majors 20 semester hours ECON 101, 102, and 499 ECON 301 or 302 STAT 231 or MATH/
Introduces the economy as a whole and major issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international trade. (4) ECON 215 : Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE An introduction to the environmental economic problems and policy prospects of modern Europe. Focus on economic incentives and policies to solve problems of air and water pollution, sustainable forestry, global warming, and wildlife management in Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and
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Robert N. Bellah, the Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, was the lecturer for the annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture, Oct. 24. (Photo by John Struzenberg ’15) Adapting to the advancements of modernity By Katie Scaff ’13 How…
many influential books on the sociology of religion and religion in American life, presented a lecture entitled, “The Modern Project in the Light of Human Evolution,” on Wednesday, Oct. 24, constituting the seventh annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture. The lectureship brings to campus nationally recognized scholars who creatively work within the historical, scriptural, and theological sources of a living faith tradition, bringing those sources into dialogue with contemporary questions and
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Global Studies majors will: Articulate the complexity of global issues and of solutions to global problems. Apply the approaches and methods of multiple disciplines to analyze specific global issues.
. Analyze diversity within French and Francophone cultures (in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia) and of their products, practices, and perspectives. Develop an original hypothesis to analyze and evaluate texts (broadly understood) grounded in French language study, research, and critical theory. Students completing the French and Francophone Studies minor will be able to: Demonstrate proficiency in French at the Intermediate-Mid proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL Analyze diversity within
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One of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, The Choir of the West , University Chorale , and University Symphony Orchestra present PLU’s annual Christmas concert, O Nata Lux . Works by Dan Forrest, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten and others will…
year is Dan Forrest’s LUX: The Dawn From On High. During this concert, students will perform four of the five-movements in this work, all of which explore various facets of “light” in texts ranging from ancient liturgical chant to Scripture to modern secular poetry.The University Chorale The University Chorale will present a set of three works in the middle portion of O Nata Lux. Tomas Luis de Victoria, Spain’s most famous 16th-century composer, takes us on a musical journey into the heart of the
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This lecture is named in honor of Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born Jew who escaped from Nazi-controlled Poland during the war.
About Raphael LemkinThis lecture is named in honor of Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born Jew who escaped from Nazi-controlled Poland during the war. After many perilous adventures across Europe at war, Lemkin made it to the United States. He obtained a position teaching international law at Duke University. While at Duke he was asked to serve on the U.S. Board of Economic Warfare and later he became a special advisor on foreign affairs at the War Department. Lemkin was a tireless fighter for human
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