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Behavior Support (3) Passing scores on the WEST-E or NES endorsement tests for elementary education, early childhood education and early childhood special education must be received before a student can start in Semester IV. One of these tests may be taken for the first time before Semester III. Second Year: Semester IV (Spring) 17 semester hours EDUC 450: Seminar – SR (2) EDUC 455: Internship II (13) EDUC 460: Professional Learning Communities (2)

because it demonstrates how as an institution, students don’t just say that they are interested in service, but they act on it.” Larsen attended PLU before the prep program existed, but his study-away experiences proved to be a great asset to becoming a Peace Corps volunteer. He recently returned to Washington for a couple months before he moves to southern Africa to assist in disaster relief work in Mozambique. “Mozambique and the region experienced two massive hurricanes this past spring and I will

. “I find this really exciting because it demonstrates how as an institution, students don’t just say that they are interested in service, but they act on it.” Larsen attended PLU before the prep program existed, but his study-away experiences proved to be a great asset to becoming a Peace Corps volunteer. He recently returned to Washington for a couple months before he moves to southern Africa to assist in disaster relief work in Mozambique. “Mozambique and the region experienced two massive

the Reverend Bjug Harstad, PLU’s first president. In naming the University, these pioneers recognized the important role that a Lutheran educational institution on the West Coast of America could play in the emerging future of the region. They especially wanted the institution to educate immigrants, but they also wanted it to produce graduates who would serve and lead in their communities. Education—and educating for service—is a venerated part of the Scandinavian traditions from which these

Not.”” Learn More Sandstrom: ‘St. Matthew Passion’, Mar. 22-23 St. Matthew Passion is a traditional part of the Lutheran liturgy each spring. Sven-David Sandström’s setting is a thoughtful reimagining of St. Matthew Passion that honors both the Bach setting that inspired it and the contemporary audiences for whom it is intended. Performed by the Choir of the West and Choral Union with University Symphony Orchestra. Learn More Day of Vocation, Apr. 5-6 PLU’s Wild Hope committee presents a series of

at a bevy of events hosted by several organizations: the U.S. Soccer Federation, the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League), the West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship, and the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, to name a few. In October, Daly will travel to Tunisia with the U.S. Arena National Soccer Team for the World Minifootball Federation World Cup. Shelby Daly ’13West Coast Conference beach volleyball championship. Shelby Daly ’13U.S. Soccer

abroad in Europe, but knew little about Africa or Islam. “My world view was very narrow,” she admitted. Mauritania expanded it, rapidly. “It was a fantastic experience,” she said, “which I benefited from way more than the people I was quote-unquote ‘helping.’” Wiley’s new book, Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania (Indiana University Press), is based on anthropological research she conducted on a return trip years later. It focuses on women who are Haratine — a term that refers

kid from northern New York, she’d studied abroad in Europe, but knew little about Africa or Islam. “My world view was very narrow,” she admitted. Mauritania expanded it, rapidly. “It was a fantastic experience,” she said, “which I benefited from way more than the people I was quote-unquote ‘helping.’” Wiley’s new book, Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania (Indiana University Press), is based on anthropological research she conducted on a return trip years later. It focuses on

Research Conference, organized by the Center for Genocide and Human Rights Research in Africa and the Diaspora (GHRAD) at Northeastern Illinois university , as well as at the University of Washington. Currently, she serves as the Severtson Research Fellow, focusing on a project titled “Reconceptualizing the Cyclical Genocidal Violence in the Great Lakes Region of Africa from 1959-2003.” Conference ScheduleAustyn BlairPresentation Title: “The Bosnian Genocide (1992-Present Day): How the Use of Rape as a

, Jose Vasconcelos, Enrique Dussel, Robert Bunge, Richard Rorty, Richard Bernstein, Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls, and Cornel West all come to be seen as part of a conversation about how to liberate human potential and protect human freedom.  Further, this approach opens up the field to include previously excluded voices.  Just some of those discussed in this book include Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Emma Goldman, Rachel Carson, Lewis Mumford, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta