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Holocaust Studies, said. “To be Jewish in Poland, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, meant experiencing both the highs of cultural life and the absolute low of persecution and discrimination, culminating in the world’s most notorious genocide, the Holocaust.” The conference will attempt to cover what Jewish life was like throughout pre-WWII, during the war, and the postwar developments. Attendees will enjoy Klezmer music by the band Kesselgarden. Kesselgarden is a traditional band playing Eastern
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, 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
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” Elizabeth Bankowski “Refashioned” People’s Choice Eric Golde & Camden Hunt “Player Piano” 9:15 am | Session I - AUC Grey Area, 203 RegencyFaculty Moderator: Harry Papadopoulos, Kinesiology Student(s)Presentation Cora BeesonGlobal and Cultural StudiesThe Unacknowledged and Underfunded Fight for Women's Empowerment in Indonesia Faculty Mentor: Ami Shah, Global and Cultural Studies I conducted research in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, interviewing members of four women’s organizations that offer services for
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Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies. Activities: Twelve choral and instrumental ensembles, dance ensemble, theatre, speech and debate, newspaper, radio, television, literary magazine. Seventy-two clubs including community service, religious, environmental, social justice, political, cultural/ethnic, business, non-traditional student, nursing, science, computer and outdoor recreation. Athletics: NCAA Division III. Women’s intercollegiate sports: Soccer, cross-country, volleyball, basketball, swimming
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programs (minimum of 4 weeks) for students who are U.S. citizens and receive Federal Pell Grants. The program seeks to diversify who studies abroad, and the countries and regions where they study. Award/Stipend/Benefits: up to $5000 (average = $4000) depending on length of study and student need Contact the Wang Center for application details.Boren ScholarshipsBoren scholarships support U.S. undergraduates to study abroad, including intensive language training in areas of the world critical to U.S
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October 12, 2012 Study Away opportunities at PLU take students around the world. (Photo of Greek coast by Markelle Lance) Study away offers students endless opportunities By Katie Scaff ’13 For PLU students like Global Studies and Anthropology double major Hailey Jung ’13, studying away is essential to the college experience. The Billings, Montana native has spent a semester in Norway and j-terms in Neah Bay and Martinique. “You get such a completely different experience than if you were just
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June 15, 2009 Perspective: Rethinking the global citizen The field of Subaltern Studies came into existence to address a perceived problem with the way that existing scholarly paradigms in anthropology, Latin American studies, and many other fields, had understood the “objects” of study: people in cultures other than those of the scholar. Subaltern Studies sought to engage the subaltern as an ally and participant in the academic process. The communities being studied in this way, at least
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Berguson, associate professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian area studies, “the responses seemed natural and anything but naïve.” The Scandinavian Cultural Center and the Department of Languages and Literatures sponsored Berguson’s lecture, “My Little Country’: Norway’s Responses to Terror,” on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to honor the lives lost and provide insight into Norwegian responses to the acts of terror. “The summer became more than what any of us had imagined,” she said of the attacks. Berguson was in
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year from PLU with a degree in elementary education. Once Meyer returns from her fellowship she plans to pursue a job teaching ELL. “I know that this assignment will allow me to grow into a more effective instructor by helping me develop a greater sense of cultural awareness and sensitivity, which is an especially necessary trait for teachers of English,” she said. This won’t be her first time in southern Africa. She spent a J-Term in Namibia. “I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to
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alumni, who are also Lutes, will speak on a panel at 3:45 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center before the evening lecture, which features Shamil Idriss, president and CEO of Search for Common Ground. PLU’s new program will help ensure that Lutes interested in service work will meet all the necessary requirements to apply for service with the Peace Corps and other international or domestic service programs. And this is just the next step for PLU and the Peace Corps. More than 260 Lutes have served
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