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really get their hands on real-world problems and actually doing work.” For some, summer is a time for play. For others, it’s a time for work. But for many at Pacific Lutheran University, it’s a time for a little bit of both — through science.The Division of Natural Sciences at PLU offers rigorous opportunities for inquiry and discovery each summer through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, in which students take their curiosities outside the classroom and gain valuable mentorship through

launched this semester. (In a good way, he added). Zylstra’s the director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service, which houses the new program. The study away experience, the newest Gateway program through the Wang Center for Global Education, is the result of three years of intensive planning. It started with an idea in the early 2000s to provide living and learning re-entry for students who study away and gain a rich new perspective. In 2003, Zylstra said students coming back from the

Studies, and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale University. She held full-time faculty and administrative positions at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine. From 2008–16 Rae Linda served as associate provost for undergraduate education and held the faculty position of professor of music at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. In August 2016, Rae Linda began a new position as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Pacific Lutheran University. Her

West African country he lived in for a short time. American Corners are American-style resource centers that provide free access to information about the United States. Before discovering the reference book on community colleges and universities in the U.S. that pointed him to the Pacific Northwest, Samba never planned on studying here, let alone transferring to a private university to finish what he started at TCC. He earned an undergraduate degree in business administration, with an emphasis in

director of PLU’s opera programs, started talking with Youtz. They agreed fall 2016 would be the time PLU professor of music and composer Greg Youtz (photo by John Froschauer) to just “go for it,” as Youtz described it.  Youtz quickly wrote the rest of the opera and turned it over to Brown, who was tasked with bringing it from page to stage. “At first — I have to be honest — I was a little daunted by the difficulty of the music,” Brown said. “I’ll admit I was worried that our students wouldn’t respond

illustrated the entire quote and the pair decided to sell 44 copies in honor of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. The piece sold out very quickly; the process was repeated with another quote, and the Dead Feminists letterpress poster series was born. Fast track to today, and in the year where the American presidential ballot featured its first female candidate for a major party, Spring and O’Leary have penned a book on feminist history, featuring the now-famous poster series, and so

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Minor Requirements22 semester hours completed with a grade of C- or higher1. Core courses in Native American and Indigenous Studies6 semester hours Students must take the following core courses that introduce the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies and explore key approaches and issues within it. NAIS 111: Interconnections (1) NAIS 112: Interconnections (1) NAIS 250: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies (4) Quick Links Upcoming Courses Coming Events Professor