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  • David Yun ’22 has been busy throughout his four years at Pacific Lutheran University. The pre-med student and chemistry major has been an academic standout, serving as a chemistry teaching assistant presenting research at the Murdock Conference and the American Chemical Society convention. He’s held…

    David Yun ’22 discusses preparing for medical school and founding the Global Medical Brigades Club Posted by: Zach Powers / March 29, 2022 Image: David Yun is a chemistry major who plans to attend medical school after working for a year. (Photo by Silong Chhun/PLU) March 29, 2022 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsDavid Yun ’22 has been busy throughout his four years at Pacific Lutheran University. The pre-med student and chemistry major has been an academic standout, serving as a

  • Ned Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life. According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at…

    Changing Lives One Book at a Time with Professor Ned Schaumberg Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 By Kiyomi Kishaba '21English & Communication MajorNed Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life.According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at the age of seven. When most

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global…

    Global leader in diplomacy to visit PLU and discuss how ‘Conflict is Inevitable, Violence is Not’ Posted by: Zach Powers / January 27, 2017 Image: Search for Common Ground CEO and 2017 Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecturer Shamil Idriss. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) January 27, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center

  • Study away can be a change-your-life experience - and it doesn’t end when you get on the plane to come back. Returning home can be both comforting and challenging.

    Center Global Ambassadors host a Returner Welcome event. This is an opportunity for students to reconnect and reflect on their recent experiences. For more information, please contact the Wang Center. Wang Center Photo Contest Remember to submit your photos and videos in the annual Wang Center Photo/Video Contest. Enter to win prizes and have your photo displayed on campus! Live on campus A great way to reconnect with PLU upon return is living in an intentional living community on campus. For example

  • Scott graduated with a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Music (with a minor in English Literature) in 1991.

    PLU Strings Alumni ProfilesThe rich variety of course offerings at PLU make for an remarkably diverse profile of the PLU String alumni. Here is a glimpse of just some of the remarkably different paths some of the participants in PLU Strings have taken…Scott Faulkner Scott graduated with a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Music (with a minor in English Literature) in 1991. He went on to earn a Master of Music in Double Bass Performance from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1996. Says Scott of his

  • A good place to begin is in reviewing comments made by the Director of CIWA, Professor Paul Manfredi, Chair of Languages and Literature at Pacific Lutheran University in his letter updating members

    Questions and Answers about CIWAThis section is offered to help answer many of the questions which can arise when trying to understand how CIWA, now in its second decade, carries out its mission and goals.  If your desire is to help educate Americans about the world we live in and make them more competitive in the global workplace, then following your review of this section you will likely become one of our biggest supporters.  In Defense of the Confucius Institute of the State of WashingtonA

  • What do current Global Studies students have to say about their experiences in the program?

    about their view on modern injustices, and this more holistic view is so vital to deeper understandings of global issues.” Watch my videoSARA STIEHL '14“The Global Studies program offers a way into the vast interdisciplinary world of academia, nonprofits, think tanks, politics and community organizing. I am now able to engage in critical literature in multiple disciplines such as political science, geography and anthropology for my research. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for the

  • PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies students learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural

    Parker Brocker-Knapp ’23 grew up in Portland, but Puget Sound never seemed far—thanks to close family ties to PLU. We sat down with Brocker-Knapp to learn more about how this senior made the most of his time at PLU. Read More Language, Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies Arte callejero en Oaxaca, México Engaging Learning Communities Spanish for Heritage Speakers, Class of 2020: Ashley Carreño-Millan, Brenda Ochoa, Valeria Pinedo Chipana, Dr. Emily Davidson, Omar Miranda, Óscar Cantú, Sandra

    Hispanic and Latino Studies
    Administration Building Room 207-C Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Overview Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that can be used to facilitate online class discussions and group work, annotate lectures and syllabi, share and organize research, take notes, and more. Hypothesis is integrated into PLU’s Sakai Learning Management System. Students and instructors can annotate webpages or PDFs with comments, formulas, highlights, and tags without...

    easy to assess student work.   Example Assignments English Literature – Frankenstein’s Library Instructor: Dr. Adela Ramos View the assignment prompt (PDF)   Nordic Studies – Ibsen Collaboration Instructor: Dr. Jen Jenkins View the assignment prompt (PDF)   Liberal Arts and the Professional Schools Hypothesis can also be used in all fields. You can find examples at Liquid Margins. For example, in 008 Part 1 and Part 2 mathematician, Dr. Matthew Salomone (Bridgewater State University), explains his

  • The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke…

    September 29, 2008 The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke of how the issues in women’s lives, from significant others to sexual abuse, are explored in graphic novels, or narratives written on comic book form. Now teaching at Harvard University, Chute