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. Samuel Torvend as we explore the challenges and opportunities in doing something seemingly useless – of great worth!Registration has closedDag Hammarskjöld: Servant of Peace Wednesday, September 18, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time Virtual, and in-person options (Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center)  In this presentation by Professor Emeritus Donovan Johnson from South Puget Sound Community College, participants will consider the spiritual foundations of Dag Hammarskjöld’s secular

resided in the Pacific Northwest region, where we are learning how to live with dangerous summer fires and how to breathe with the smoke that blankets our region for days, sometimes weeks. Second, it responds to novelist and environmentalist Amitav Ghosh’s provocative claim that Jane Austen’s novels “midwifed” cultural expressions and yearnings for “certain kinds of gardens and dwellings” that are “among the principle drivers of the carbon economy.” Austen’s novels, according to Ghosh, are emblematic

Alkmaar, Martinikerk in Groningen, Walburgkerk in Zutphen, Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, Ludgerikirche in Norden, Jacobikirche in Hamburg, and an extended stay in Cappel, Germany, with access to the Schnitger organ in the local church. Similar travel-abroad courses were held in January of 2006, 2008, and 2012. In 2016 the course was broadened to “Organs, Art, and Architecture in the Netherlands and Germany”. Besides visiting some of the famous organs, visits to museums and other places of cultural and

Jane Wong Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. Jane Wong is the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James Books, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). Her poems and essays can be found in places such as Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019, Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, POETRY, AGNI, Virginia Quarterly Review, McSweeney’s, and Ecotone. A

Torvend, Professor of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) 4:15pm – 4:30pm: Break Walk to Ness/Tower Chapel in Karen Hille Phillips (KHP) Center for the Performing Arts; elevator and stairs to top floor entrance to the chapel 4:30pm – 5:30pm: Holy Communion Ness/Tower Chapel 5:30pm – 7:30pm: Reception and Dinner Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Main Lobby 7:30pm – 8:30pm: Presentation Two Taking, Making, and Remaking: Engaging Scriptures in

PLU student speaks to the camera.] PLU Student: declaramos nuestra solidaridad [video: A PLU student speaks to the camera.] PLU Student: we stand in solidarity [Music] [video: fade to black] Meet the Professors More Stories Visit About The PLU Hispanic & Latino Studies program combines the study of the Spanish language with courses in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies. Whether you are a heritage or second language learner, you’ll engage in topics

Pacific Lutheran University is committed to enlarging and maintaining the representation of ethnic, gender, cultural and economic diversity among its employees, as well as among its student population.  PLU is further committed to the reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities.  In furtherance of these goals and in accordance with state and federal law, Pacific Lutheran University has adopted a Program that reflects its intent to provide applicants, employees, and students equal

Jamie Rose’s Story – IAU Aix-en-Provence Global Studies and French (Peace Corps Prep minor) – Class of 2020 What she would like other students to know: During my semester abroad, I practiced French every day with an amazing host family and took courses on the Muslim presence in France and refugee politics in Europe. It was an enriching cultural and academic experience. A piece of advice to future study away students: Don’t be afraid to speak a foreign language while abroad! It’s okay to make

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe Thursday, Nov 10, 2022 12:30pm, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance.  Sasha’s book will be available for purchase and she has graciously offered to sign. Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe is from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe. Native to the Pacific Northwest, she draws inspiration from her coastal heritage as well as her life in the city. She writes with a focus on trauma and resilience, ranging

Posted on December 1, 2017October 31, 2018 The Environmental Politics of Study Away: a US citizen’s role in the lives of indigenous Mexicans As an Environmental Policy minor, it is of great importance to me to understand the viewpoints of local people, conceptions of geography, cultural practices, and general ideas about people’s relationship with the land in the context of certain ecological issues and phenomena. Throughout my activities studying very specific places and issues as an