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Creation of University Diversity Committee approved by the Faculty. This standing committee, responsible for oversight of the diversity effort, is supplemented by the Diversity Committee for Cultural and Educational Programming.
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judge mother. Treuer’s talk, Adrift Between Two Americas, springs from a 2022 essay about his parents, published in The New York Times. David Treuer is the author of numerous books, including The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present (Penguin, 2019), which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and a Carnegie Medal. A writer of impressive range, from fiction and creative nonfiction to memoir and criticism, his essays and stories have appeared in Granta, Harper’s
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Shared Passion for Education Compels Non-Alum to GivePat Wilson did not attend Pacific Lutheran University, but she has decided to create a legacy of giving at PLU. Read on to find out what ignited her passion for PLU and how she is giving back.Education: A Lutheran TraditionGeorgia ’59 and Denis Bailey have seen firsthand how a PLU education can build a successful career. Now the couple is supporting PLU through a charitable gift annuity, which benefits their family and PLU for years to come.Gary
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Lutheran tradition we hold well complex challenges, we greet each student as a beloved and worthy individual, and we strive to make their Wild Hope a reality. As as your president, I look forward to this work together, crafting these stories of student success for generations to come.”Read Full Remarks Allan Belton, President Christa Slater, Invocation Christa Slater, InvocationClass of 2020 – Religion Rolph and Betsy Hanson Endowed Scholarship Silas and Alice Torvend Endowed Scholarship “When we speak
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The Women’s Center at 25: Stories of Inspiration and Impact Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 5, 2015 Image: People gather at the Women’s Center for a retreat. (PLU file photo) March 5, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 4, 2015)—Since its founding in 1990, Pacific Lutheran University’s Women’s Center has empowered women and their allies to become advocates for gender equity and social justice. Along the way, through education, counseling, mentoring and
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queer and Latino, right, for example, and so I wanted those spaces to be inclusive.” Emily describes why she was driven to create inclusive and queer-affirming spaces and coalitions during her time as a student at PLU. Emily and Katie, now both educators (at PLU and UCSC, respectively), shared stories of visiting or returning to PLU years after their time there as students. Emily was amazed to see the Diversity Center (established in 2001) in full swing, with pride flags in the windows — a familiar
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This conference focuses on “Black Bodies and the Justice of God” in the Lutheran tradition, in art, theology, ethics and literature.
World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates, a book that all first-year PLU students have read for the incoming classes of 2017 and 2018. The conference features an incredible line up of leading theologians and we encourage you and your congregations or colleagues to read their works prior to the conference. Speakers include Lutheran womanist theologian and ethicist Rev. Dr. Beverly Wallace (Shaw University Divinity School), as well as nationally respected theologian and Bonhoeffer scholar Dr. Reggie Williams
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Follow these LutesEach year since 2017 at our Lasting Legacy dinner, we have highlighted the stories of PLU students as they encounter their college experience. We follow the same group of students through each academic year.201920182017
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PLU alumni stories illustrate the impact of donor supportThe tremendous impact of donor giving continues long after students graduate — throughout their personal lives and continuing vocational journeys, and into the communities they care for. In the heartwarming stories below, PLU alumni showcase the impact of the life-changing education and experiences they accessed through PLU. Each individual story is proof that donor investments mattered. Thank you! Josie Emmons Turner '07 A Magical PLU
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The Student ExperienceStudent Study Away Videos J-term Uruguay 2023: Elijah SingletonStudy Away Alum Interviews IHON Oxford: Zackery GostishaJ-Term Bahamas: Becca AndersonJ-term Northern Ireland: Greyson HoyeJ-term Neah Bay: Richard OeunOslo Norway: Camilla SumnerIHON Oxford: Autumn JohansenJ-Term Austria, Czech Republic and Germany: Paige BalutJ-term Neah Bay: Camilla SumnerChengdu China: Thomas PiwonkaTrinidad and Tobago: Ayana Freeman2019 Jamie Rose McNeil - Aix-en-Provence, France Sami
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