Know Your World
PLU provides students with many challenging opportunities to experience the world, weaving global education through almost every aspect of a student's academic study. World events shape our lives and PLU's curriculum reflects that reality. At PLU, an international or study away experience is more than a core requirement. It's eve
n more than a semester away. It is a comprehensive education, preparing you for a global future and equipping you to make a difference.
Study Away. At PLU you'll find many opportunities to study, both globally and locally. PLU regularly places among the top 10 master's degree universities in the United States for percentage of students engaged in international study. Over 40 percent of PLU students study abroad. The national study abroad average is 3 percent. To learn more about your opportunities for study away, please visit our Study Away page.
PLU International Activity in the Press
Read about the international work and research of PLU and its faculty.
Smithsonian "Wildlife Trafficking"
Dr. Charles Bergman, Professor of English
Dr. Bergman's work on wildlife trafficking in Ecuador is the cover story of this month's (Dec 09) Smithsonian magazine. To read the article, click here.
Global Washington
The Wang Center and PLU were the featured organization in Global Washington's November newsletter. To read the article, click here.
Study Away or Study Abroad: It's Not Merely Semantics
Dr. Neal Sobania, Executive Director of Wang Center
Dr. Sobania co-authored a publication with colleague Larry Braskamp entitled "Study Away or Study Abroad: It's Not Merely Semantics." The article can be found in the Association of American Colleges and Universities Fall 2009 publication, volume 11. To read the article, click here.
Don't Shoot the Messenger
Dr. Joanne Lisosky, Associate Professor of Communication
Dr. Lisosky co-authored a publication with former PLU student Jennifer Henrichsen entitled " Don't Shoot the Messenger: Prospects for Protecting Journalists in Conflict Situations." The article is based on work that Dr. Lisosky and Henrichsen conducted while in Geneva on a Wang Center student-faculty research grant. It is published in Media, War & Conflict. To download the article, click here.
| Important Dates | Description |
|---|---|
| February 12 | Wang Center Photo Contest |
| February 26 | Wang Grant Application Deadline |
| March 4-5 | Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation |