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is its dedication to helping students succeed in the field of global education,” said Henrichsen. “When the opportunity arose to obtain both political science and communication credit by studying and interning in Norway, I jumped at the chance.” She was hooked. Henrichsen, who double-majored in political science and communication, traveled abroad four separate times as an undergraduate – to Germany and England, to Norway, to the Balkans, and to Switzerland. That is where Henrichsen ’07 finds

Hello from England! 🇬🇧 Posted by: mhines / January 30, 2024 January 30, 2024 January Term (J-Term for short), PLU’s month-long term between fall and spring semesters, is when many of our students take advantage of our incredible study away options in multiple places around the world. Planned and coordinated by professors and PLU’s study away center, J-Term study away class options range from Marine Biology in the Bahamas to a Political Science course on the Presidency in Washington D.C. Check

STEM Summer Research with Arcadia Abroad Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 As a STEM student, we understand that disciplinary focus is often your main priority when selecting the best and most rewarding study abroad experience. We offer a range of exciting summer research projects in five great locations: Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Spain. Program opportunities include Atmospheric Science/Meteorology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

STEM Summer Research with Arcadia Abroad Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 As a STEM student, we understand that disciplinary focus is often your main priority when selecting the best and most rewarding study abroad experience. We offer a range of exciting summer research projects in five great locations: Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Spain. Program opportunities include Atmospheric Science/Meteorology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomolecular & Biomedical Science

Act Six scholar gained confidence to study abroad Posted by: vcraker / February 5, 2021 Image: Andre Jones, and Act-Six scholar photographed near the PLU sign, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at PLU. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) February 5, 2021 Andre Jones ’22, of Tukwila, Washington, stays busy with his leadership roles in campus clubs and the Act Six program. Founded and run by the Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change, the Act Six program identifies and rewards scholars who are passionate about

see things from graffiti of a giant squid on the walls as well as men in black, to statues of giant caged dinosaurs and sharks devouring chairs. It was fun to walk around and I wish we had more time to explore the vastness of it…MORE Tudor England Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 By Michael Halvorson British Museum and Unusual Discoveries Today our adventuresome group visited the British Museum and made other individual excursions around London. About a third of the class wanted Indian food for dinner, and

Forum on Education Abroad recognizes PLU for study away excellence Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / April 25, 2019 Image: Pacific Lutheran University has been recognized for conformity with the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad as established by the Forum on Education Abroad. April 25, 2019 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 25, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University has been recognized for substantial conformity with the Standards of Good Practice

July 7, 2008 Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this village is anchored by a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health care center. It provides care to the hundreds of people suffering from hunger, disease and the conflict of Sudan’s 30-year

January 21, 2014 PLU students Karyssa Allbritton and Kristin Neuneker get a lesson in blowgun use from Bolivar Endominga in Ecuador on a 2012 Study Away program. (Photo by Kyle Monahan.) PLU ranks in Top 10 for Study Away Pacific Lutheran University ranked ninth in the nation in the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, with 59.4 percent of its undergraduates, or 392 students, participating in a study-abroad program in 2011-12. In the report, released by the U.S

September 1, 2009 I never thought I’d study abroad five times and graduate on time When Andy Guinn ’09 came to PLU, the extent of his international travels was a single trip to Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. That trip was just one week. Considering where he’s been since then – and the amount of time he’s been away – that hardly seems like a big deal. Since Andy arrived at PLU, he’s studied in Italy (twice), Tanzania, South Africa – plus a combined trip to Argentina