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On Exhibit: Struggle for Full Voting Rights Virtual and In-Person Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / September 15, 2020 September 15, 2020 Poster 1Poster 2Poster 3Poster 4 [Exhibit has closed.] Mortvedt Library is hosting a new popup exhibition from the National Archives, Rightfully Hers, “commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Rightfully Hers explores the history of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, women’s voting rights before and after the 19th

early voting are any indication, those students may stay motivated through Election Day on Tuesday and make their voices heard. “I’ve had students come up to me and changed their ‘I Will Vote’ pledge to ‘I Have Voted,’” Smith said. “Which is kind of fun.” There has been a shift in how young voters are engaging the issues and the candidates this time around, said Rick Eastman ’72, associate director of Student Involvement and Leadership. Eastman has spent a lot of time watching presidential elections

because it should be that important,” Johnson said, adding that new classrooms will get kids excited to learn. And PLU students don’t have to be from here to vote here. A voting residence is a person’s permanent address or a transitional address where he or she physically resides. “Students away at school have the option of retaining their address at home or registering at their address at school,” Pierce County Elections Manager Mike Rooney said. In other words, students don’t lose their residency

inspirational coach. But during his junior year at PLU, a social work class moved Campbell- Harris to observe inequities and inspire questions, and formed the foundation of a future career in law. Today Campbell-Harris works as a staff attorney at the ACLU’s New York headquarters as a member of the organization’s Voting Rights Project team. “New York was never in the plan, but when the ACLU calls, you have to answer,” he says. “I’ve always been interested in democracy and voting rights. Having the

the spring, and when the contest was opened up to video voting (much like the PLUtonics and the America’s Got Talent contest this summer), the jingle was picked as one of the top ten out of over 1,000 submissions. In June, it was off to the Big Apple for the group, as their video became one of the top five under consideration by the coffee company.  And much to the group’s amazement, the lark transformed itself into a contract and the $25,000 top prize. Snipstead plans to use her part of the

! Visit archives.plu.edu to browse the Archives and Special Collections holdings. Learn more about the system or contact archives@plu.edu with any questions.  Please contact library@plu.edu if you need assistance with any of these.   Genevieve Williams, Undergraduate Research Librarian, Associate Professor Fran Lane Rasmus, Director of the Library, Associate Professor   Read Previous Archives & Special Collections Launches New Collection Management System Read Next On Exhibit: Struggle for Full Voting

Intersections: Called and Empowered (and Assessed) Posted by: abryant / April 29, 2022 April 29, 2022 Cover art If we were all eyes, could we see each other? by Vickie R. Phipps Intersections, Number 54, Fall 2021Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It

: 170th anniversary of Medicine Creek Treaty 100th anniversary of the Native American Voting Rights Act 20th anniversary of the exoneration of Chief Leschi 50th anniversary of Boldt Decision 100th birthday of Nisqually historian and PLU alumna Cecelia Svinth CarpenterAbout the Lecture: The Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture is named after Dr. Walter C. Schnackenberg (1917-1973), who graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1937. One of Dr. Schnackenbergs most frequently expressed wishes was

: 170th anniversary of Medicine Creek Treaty 100th anniversary of the Native American Voting Rights Act 20th anniversary of the exoneration of Chief Leschi 50th anniversary of Boldt Decision 100th birthday of Nisqually historian and PLU alumna Cecelia Svinth Carpenter About the Lecture: The Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture is named after Dr. Walter C. Schnackenberg (1917-1973), who graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1937. One of Dr. Schnackenbergs most frequently expressed wishes was

students, faculty and staff — some with tears in their eyes — that now is a time to reflect on where to go as a nation amid Tuesday's election results.“Here we are the day after one of the most rancorous and hate-filled elections this country has ever witnessed,” Krise said, stressing that in order to rebuild a shattered body politic everyone must understand all people at the center of the divisiveness. “Perhaps a place to start is to look at what lessons we can glean from other nations that have gone