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disparities, like folks who live in the middle of nowhere and their closest doctor is an hour away and the closest specialist is eight hours away,” Chell said. “So, to see this free clinic situated across the street from a phenomenal hospital and people need to access it, was fairly eye-opening to urban health disparities.” Her passion to understand and help create health equity began while she was a student at PLU. As a global studies major and biology minor, Chell says she thrived in the

speaker of the Lutheran Studies Conference on Political Life. Rasmussen is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York. The conference is free and open to the public – registration is requested. The keynote is in honor of the PLU’s new president Thomas W. Krise and part of the month-long inauguration celebration. This election year is marked by a still shaky economy, highly polarized political sentiments, and seemingly intractable positions on

combination. A practical curriculum The Innovation Studies minor is a useful supporting field for history majors, since it has the ability to provide tangible job skills that you might not otherwise receive in the basic PLU curriculum. The director of the program, Michael Halvorson, is a history professor here on campus, and he is enthusiastic about what the program can do for all PLU students. The minor offers a great synergy and overlap with many majors (including History), so that students can double

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

, enforce and track the final solution. IBM’s Hollerith punch-card machines (which Black spotted in the museum) gave the Nazi’s a new tool to catalogue, find and round up millions of victims. “They co-planned and co-organized all six phases of the Holocaust,” Black said in an interview from New York City earlier this month. The company’s enthusiastic participation started in 1933 and continued through the war, he said. As part of the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies program, author and journalist

September 5, 2014 PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students Amanda Brasgalla, Olivia Ash and Valery Jorgensen (L to R) conducting a video interview. New Center for Media Studies Takes the Classroom Into the Community By Natalie DeFord ’16 Communications Major Like many college students, Olivia Ash ‘15 was uncertain about her future when she first arrived on the campus of PLU back in the fall of 2011. “I’ve always loved music, and so I knew I wanted to get involved with PLU’s student

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innovator in the industry. In addition to her Business and Economics majors, Kristin is an Innovation Studies minor and a Religion minor. The faculty mentors for this project are Prof. Michael Halvorson (History/Innovation Studies) and Prof. Karen Travis (Economics). Housing and Employment Equality in Seattle Gracie Anderson (History, Political Science) has received funding to study ‘Straight,’ ‘Gay,’ and ‘Queer’ opposition to Initiative 13, a 1978 proposal that sought to overturn recently won legal

,’ and ‘Queer’ opposition to Initiative 13, a 1978 proposal that sought to overturn recently won legal protections for Queer people in housing and employment in the City of Seattle. By studying the political factions that united at this time, Gracie hopes to understand more deeply the importance of coalition-building, in which disparate groups align based on a shared priority, such as labor rights or economic necessity. The faculty mentor for this project is Peter Grosvenor (Global Studies, Sociology

Scandinavian Cultural Center. Zylstra will moderate a discussion with women’s and gender studies alumna Kate Fontana ’08, global studies alumna Anna McCracken ’14 and environmental studies alumna Saiyare Refaei ’14. They will reflect on their time at PLU and how their majors influenced and continue to affect their lives and careers. Brian Bannon '97 Brian Bannon ’97 is this year’s Meant to Live keynote speaker, scheduled for Friday at 1:45 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Bannon has served as