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Mayer Kurt Mayer Summer Research Fellows: Jessica Alley, Abigail Kunkel, Christian Riddall, Alicia Sprague Moderator: Lisa Marcus, Professor of English, PLU 1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. – (Chris Knutzen Hall, AUC 214)“Routine Pharmacological Procedures Against Women in Auschwitz: An Unspoken Narrative” – Peggy Kleinplatz The history of routine pharmacological interventions affecting women’s fertility during the Shoah and thereafter has been hidden in plain sight. It is past time to assemble the fragments

concept that at the time was unheard of. “What we take for granted as public education, which is supported through taxes, is a Luther invention,” he said. But Torvend argues perhaps the most important Lutheran innovation in education was allowing every subject to exist independently. “That meant that professors in religion could not tell professors in geology or biology how to go about the study of their discipline; it meant that professors in psychology could not tell professors in English how to go

, teaching life skills and empowering young people. She also taught English classes privately out of her home. “I had a strong desire to serve my country and people,” she said. “Through our educational work, I learned that I needed to know more about family dynamics in order to be more effective serving this population. … I came to a conclusion that marriage and family therapy could provide me with skills and expertise needed.” After two years of research, Sabet-Kazilas applied to roughly 20 programs in

. Krise, Ph.D., PLU president and English professor The son and grandson of Army medical service officers, he was born at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, and spent his early childhood in Washington, D.C., and on military posts across the U.S. and in Germany. He lived aboard a sailboat for the better part of two years and then attended high school on the island of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where he was a deckhand, a dive master and an Eagle Scout. He is married to Patricia Love Krise, a

could not tell professors in English how to go about their discipline,” Torvend said. “There is to be freedom to follow the methods of every discipline in their own way.” That means scholars, including those at PLU, are allowed to pursue ideas that challenge or upset both peers and superiors. It promotes the free exchange of ideas, free from censorship. It means no idea is above scrutiny — or beneath consideration. That philosophy resonates with PLU’s continued mission of thoughtful inquiry, asking

at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Conference ScheduleAnna MarkoPresentation Title: Who: Anna Marko, Mayer Summer Scholar, PLU Bio: Anna Marko is a senior at Pacific Lutheran University, majoring in Genocide Studies and History with a minor in English Writing. In 2023, she was honored as one of the Kurt Mayer Scholars. Anna recently presented her paper, “Are You Dead Yet?: HIV/AIDS and the Slow Genocide Against the Rwandan Abatutsi,” at the 10th Annual Genocide and Human Rights

All Courses AICE 276 : Part-Time Internship A supervised educational experience in a work setting on

smart and talented as a writer, and especially hardworking despite the fact that he was dealing with so many grave medical issues.” – Rick Barot, associate professor of English and director of the MFA program Drews had been working for The Canadian Press when he decided to apply to PLU. “I didn’t feel satisfied with where my life was at that point,” he said. “The Canadian Press is an awesome place to work, but I wanted to do something more academic.” Drews was a perfect fit for the program, said

over 175 people in the crowd from the university and the community, Aust said that it was a very rewarding experience. Although only a Junior, Aust already has big plans for his time after college. “My future plans are to teach English abroad and God-willing, I will be able to bring debate education wherever I go. Because debate is an agent for change and advocacy and the most underprivileged people need those skills the most.” All-age debate: Climb the Mountain and T.O.H. Karl support students at

: Natalie Mayer Kirsten Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Lisa Marcus, Professor of English, PLU 12:40 - 1:35 p.m. – Spiritual Resistance (Regency Room, AUC)Heather Klein, songs by inmates of ghettos-performing songs “Why was this Seder different from all other Seders?  –The Gurs Haggadah and Passover in a Concentration Camp” – Rabbi Bruce Kadden In 1941, Jewish inmates in the Gurs Concentration Camp in southern France were able to celebrate Passover using a Hagaddah handwritten by one of the