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, Anderson University Center Registration Coming SoonFriday, Oct. 6 Class of 1973 50th Reunion Lutes in the Class of 1973 are gathering to celebrate 50 years since graduating from PLU. Click for more information!  5:30pm – Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center More InformationFriday, Oct. 6 Volleyball Game Wear your black and gold as you cheer on the women’s basketball team as they take on George Fox! 7 pm – Olson Auditorium Registration Coming SoonFriday, Oct. 6 Musical Revue “Off

.11:30AM-12:30PMAnderson University Center (AUC) DJS Lounge (AUC Lower Level) Lutes Commute Lunch Optional: Commuters lunch in small groups (lunch is provided)12:00PM-12:45PMAnderson University Center (AUC), Chris Knutson Hall (room 214), The CAVE (Lower Level of AUC) Welcome Back Alumni Lunch For families & supporters who are also PLU alumni (and their new students)12:00PM-1:00PMAnderson University Center (AUC) Scandinavian Cultural Center (Room 100) By invitation (pre-registration required

continents, an achievement that was subsequently repeated in 2008 and will also occur in 2010. The course in Antarctica that makes this achievement possible is a class in Environmental Literature, taught by Dr. Charles Bergman, Professor of English.

faculty advisor in your major area have your back! Do I have to be Lutheran or Scandinavian to attend PLU?No. Our name reflects the people who founded the school in 1895, but it does not wholly describe our students, teachers, or curriculum. Lutheranism (Protestantism) was born in a university by a university professor, Martin Luther, and the legacy of “thoughtful inquiry” pervades our blend of liberal arts and professional studies. We have chapel and religion classes, and opportunities to investigate

twelve book awards. These include: a USA Jewish Book Award (Women’s Studies), a Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature (History), a Canadian Jewish Literary Award (Holocaust Studies), a CHOICE ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ Award, an International Book Award (History), and a Montaigne Medal for thought provoking books.Birth, Sex And Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi RulePaul WeindlingPresentation Title: “Mengele at Auschwitz: Reconstructing the Twins” Who: Paul Weindling, Ph.D. Bio: Paul Weindling is

Literature. Prof. Simpson-Younger comes to us most recently from Luther College, our Iowa ELCA cousin, where she served as a visiting faculty member. She received her PhD from UW-Madison in 2012 and her research focuses on acts of watching vulnerable bodies in the early modern period. A reader at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Simpson-Younger is also very interested in questions of book history, and she  integrates manuscript evidence (including an actual sleeping  potion recipe) into many of her

-winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

-winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

, politics, history, kinship, and economics. (4) ANTH 368 : Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE The course examines foragers in Africa, North America, and Australia. Using classic ethnographic literature, it provides a cultural ecological perspective of foraging societies in a variety of environments. It also examines how foraging studies inform archaeological research and the challenges that these peoples now face in a rapidly changing world. (4) ANTH 370 : The Archaeology of Ancient

the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and achievements