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  • Judischer Kulturbund, or the Jewish Culture League. This league, which the Nazis knew about and supervised, created a unique stage on which members of the Jewish community were able to perform (forbidden) Jewish music and attend the orchestra, both activities that were they were restricted from doing outside of the Kulturbund. Presenters: Dr. Paul Bartrop, Professor of European History, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Kevin E. Simpson, Professor of Psychology, John Brown University Lexi Jason, MA

  • , culture and the political environment to prepare students for their global experience. During that experience, students work collaboratively with a community in Nicaragua, installing a well and teaching health to adults and children. In the MBA program, Professor Mulder leads courses in Peru for the PLU MBA program, showcasing business in an emerging economy and connecting business practices to indigenous, sustainable and social impact (i.e., UN Global Compact) programs. Dr. Mulder is also an active

  • Distinguished Artist Award, and by the National Endowment on the Arts with a fellowship in poetry. She served as Alaska State Writer Laureate. Shumaker is the author of eight books of poetry. Her lyrical memoir is Just Breathe Normally. Professor emerita from University of Alaska Fairbanks, Shumaker teaches in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA at PLU. She serves on the Advisory Board for Storyknife and on the board of the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation. Shumaker is editor of the Boreal Books series (an

  • to the culture of care.  As you do so in this particular time in our society’s life, please focus on ways to overcome our racial divisions, and help heal our communities, large and small, and to be kind and compassionate to one another.  I hope that you will find caring faculty members and fellow students who are committed to doing the important work of  — once and for all – righting the wrongs of our society and paving the way to a world where all are treated with respect and dignity.  I wish

  • director of vocational reflection. He directs the Center for Religion and Culture in the Pacific Northwest and he was appointed by the PLU regents to the first endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies. An internationally recognized scholar, Torvend’s most recent book is “Still Hungry at the Feast: Eucharistic Justice in the Midst of Affliction.” Torvend studied at PLU in the early 1970s, when the world was still reeling from the societal upheaval and tragedy that had marked the decade before. “The primary

  • said he signed on as a Palmer volunteer mentor because he knows that high school “is a critical time in a person’s life, when you have got to make a lot of big decisions.” “When I struggled in high school, he helped me,” Nagi-Mosa said of his mentor. “When I was about to stop thinking about college, he pushed me.” Jackson said Palmer Scholars wants mentors who want to make an impact on the life of a young person by building a culture of trust, one-on-one, that will support a scholar throughout

  • evident in 92% mass gains and visual SEM-EDS imaging while maintaining a conductivity 25.45 ± 5.61 S cm-1. Electrochemical experimentation was used for comparison of geometric energy densities and specific powers between nonporous carbon and 3-D nanofoams. Collecting data at multiple currents showed that at low currents of 0.01, 0.1, and 1 mA, geometric energy densities showed 3-D structures outperforming nonporous structures. At a high current of 10 mA, the nonporous carbon exhibited a higher

  • graduation.  North American Language and Culture Assistants Program NALCAPNorth American Language and Culture Assistants Program NALCAP connects American college students and graduates – who are native-like speakers of English – and elementary and secondary schools in Spain to bolster language programs, as language assistants (TAs) under the supervision and guidance of teachers in Spain. Must be a U.S. citizen, and have a basic level of Spanish. Placements are offered from October 1st to May 31st. Award

  • techniques including animal cell culture, cell fractionation, molecular, genetic, and biochemical assays, and microscopy (light, phase contrast, fluorescence). Prerequisite: BIOL 330 and CHEM 331 with 333, or consent of instructor. (4) BIOL 443 : Plant Development and Genetic Engineering A study of how plant structures form and change through the life cycle and how genetic engineering is used to alter plant biology for research and commercial applications. Specific GMOs considered as case studies. Focus

  • situations, it is sometimes impossible, for a variety of reasons, to obtain written consent. If that is the case, investigators may request a Waiver of Documentation of Informed Consent within Mentor and provide an acceptable alternative method of obtaining oral consent, which is appropriate to both the participants and their culture. + Working with participants where there are barriers to consent, either language-related or physicalInvestigators should prepare both English-language and translated