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Two of PLU’s most important Gateway programs — Telemark and Oslo — connect PLU to its roots while also teaching students about contemporary Norway.
partnership with Pacific Lutheran University. They develop lifelong transformation and establish a cultural exchange between campuses in both places, she says. The Gateways punctuate PLU’s educational mission that was established in 1890 by Norwegian pioneers — a commitment to the values of Lutheran higher education. Two of the most important Gateways connect PLU to its heritage — programs in Telemark and Oslo, distinctively different locations in Norway. Claudia Berguson, program director for the
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
is currently the Director of the Division of the Senior Historian, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Raphael Lemkin Lecture & Award CeremonyApril 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC Free and open to the publicMiss the Event?Click Here to View Video Raphael Lemkin Lecture Spring 2018 Violence, Espionage, & Anti-Semitism: British & Soviet Spy Ops Against Boston’s Christian Front Organization
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The curriculum for the Business and Economic History program at PLU is administered by the History department, and taught by the Benson Family Chair.
Innovation Studies minor History Department Economics Department School of Business Click here: Sign up on our business & economic history information listThe Seventeenth Dale E. Benson LectureOn Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. To view a recording of the lecture with slides and a fascinating Q&A session with Dr. Liu, click More Information. More InformationBenson
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TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University has been closely connected to the Scandinavian world—and to the local Scandinavian community—since its founding by Norwegian Bjug Harstad in 1890. These days, PLU’s Nordic roots are reflected across campus: in building names, artwork, Scandinavian Area Studies programs…
Area Studies programs and especially in the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC), which in September takes those roots on the road and to the public. In celebration of PLU’s 125th anniversary, the SCC has created a special exhibition called PLU at 125: Lutheran Education on the Frontier, which will be displayed at the internationally recognized Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood from Sept. 26 to Nov. 10. (The Lute community is invited to join PLU President Thomas W. Krise at an
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 22, 2015)- Members of the Pacific Lutheran University community have the unique opportunity to learn about the AIDS epidemic through theatre. The one-man show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m.…
show “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg” will be performed in the Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theater at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27. Peter Serko is the writer and performer of “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg.” Serko lost his brother, David, to AIDS in 1992. Inspired by a memory quilt 20 years later, he began The David Serko Project in February 2012. To create the foundation of “My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg,” Serko used Facebook to connect with more than 100 friends of David who helped
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
with Jürgen Matthäus (University of Nebraska Press, 2008). Dr. Heberer Rice is currently the Director of the Division of the Senior Historian, The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Raphael Lemkin Lecture & Award CeremonyApril 25, 2019 at 7 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC Free and open to the publicMiss the Event?Click Here to View Video Raphael Lemkin Lecture Spring 2018 Violence, Espionage, & Anti-Semitism
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Acting Provost Joanna Gregson discusses how PLU faculty members embrace their identity as teacher-scholars, and the value of “learning by doing” for students who engage in collaborative research
professors who are eager to coach them through their own journeys of self discovery. Our late Provost Rae Linda Brown, who died last month from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, championed these collaborations. She shined a spotlight on the exceptional work already being done across campus by initiating the Undergraduate Research Symposium last spring. Provost Brown’s memory will live on through this annual day-long event highlighting the student-faculty research teams, and the creative work that
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This conference focuses on “Black Bodies and the Justice of God” in the Lutheran tradition, in art, theology, ethics and literature.
``Black Bodies and the Justice of God``Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 The Eighth Annual Lutheran Studies ConferenceThis year’s Lutheran Studies Conference will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., concluding with a keynote lecture in the evening at 7 p.m. in the Chris Knutzen Hall, Anderson University Center. This conference focuses on “Black Bodies and the Justice of God” in the Lutheran tradition, in art, theology, ethics and literature. The conference also draws connection to the book Between the
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 20, 2016)- This summer, Taylor Bozich ’17 affirmed what she long assumed to be true about humanitarian work — it isn’t easy. She also reaffirmed that’s exactly the kind of work she wants to do after graduating from Pacific Lutheran University. Bozich…
an endowment from Generations for Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to peacebuilding at the grassroots level. Students who pursue majors or minors in a social science discipline or global studies — or those who are International Honors students — are eligible. The program provides funding for overseas internships or service projects, as well as domestic programs with an international focus. The work must directly contribute to international peacebuilding. Opportunities range from humanitarian aid to
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Computer science drives innovation throughout the US economy, but the subject remains neglected or marginalized in K-12 education. Can more be done to improve student access to this important way of thinking? Please join Alice Steinglass of Code.org on October 9, 2018 at Pacific Lutheran…
students participate in Code.org’s computer science learning programs. At 7:30 p.m., Alice Steinglass will deliver the 14th annual Benson Lecture in PLU’s Anderson University Center (Scandinavian Cultural Center). Her lecture will explore historic inequities in the high-tech workforce and her organization’s social innovation strategy to promote computer science. Both events will make connections to PLU’s new Innovation Studies program, which launches this year with exciting new courses and an
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