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Iceland’s wilderness and culture Read Next Ellie Dieringer explores impact of the Holocaust in South America COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June

the child-welfare system. The topic is a natural fit for PLU—even beyond the Spring Spotlight Series theme. PLU Benson Family Chair in History and Professor of History E. Wayne Carp is a noted historian of adoption and residents in the area whose lives were affected by post-WWII adoption practices pertinent to indigenous children, and Jacobs’ lecture also ties in with the 2015 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, held on campus March 4-6, whose topic is “Children’s Voices.” “Up until

Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability. We aren’t a values-neutral institution, but a place that is intentional about our commitment to these core concerns. And that sets us apart. And Interdisciplinary programs are all about these values–diversity, justice, and sustainability are at the core of what we do, in Global Studies; Chinese Studies; Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies; Environmental Studies; Innovation Studies; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies. These are

$75 million mark in May, and on to just over $80 million today. Milestones last year included new endowed chairs in Holocaust studies and Elementary Education as well as an endowed professorship in Lutheran studies. Project Access, part of our commitment to enhanced student scholarship support, reached its $1 million goal. In summary, stable enrollment and fund-raising success, when combined with clear spending priorities and careful attention to fiscal matters, allowed us to balance our operating

across the board,” she says.  “These things that have nothing to do with say the cell cycle, but that’s what I need to learn today. So, I tell myself, ‘OK, at this moment, I need to learn X in the hard sciences and then someday I’ll be able to use that to advance my real agenda which is health equity.’ ”   Read Previous Powell-Heller Conference to explore the timely theme of “Holocaust Distortion and Denial” Read Next Hawaii Grown: Nine players grace the highly successful Pacific Lutheran women’s

time, both hope they can talk about sports. This report was prepared by Content Development Director Barbara Clements. Comments? Questions? Call her at 253-535-7427. Photography by Gilbert W. Arias. Read Previous New Holocaust Chair at PLU Read Next Lost Boy of Sudan COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their

signs: $34,100 Rieke restroom upgrades: $22,500 Pathway paving: $20,000 (which includes $6,928 of funding from student government) Kreidler ramp, bathroom door widening: $17,200 Library restroom first floor: $15,600 TOTAL: $634,400 Campus-wide accessibility audit completed last year: $120,000 Read Previous PLU students study Beyoncé, starships and Holocaust artifacts as part of eclectic fall curriculum Read Next Professor to serve as featured speaker at statewide conference aimed at addressing

for faculty and staff to also see each other in those spaces,” Hambrick said. “Not for PLU to create that community for us, but they need to create the environment and space for us to be able to do that for ourselves.” Read Previous PLU alumna addresses diversity, equity, inclusion as inaugural administrator at Pierce College Read Next Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

its programs by providing salary support, travel, research stipends and public programming funds. Kurt and Pam Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Natalie Mayer-Yeager, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller provided major support to endow the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies. Campaign Leadership Council Members Loren and MaryAnn Anderson Neal Arntson ’58 and Joyce Arntson Linda (Knutzen) Barbo ’63 and Charles Barbo Bruce Bjerke ’72 Robert Gomulkiewicz ’83 David Greenwood ’74 and

more simply, the mission of the university is going to remain, Belton said: “We know who we are. We will always be a liberal arts institution.” Read Previous Firmly Committed: In Response to DACA decision Read Next PLU students study Beyoncé, starships and Holocaust artifacts as part of eclectic fall curriculum COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students