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For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…
July 10, 2013 For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter in their lives and prepared to turn the next page. In the following, several Lutes shared their stories of why they came to PLU, their experiences and the next chapter in their lives. Some will immediately enter
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Originally published in 2021 Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they…
Sustainability in Monastic Communities Posted by: alex.reed / May 22, 2022 May 22, 2022 By Joy Edwards, ‘21 (Religion and English Major)Originally published in 2021Dr. Samuel Torvend spent his sabbatical during the 2019-20 school year researching environmental consciousness and sustainability in early medieval monastic communities. Early medieval monasteries were built to last, he emphasizes. “When these monastic communities were established, they did not think they were going to be there for a
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PLU Hebrew Idol Celebrates Classwork, Creativity—and Costumes Participants in the 2014 Hebrew Idol finale gather in Studio Theatre on April 17. Pictured, from left to right: Back Row: Samuel Collier, Mike Plamer, Will Lockert, Megan Cheatham. Middle Row: Tom Flanagan, Quinn Johnston, Lexi Engman, Caitlin…
Students crammed into PLU’s Studio Theatre on April 17 for the 2014 edition of PLU’s Hebrew Idol Live finale. Even the stairs and aisles were filled as the audience clapped, cheered and laughed its way through the event, hosted by Tommy Flanagan ’14 and organized by Religion Professor Antonios Finitsis. PLU Hebrew Idol reflects the knowledge students have gained in Finitsis’ introductory Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible course. Each year, students are required to apply their interpretations
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Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham) Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy…
after graduation—figuratively (working two jobs to save money) and literally (after moving to Guatemala). There, Malloy studied Spanish and worked at medical clinics in the highlands. He also taught children how to juggle and perfected the craft himself while walking from village to village. Next, Malloy studied global health at Columbia University School of Public Health in New York, where he was awarded a graduate research assistantship and worked with a mentor on programs to reduce the burden of
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Diego Perelmuter Testimonial Posted by: Parker Brocker-Knapp / April 1, 2023 April 1, 2023 By PLU Uruguay Project Team Open English TranslationOpen Spanish Transcript Read Previous Giza Alterwajn de Goldfarb Testimonial Read Next Mariana Pasquet Testimonial LATEST POSTS Hilda Waksman Testimonial May 3, 2023 Enrique Shapira Testimonial April 20, 2023 Mariana Pasquet Testimonial April 9, 2023 Giza Alterwajn de Goldfarb Testimonial February 20, 2023
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Enrique Shapira Testimonial Posted by: Parker Brocker-Knapp / April 20, 2023 April 20, 2023 By PLU Uruguay Project Team Open English TranslationOpen Spanish Transcript Read Previous Mariana Pasquet Testimonial Read Next Hilda Waksman Testimonial LATEST POSTS Hilda Waksman Testimonial May 3, 2023 Mariana Pasquet Testimonial April 9, 2023 Diego Perelmuter Testimonial April 1, 2023 Giza Alterwajn de Goldfarb Testimonial February 20, 2023
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Hilda Waksman Testimonial Posted by: Parker Brocker-Knapp / May 3, 2023 May 3, 2023 By PLU Uruguay Project Team Open English TranslationOpen Spanish Transcript Read Previous Enrique Shapira Testimonial LATEST POSTS Enrique Shapira Testimonial April 20, 2023 Mariana Pasquet Testimonial April 9, 2023 Diego Perelmuter Testimonial April 1, 2023 Giza Alterwajn de Goldfarb Testimonial February 20, 2023
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Mariana Pasquet Testimonial Posted by: Parker Brocker-Knapp / April 9, 2023 April 9, 2023 By PLU Uruguay Project Team Open English TranslationOpen Spanish Transcript Read Previous Diego Perelmuter Testimonial Read Next Enrique Shapira Testimonial LATEST POSTS Hilda Waksman Testimonial May 3, 2023 Enrique Shapira Testimonial April 20, 2023 Diego Perelmuter Testimonial April 1, 2023 Giza Alterwajn de Goldfarb Testimonial February 20, 2023
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Scholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story. One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David Roe…
Professor Call to begin developing a book on the subject, which she continued to work on with a 2019-2020 Kelmer Roe fellowship with writing major Mathilde Magga.In 2017-18, one collaboration was between Riley Dolan and Professor Carmiña Palerm of the Hispanic Studies Program. Riley conducted a study of the Guatemalan Genocide in the early 1980’s. While studying the subject in class, he hadn’t found scholarly sources about the monuments for Guatemala, nor articles about dealing with the memory and
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 5, 2017)- Professor of Religion and Chair of Lutheran Studies Samuel Torvend, Ph.D., ’73 has spent his life studying religion and politics. “I wrote my senior thesis on religion and politics and I have never strayed from that,” Torvend said. The alumnus…
tracked down using a so-called pink list, which was compiled by German police forces during World War I. It identified anyone who “looked gay.” “And to me, this is a very interesting person and I thought it would be interesting to tell this story,” Torvend said. “And he was a Lutheran, as well.” But for Torvend, the story goes beyond Oelbermann and the events of the Holocaust. “It’s not just about a Lutheran man persecuted by the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s,” Torvend said. “It’s also about the memory
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