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collective practices of resistance and flourishing. The field of Critical Race Studies began with 1960s movements for social change, when student activists of color organized to demand new curricula in higher education that centered Black, Chicanx and Asian culture and history.   CRS understands the historical formation of racial groups as not naturally determined, nor politically or morally neutral. Societies assign meaning to different racial categories; these meanings shift over time and across space

Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Image: Natalie Mayer has endowed a new lecture series at Pacific Lutheran University, the Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, with the hopes of connecting the lessons of our past to the issues of the present. By Thomas Kyle-Milward Marketing & Communication TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic endeavors with Pacific Lutheran University. Natalie Mayer

Direct and Clear CommunicationOne of the first things that you may notice in talking with Americans is that they do not like interruptions. One person speaks, then another replies. Because the American view is that “time” is limited and tasks must be accomplished, the language favors direct and clear communication. Sentences are often simple and factual. Extensive descriptions and allusions to history or books may make some Americans impatient. Children are told “get to the point”, “just say

David Deacon-Joyner, PhDSchool of Arts and Communication, Department of MusicCreating Listening Guides with Variations Audio Timeliner Dr. David Deacon-Joyner (PLU Photo/Jenna Stoeber) Variations Audio Timeliner Product Website: Variations Audio Timeliner Cost:  Free Download: Variations Audio Timeliner for Windows and MacDavid Deacon-Joyner, Professor of Music, teaches a course on the history and appreciation of jazz. His goal is to get students from all backgrounds to better understand and

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco named me their volunteer of the year in 2008. My parents are still proud of me. In 2015, the Jewish Community Relations Council awarded me the year’s Courageous Leader for my work at SF State, a sometimes-hostile campus for Jews. My parents are still worried about me. When it rains, it pours. In a single lucky month, I appeared in a PBS television show, American Jerusalem, offering insights into the history of San Francisco Jews, and then enjoyed 8 of my

curriculum was profoundly enriched and expanded through Renaissance humanism with its insistence on the study of poetry and literature, history, language study, and ethics. Humanism fostered the recovery of texts, civic virtues, and spiritual values of classical Greece and Rome. Humanism counted “the human the measure of all things” and aimed to develop all human potential as gifts from God. The learning of the Greek language and study of Greek texts revived as these cultural influences came to the West

responsibility of churches and politicians or the duty of all persons in society? Is one called to escape a messy world through religion or engage its many problems with faith and courage? How does the study of history in every field expose student and teacher to an expansive rather than a shrinking memory? Since there is no “golden age” in which life or thought is pure and fresh, we should not portray such a scenario for Lutheran education. While Luther asked critical and troubling questions of the status

requirement to start the program, candidates must have one completed endorsement (coursework + test) by the end of the first summer of the program in order to continue with the program. Candidates are required to take their NES/WEST-E by June 1st. Things to Note: Special Education and English Language Learners must be paired with another endorsement – for example, history, or elementary education. Further, for those applicants who choose to pursue an endorsement in Special Education or English Language