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others.” The Bensons each came to PLU from modest and devoted Lutheran families, intending to become teachers. They met on campus in a bowling class, Jolita said. Dale says it was in chorus singing under R. Byard Fritts. The couple has been together ever since. They graduated in 1963 – Dale to attend graduate school at the University of Maine and begin a career as a professor of history, Jolita to teach kindergarten and first grade. Before long, they decided that Jolita would step out of the

, October 3, at the 7th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lectureship, which was established by the Benson Family Foundation during the 2005-2006 academic year, brings to campus outstanding members of the academic and business community. The topic for the night’s lecture came from a debate Coclanis had with economic historian Stanley Engerman in November 2009. In both debates he argued that based on economic reasoning slavery would not have survived much longer without

Pacific Lutheran University students.This morning, the PLU counselors move from table to table, stopping periodically to answer a question, assist with tying on a bracelet, or simply chat about the music being played as the kids assemble their crafts. In fact, the majority of the kids sing along loudly as they work on their jewelry. “This song is ‘House of Memories’ by Panic at the Disco,” says Kaila Harris ’24, AMP student director and elementary education major. “We were surprised the kids knew it

been limited by little or no funding, which has prevented me from doing larger-scale projects,” Artime said. “This funding helps to not only overcome some of these barriers, but also has an explicit focus on the PLU context as an opportunity to enhance mental health services at institutions like ours.” Universities provide access to services for a wide range of mental health concerns, including increasingly more prevalent trauma-related difficulties among students who are survivors of sexual

anniversary of the Reformation. Students with the Marty App (free to download) participate in a scavenger hunt for facts about Martin Luther. How long did the process of creating Marty take from start to end? Ebbinga: From start to finish it was 399.5 hours over the course of 48 days. What was the most difficult part of this extensive process? Ebbinga: The most difficult part, or perhaps most time-consuming part, was learning a slush-casting method that worked well for this particular mold. Slush-casting

argument, that the interest rate should be left alone for now, was developed in concert with economics majors Drew Gardner, Amy Spieker, Justin Peterson and Kelby May. The argument eventually won the day as the group debated into the afternoon. Debates like this, whether as a learning tool or the real thing, are what make economics exciting, Gould said. “It’s not like there is one right answer in economics,” he said. “Economics really forces one to rely on their thinking skills.” During the conference

value in education is something she still carries with her. When I graduated it was the happiest day of my life and the saddest day because I knew I wouldn’t be able to live on campus anymore,” she said. But that didn’t keep her from supporting a place she enjoyed so much. For a number of years, Birkestol has contributed to the funding of Eastvold Hall, the Mary Baker Russell Music Center and much more. She’s given an annual Q Club gift since 1979 and has also contributed to the Scandinavian

history based on a couple shopping lists and a couple pages torn out of a phone directory.” Based on accepted knowledge of royal burials during this time in the Valley of the Kings, King Tut’s tomb was only a fraction of the size it should be for a pharaoh and many of the artifacts, including the famous golden mask, held characteristics often reserved for queens. “Most of this tomb looks to be originally made for someone else,” Reeves explained. In fact, Reeves discovered that many of the artifacts

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HOW TO APPLY TO & SUCCEED IN GRADUATE SCHOOL An online informational session with UW graduate students and faculty Posted by: alemanem / September 23, 2020 September 23, 2020 Interested in learning more about the graduate (PhD and MS) programs at UW?  The October 13, 2020, 4 – 5 PM (Pacific Time) online panel/Q+A session may be just for you!  The objective of this session is to help prepare prospective applicants and to share more about what life is like as a graduate student at UW.  See the UW