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By:Genny Boots '18 January 9, 2018 0 Thomas Kim ’15 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/thomas-kim-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Genny Boots '18 Genny Boots '18 https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19bfb9cee2f834144d56bb2017bb5742?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g January 9, 2018 February 6, 2018 Thomas Kim ’15 “What makes an American an American?” This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined

the American Benedictine community of St. John’s Abbey and University (Collegeville, Minnesota), the Saint John’s Bible was brought into existence in order to ignite the spiritual imagination of all persons who reflect on the biblical text and meditate on its many striking images. PLU welcomes the large volume containing the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, as well as seven framed illuminations. The Saint John’s Bible (all seven volumes) is now housed in many schools and libraries, including the

Indians and Anglo Americans during their conflict over Indian Territory, or what is now known as Oklahoma. Professor Graber has published in a variety of journals, including Material Religion, Religion and American Culture, and Church History. Her work has also appeared in edited volumes on religion and race, religion and politics, and religion in the Civil War era. Professor Graber teaches undergraduate classes on the history of religion in the United States, religion in the American West, Native

Latino Studies Learning Objectives1) Through the analysis of a wide array of Latino cultural productions (literature, film, music, visual arts, socio-political studies), students will be introduced to Latino Studies as a field, its history from the Civil Rights era to the present, its spaces of engagement (community, academy, political, cultural), and main theoretical contributions. 2) Students will complicate their understanding of US history, geography, and dominant narratives about Latinos

, enthusiastic hands.” The collection originated with William O. Thorniley, who received a small printing press in 1909 at the age of 10, beginning his fascination with type. He traveled extensively for his job, constantly on the lookout for type. Over time, his collection grew — from discoveries in Alaska and New England, to pre-Civil War type he found in the deep south and Gold Rush-era fonts obtained in California. As Thorniley aged, R.W. (Dick) Abrams, then-chairman of West Coast Paper, offered to buy

Colleen Hacker was the first woman to head-coach a national-champion women’s soccer team? In 1995-96, a school-record 27 Lutes were named first-team All-Americans? Or that in 2000 the PLU football team was featured in Sports Illustrated? Athletics at PLU has sustained an elite status throughout every era of its 115-year history. Competing at both the NAIA Division II and NCAA Division III levels (since 1996), PLU teams have won 11 national championships and claimed regional or conference championships

interested in all aspects of German cultural and history. Her research and publications are focused on the role of the artist in public discourse in East and West Germany, as well as on the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today. Her most recent work deals with contemporary art and cultural integration. PLU Faculty ProfileIn addition to teaching on topics such as gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, Heather is

welcome Dr. Bryn Nelson, an award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author of Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure, as our 2024 Rachel Carson speaker. Dr. Nelson will deliver the lecture “From Revolting to Revolutionary: How Poop Has Transformed Science and Reshaped the World” on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7pm in CK Hall in the Anderson University Center on PLU’s campus.  There will be a Q&A session following the lecture, as well as a book signing. This event is

universal rights, rights first championed by Lutheran educators.Resolute: a Bible for EveryoneNew BannersThe Saint John's BiblePLU EventsFrom that small beginning there emerged during the subsequent 500 years an international network of academies, colleges, and universities marked by the vision of Luther (1483-1546), his reforming collaborator, Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), and their colleagues at the University of Wittenberg. Their commitment to social reform prompted revolutionary changes in