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Margaret Murdoch ’24: Contributing to a cure at Fred Hutch Cancer Center Posted by: Ava Edmonds / October 18, 2023 Image: Margaret Murdoch ’24 spent the summer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center researching acute myeloid leukemia cells. (All photos provided by Murdoch.) October 18, 2023 By Ava EdmondsMarketing and CommunicationsMargaret Murdoch ’24, a biology and religious studies major with a minor in gender and sexuality studies, spent their summer in Seattle alongside some of the nation’s best

to $80 million of last week.  Project Access reached its $1 million goal. – New endowed chairs in Holocaust Studies and Elementary Education, as well as an endowed professorship in Lutheran studies were established last year. – The campus has grown with new facilities, like the Martin J. Neeb Center – the new home of KPLU. The building is LEED Gold certified, which is the third building at PLU to receive such certification. Buildings that make up the university’s heritage, like Eastvold, have

interests,such as the Karate Club and the Student Veterans Association. For Jennifer Cigler, 26, the Army was one way to get out of her small hometown in Pennsylvania and see the world. But once she was stationed at Fort Lewis,she was attracted to PLU’s history department, the university’s small classes,and its Holocaust Studies Program. And having an award-winning ROTC program didn’t hurt either, she said. “It was between the U of W and PLU, and I chose PLU,” she said. She plans to apply to law school

Moultrie Gillian Dockins Brennan Brichoux 2022 Lillian Gundersen Jack Burrows Lindsey Hansen 2023 Jack Burrows Isabella Daltoso Ellie O’BrienDepartment of MusicOpera at PLU Read Previous 2024 Powell-Heller Conference to Spotlight Sephardic Jewish Experiences in the Holocaust Read Next Lutes celebrate another impactful Bjug Day of Giving: a PLU tradition in support of students COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are

Tacoma-area Conference for Innovation Students Submit your proposals by February 22, 2021 Posted by: halvormj / February 4, 2021 February 4, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies Are you a current Innovation Studies student? Read on if you’re interested in presenting a paper or student project at a local Innovation conference. I was contacted recently by a colleague at the UW/Tacoma who directs their university’s Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement. Each year they

,” she continued. “I see things, notice things about my students now and how to reach, how to relate to them better.” Learn more about the School of Education and Movement Studies at its Web site. Read Previous Holocaust survivor shares his story Read Next Renowned poet to speak on Earth Day 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place

Previous New Holocaust Studies Chair Prepares to Give First PLU Public Lecture Read Next Christmas Concert Gala to Feature Two Musical Premieres and a Superstar Headliner 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and

crowd Friday, who had gathered in the Scandinavian Center to attend the annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference. The conference concluded Saturday. The conference brought together hundreds of educators, students and many others to listen to the stories of genocide and embrace the notion to “never forget.” As a young Hungarian woman, Ban and her family were rounded up as if they were “not human, not even animals” and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Ban’s mother, grandmother

idea of putting her global studies major to work to help others. In March of 2020, she found herself in Guinea, West Africa working as a public health educator.She was more than a year into her service when rumblings began that there was a deadly virus, COVID-19, making its way around the globe. But in Guinea, Chell had only heard of one confirmed case. Initial communication from the Peace Corps was that volunteers could choose to stay or return home and exit the program. Chell welcomed the news

the Morken parking lot. Read Previous ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ Read Next The value of the bourgeoisie 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024 Lutes celebrate another