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. What a night! We here at PLU have been reading your blog. What are a few of the amazing things or sights you’ve seen down there? One of the most amazing things I have seen while in South Africa is Soweto (South West Township) and the Apartheid Museum, in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the museum we had a guide to share, historical facts, and personal stories, about being a black South African during apartheid. We watched movie clips of propaganda. We visited the solitary confinement cells similar

curricula that incorporate materials from the library’s extensive archive of original letters, newspapers, works of art and other historical materials. “It’s particularly powerful today, especially considering debates around critical race theory or what’s considered true history,” Bannon says. “Primary source documents on their own can tell a really powerful story that doesn’t have to be my opinion or your opinion.” The center is just one example of a portfolio of innovative initiatives Bannon is

viewers to include their own narrative in our work? MORE INFORMATION The People’s Gathering: A Revolution of Consciousness Feb. 24 | All Day | $125-250 | Anderson University Center A professional and personal development to bring our community together to discuss race, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and school environments. MORE INFORMATION Legacy Makers: Historical Narratives on Gender and Sport Feb. 27 | 6:30 p.m. | Anderson University Center (Regency Room) Trailblazers Judy Sweet and Sharon

)— to help select articles. Tracy Williamson, Assistant to the Dean, was invaluable in organizing the issue, tracking down photographs, and offering historical context. Continuing a recent tradition of student involvement, communication major Alex Reed (’23) created a new layout for each contribution and built this year’s website. On the main  page, the essays are organized into three categories, reflecting on the humanities, teaching, and scholarship. I introduce them here with a more idiosyncratic

religious and historical tradition of Lutheranism, this does not and cannot mean that we all have to understand these ideas in the same way. Like the non-Huguenot villages of Le Chambon, some of us at PLU may connect and identify with these ties that bind drawing on our own experiences, histories, traditions and spiritual views. Nevertheless we, as a faith community, do share these commitments even if we act on them differently. Maintaining these ties that bind will also mean being attentive to our

reshape American business.” Historical Sources and other Information Michael: “What sources did you end up using for this business history project?” Matt: “I was able to find company reports and revenue data to piece together how the marketplace grew during the early PC software revolution. But the really interesting source material consisted of interviews from early software “pioneers” who shaped the industry. Halvorson connected me to archives within the University of Minnesota that contained

Global Perspective.” The David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture featured DePaul Professor John Dominic Crossan, speaking on “The Matrix and Message of Jesus.” Martha Sandweiss of Princeton presented the Walter C. Schnackenberg Lecture based on her book “Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line.” And the very first Jolita Benson lecture focused on the impact of technology on the educational development and progress of students. The third annual Powell and Heller Family

extra vigilant and effective in working with current students and helping to recruit the new class throughout the year. So where do we stand as of today? • Student retention is holding well at 83 percent for first year students and 77 for transfer students.  These percentages are near recent highs, within historical ranges, and better than I dared to expect.  Overall, the total number of returning students this fall, both undergraduate and graduate, is basically level with previous years. • As of

as “innocent” and “pure” icons in art but the impressionistic nature of children shows that they have been used in history as pawns and even catalyst themselves of conflicts. I have extended my research to include and compare historical altercations outside of the United States that have heavily involved civilian children such as the Holocaust in Germany and the conflict in Derry, Ireland. To be able to process and get perspective when studying such dark history, I try to never forget to escape