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Enterprise ColorComm: Business Community for Women of Color in the Communications Industry The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) Future For Us INROADS National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) National Black MBA

Connelly He is currently working on a history of East Central Europe, 1784-present, due to appear with Princeton University Press. Other work of his has appeared in Minerva, East European Politics and Societies, Geschichte und Gesellschaft, The Journal of Modern History, Slavic Review, The Nation, the London Review of Books, Znak (Krakow) and Commonweal. His research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Spencer Foundation, the German Marshall Fund, the Institute for

Mauritanian veil — but the women she met didn’t find the topic as interesting as she did. What aspect of their lives did they think deserved to be studied? “When I asked, every woman said ‘work,’ ” she said. “Why is work so important for them?” she asked herself. “Why is this what they wanted me to look at?” As Wiley learned, the importance of work in these women’s lives has grown. Increasingly, men in the rural areas have been forced to seek work in urban areas, or outside Mauritania, as women stay

women who are Haratine — a term that refers to former slaves or their descendants. In 1981, Mauritania legally abolished slavery—the last country in the world to do so. Slavery took on different forms in different places, however, and the plantation system that US readers typically picture didn’t exist in the Sahara desert. “Slaves carried out a lot of roles, and arguably had a lot more autonomy,” Wiley said. Because the slave-owning population was historically nomadic, some slaves in farming

and professional experiences across our community. This is a unique opportunity for alumni to engage more deeply with current PLU Crew Athletes and support their efforts both on and off the water. Watch for information regarding the mentoring program (Dates, how to sign-up, etc.) early next year. If you have any questions or already know you want to participate, contact Andy Foltz (foltzae@plu.edu).   March 15, 2020 The tradition of the PLU / UPS dual races continue, only a little early this

all over the Northwest. This was the first time PLU has hosted a collegiate debate tournament since 2011. Angie Tinker ‘16 and Matt Aust ‘17 finished as finalists at the tournament. Mariah Collier ‘17 and Ryley Tucker ’19 took second place in the novice division, Skylar Larson ’19 and Barbara Millward ’19 finished as finalists in the novice round as well. The T.O.H. Karl Forensics Forum hosted a Women’s Round Robin with eight teams of women from the debate community. Awards The T.O.H. Karl

as a soccer player and go into the completely foreign territory of finance, something that I had no background in and knew nothing about.” Deines seems to have started on the right foot with her new identity. She earned her first badge of honor in April when the Puget Sound Business Journal and the Seattle Foundation presented her with the Women of Influence Award. The program “shines the spotlight on local businesswomen, community leaders and philanthropists who are a force in the region

the tutorship of Professor Franklin H. Littell. Returning to Israel, Paldiel was nominated director of the Righteous Among the Nations Department, at Yad Vashem – the country’s national Holocaust Memorial, a post he occupied from 1982 to 2007. During that 24-year stint, under Paldiel’s stewardship, some 18,000 non-Jewish men and women from various countries were awarded the prestigious honor of “Righteous Among the Nations,” by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, for their role in saving Jews from

Past Powell-Heller Holocaust Conferences 2016 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationThe Ninth Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education “Women and the Holocaust” took place Oct. 17-19. Why study women and their experiences in the Holocaust. It was not until the 1980s that historians such as Joan Ringelheim and other academics began to ask the question “Where are the women?” in the story of the Holocaust. This conference is not an attempt to create a competition of