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.” Misterek commented that next year would probably be more exciting. Of course, the students are anxious to do this again. Read Previous Lutes win a national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence award and seven regional awards Read Next Art and the Holocaust: Understanding Aesthetic Experience as Empowerment LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and

organization in the discipline of communication. NCA “promotes the widespread appreciation of the importance of communication in public and private life, the application of competent communication to improve the quality of human life and relationships, and the use of knowledge about communication to solve human problems.” Read Previous Art and the Holocaust: Understanding Aesthetic Experience as Empowerment Read Next PLU professor pens definitive book on college debate LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi

, escaping the Warsaw Ghetto.(Photo by John Froschauer) “She convinced the guard to let us go,” Elbaum said to a crowd that packed the Chris Knutsen Hall last week. “If she had arrived a few minutes later, we’d have been gone.” Elbaum, 73, was one of the keynote speakers at the Fifth Annual Holocaust Conference at PLU last week. Elbaum, who later emigrated to the US with his mother in 1950s, then later attended MIT and became an aeronautical engineer. He didn’t speak of his experiences in Poland for over

one day after PLU’s 11th annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, a conference that empowers attendees to use the lessons of the Holocaust to challenge prejudices, violence and other forms of dehumanization. The timing served to heighten the shock. There are no words. There are no words for our anguish, our anger and our despair when we experience this heart-wrenching news. As Rabbi and PLU partner chaplain Bruce Kadden said at a solidary event Sunday night at Temple Beth El in

eligible for the program, students must have at least three years’ teaching experience and hold a master’s degree. Prospective candidates can learn more about the program and how to apply for it at plu.edu/education. Read Previous Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Read Next PLU students, alumni collectively earn four Emmy nominations for work in student media COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker

for faculty and staff to also see each other in those spaces,” Hambrick said. “Not for PLU to create that community for us, but they need to create the environment and space for us to be able to do that for ourselves.” Read Previous PLU alumna addresses diversity, equity, inclusion as inaugural administrator at Pierce College Read Next Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

parents, Robert Treuer, an Austrian Jew and Holocaust survivor and Margaret Seelye Treuer, a tribal court judge. Treuer’s lecture will build upon an article he published in the New York Times in July 2022. He will address his experience navigating the space between his parents’ vastly different backgrounds, and how his mixed cultural identity has influenced his perception of the United States. Truer is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Minnesota Book Awards, and fellowships from the NEH, Bush

and fun ways to engage as alums,” Deal said, adding that the program is a great way to open doors for students and champion for PLU. “I encourage others to do it and connect.”  Deal serves on the PLU Board of Regents. He graduated from PLU with a double major in economics and global studies in 1987 and went on to earn a graduate degree at Harvard University. Today, he is a managing principal at Analysis Group’s office in Menlo Park, California. Through the mentorship, he not only encouraged Dolan

normalize a “nontraditional timeline” and education at any age. “As we continue to explore, we figure out our goals, but even those change. If students don’t graduate from a traditional school setting, what alternatives and approaches can we offer?” Read Previous International Complexities: Mycal Ford ’12 discusses how he thinks about global policy Read Next Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments

family therapy, women’s and gender studies, Holocaust studies, global studies, biology and others, and are looking forward rich conversations with people from a diversity of disciplines. If along the way, we happen to encourage a sense of openness and adventure in individuals who might not otherwise take time to see a foreign film, this festival will have been success. Will every festival screening be following by some sort of discussion or event? Urdangarain: Yes, there will be an introduction