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  • The 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University. This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the…

    , Canada.  Grabowski’s research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. This year’s conference will also include a screening of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” a film based on the book by Glenn Kurtz, Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film.  “This year’s conference explores the rich and varied history of Jews in Poland,” Beth Griech-Polelle, Kurt Mayer Chair of

  • By Michael Halvorson. Halvorson is director of Innovation Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.   Design has become an integral component of the innovation process. Leading businesses such as Amazon, Apple, Nike, Disney, Dyson, and Airbnb are all recognized for their award-winning designs that strive to…

    ) with Jp, and she is eager to integrate her new skills into her major and career plans. Janelle is curious about the Innovation Studies minor, too, and realized during our conversation that she already had three of the courses required for the program—BUSA 201 (Intro to Business), ECON 101 (Principles of Microeconomics), and now ARTD 110 (Graphic Design I). Joining Janelle is Mackenzie Cooper, a senior Communications major at PLU. Mackenzie is experienced with writing and public relations but new to

  • Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is…

    examining the metaphysical views that support the various claims about human-nonhuman relations and specifically our relations with our “next of kin.” There are clearly questions about the ethics of eating, capturing and experimenting on beings who share over 95 percent (chimpanzees share over 98 percent) of our genetic structure. Both of us have now completed the apprenticeship program at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) at Central Washington University. Erin completed the

  • Tune in: The People’s Gathering is streaming live TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- Genesis Housing and Community Development Coalition will host a professional development conference called The People’s Gathering on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, February 24. The full-day conference will focus…

    , Africans and African-Americans relations, and critical service-learning as a pedagogical practice in peace education.DR. ROBIN DiANGELORobin DiAngelo, Ph.D., is director of Equity for Sound Generations, Seattle/King County, and a consultant and trainer for over 20 years on issues of racial and social justice. Growing up poor led her to explore class oppression and how her experience differed from others in poverty because she is white. Her work on “white fragility,” a defensive response to real

  • PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on…

    June 15, 2009 PLU wins Simon Award This spring, PLU received a powerful acknowledgement that it continues to be seen as a leader in globally focused education. The university was awarded the 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, a prestigious award that honors outstanding efforts on and off campus to engage the world and the international community. PLU is the first and only private college in the West to have received this honor. “This kind of recognition confirms a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (July 14, 2015)—PLU Assistant Professor of Business Ufuk Ince, CFA, has been elected president of the CFA Society Seattle for the 2015-16 term. Ince and his team will lead the 980-member organization in its mission to advance the investment profession in the Puget…

    Research Challenge, University Relations Chair, Trustee, Treasurer, Programming Chair and Vice President the past two years. He also served as a key volunteer supporting the CFA designation for the global parent organization, the CFA Institute. Created in 1974, CFA Society Seattle is dedicated to professional excellence, integrity, education, volunteer service and strength of community. Ince said his deep involvement with the CFA Society is an opportunity to bring industry, students and universities

  • KPLU names new general manager Erik Nycklemoe has been named General Manager of KPLU/Pacific Public Media , succeeding Paul Stankavich, who will retire at the end of January 2013 after leading the station since 2007. “The quality of applicants was extremely high, reflecting the high…

    December 17, 2012 KPLU names new general manager Erik Nycklemoe has been named General Manager of KPLU/Pacific Public Media, succeeding Paul Stankavich, who will retire at the end of January 2013 after leading the station since 2007. “The quality of applicants was extremely high, reflecting the high regard KPLU has across the country and the fine work of the KPLU staff,” said Steve Olson, Vice President of Development & University Relations at Pacific Lutheran University, licensee of KPLU-FM

  • PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Pacific Lutheran University has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Recognition Program. The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) has been acknowledged as incorporating at least 70 percent of the CFA…

    eligible to receive a limited number of student scholarships for the CFA Program each year. “Students in these programs study the Candidate Body of Knowledge, which include knowledge, skills, and abilities that investment experts worldwide have identified as essential best practice,” said Stephen Horan, Ph.D., CFA, CIPM, Head, University Relations & Private Wealth. “By mastering the fundamentals of the CFA Program as well as the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, these future investment

  • Advancement officers Doug Page, left, and Ed Larson. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Two PLU Advancement officers honored for their work and outstanding careers Two top professionals from PLU’s Office of Advancement—Ed Larson and Doug Page—received two prestigious awards this spring, honoring them for their professionalism and…

    demonstrated exemplary leadership and service to an organization within the fundraising and or public-relations fields. “The Association of Lutheran Development Executives has been an important part of my professional development, as well as a place where I am honored to have served and continue to serve and support,” Page said. “The Virgil Anderson Award has always been to me something I could aspire to, and and now I am encouraged to live up to its high standards.” Page is in his 15th year at PLU and has

  • ELCA’s First Female Bishop to Speak at PLU The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will speak at PLU on Nov. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2014)—The Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and…

    husband, the Rev. T. Conrad Selnick, an Episcopal priest, is vice president for advancement and church relations at Bexley Seabury Federation. They are parents of two adult children, Rebeckah and Susannah. Read Previous PLU Student Selected for Prestigious National Council Read Next MediaLab’s Newest Film Breaks Down the Food Equation 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