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begin their study in Lillehammer at the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialog where they engage in structured dialog sessions with students from the Balkans/Caucasus regions and the Middle East. Study at the Oslo International Summer School includes an interdisciplinary six-week undergraduate level course in peace studies. “For our students to be able to go to such an intense and high quality learning environment is something they just can’t learn any other way,” Berguson said. “It just can’t be

October 27, 2008 Donors share value of Holocaust Education Last week, stories of survival and the lessons of history were on the forefront of many people’s minds. On Oct. 21, more than 150 people gathered for the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in support of Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University.“It is always difficult to know where to begin,” Kurt Mayer told the assembled crowd in the Scandinavian Center. He was talking about the story of his life as a survivor

United States Army (AUSA) and PLU have decided to show the soldiers that we appreciate their sacrifices by inviting them to be among friends at a Thanksgiving meal.” AUSA is paying for the meal, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Anderson University Center, and PLU dining staff will prepare more than 100 servings of turkey, ham, trimmings and pies. PLU student veterans will serve as table captains, with volunteers waiting on the soldiers. Even before the first course, the soldiers will feel

Anderson University Center. Foley, the speaker for the event, is the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in American History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture is named in honor of the former PLU history professor. The lectureship aims to  bring to campus distinguished members of the world academic community to discuss significant topics of historical interest. Foley’s lecture examined the incoming population of Hispanic immigrants and what has been called, “the

Spring edition of The People’s Gathering will encourage attendees to ‘Double Down on Justice’ Posted by: Zach Powers / March 17, 2023 Image: Melannie Denise Cunningham, pictured right, is PLU’s director of multicultural outreach and engagement and the founder of the People’s Gathering. (Photo by PLU/John Froschauer) March 17, 2023 Pacific Lutheran University’s Center for Graduate and Continuing Education will host the spring virtual convening of The People's Gathering: A Revolution of

in Nordquist Lecture Hall recently, but Wilkens knew he had to stay. Friends and colleagues would be quickly butchered if he didn’t. In a two-hour talk organized by PLU, Charles Wright Academy and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, Wilkens urged the audience to realize that one person can make a difference, even in a dire and insane situation. “While there are many stories of neighbors turning in neighbors, there were many who did not,” he said. In fact, is was the

Lutes shine at Northwest Emmys Posted by: Todd / June 23, 2016 Image: PLU Alumni Chris Egan, Ray Heacox, Carla Miller and Alison Grande. Photo by Joanne Lisosky. June 23, 2016 Lutes were out in full force at the Northwest Emmy® Awards Ceremony on June 4, at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center. Ray Heacox ’76 took home two honors, an induction to the Silver Circle and an Emmy for Overall Excellence for his work with King 5. Carla Miller ’06 and Alison Grande ’95 also took home awards

September 22, 2008 Dean says travel broadens perspectives At a time with the United State is no longer the 800-pound gorilla, it’s time for future leaders graduating from college and universities to take stock of what they can offer the world, according to PLU’s new business dean. At least that’s what James Brock, the dean of PLU’s School of Business, plans to talk about Wednesday night when he kicks off the State Farm MBA Executive Leadership Series in the Morken Center, Room 103 at 6 p.m

instructors from around campus and our community–into their understanding of what this watershed means in a really broad sense. How is this course shaping our students? This course exemplifies a very PLU approach to learning: it’s applied, it’s engaged with the community, it’s taking a holistic perspective, and it’s truly interdisciplinary. It’s not only environmental science but environmental studies—which means that it includes that broader picture, bringing the liberal arts into conversation with that

March 5, 2012 Explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson highlights his 80 day journey around the Arctic Ocean. (Photo by John Froschauer) Arctic exploration and climate change By Katie Scaff ’13 Changes in the Arctic have become increasingly visible, according to Norwegian explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson, who, with BØrge Ousland, became the first to sail around the Arctic in one, short season in 2010. “These are the facts,” Thorleifsson said. “This is happening.” The Scandinavian Cultural Center set the