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  • Knutson Lecture

    New York City. Most of my scholarship has focused on issues related to ethics and public policy, and a lot of my recent work has been in energy and climate policy. I spent most of my youth growing up in Germany and South Africa because my father worked for John Deere. I think those years gave me a global perspective that has influenced my career in various ways. I have been involved in various campus sustainability initiatives at Luther and am active in various organization in Iowa working on

  • The University Symphony Orchestra has long been one of the most important centerpieces of a stunningly rich musical calendar.

    competition for PLU students. KammerMusikeren, Norwegian for “chamber musicians,” is the newest addition to the orchestral program at PLU. Its members are drawn from the roster of the USO to perform the fifth concert on the “Orchestra Series.” Recent travel destinations have included Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Romania, Bulgaria, and Alaska. Upcoming ConcertsCheck our calendar for our next performance!KammerMusikeren on YouTube!×The Norwegian word for ``chamber musicians``Pacific Lutheran

    Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
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    Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 335 Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • Pacific Lutheran University Organ Studies. Most lessons are taught on the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, a wonderful instrument well known to the organ world, nationally and internationally

    Music in organ from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Fine Arts from Cornell. As an active church musician he is the Director of Sacred Music at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seattle, where he directs two volunteer and one professional choral ensembles in addition to administrating the church’s concert series. Other learning possibilities include the J-Term trip to the Netherlands and Germany, as well as free attendance to the organ concert series that are held every academic year

  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 3, 2016)- Dr. Darrell Jodock says Martin Luther had a different understanding of God; one that’s grounded, not predetermined. “God is up to something and invites you to participate in that work,” said Jodock, Bernhardson chair in Lutheran studies at Gustavus Adolphus…

    what most people thought was normal. Those questions led to public protests, marches and a resilient reform movement. King was born Michael King, Jr., but when he was 5 years old his father traveled to Germany and became inspired by what he learned about Luther, eventually changing his own name and his son’s in honor of the German reformer. Jodock said his event, coordinated by University Chair in Lutheran Studies Dr. Samuel Torvend, will challenge attendees not only to strive for similar

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    PLU Alumna Wins the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize Sincerest congratulations to Molly Loberg, PLU alumna ’98, who recently won a highly esteemed prize for her first book! Molly was a History/German major who went on to win a Fulbright for study in Germany and then earned her Ph.D. in history from Princeton! “Molly… February 10, 2020

  • Molly Lindberg ’17 was an unlikely passenger in the boat on the River Thames in Oxford, England.

    Americans. The squad also had rowers from Germany, Italy and Britain. In addition to competing in several bumps races, she watched the famed Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University clubs. Lindberg also raced with the women’s squad, who was down a rower, at Versailles in France. OXFORD, ENGLAND The study away experience is an extension of PLU’s International Honors program. In addition to three courses toward the IHON curriculum, students delve into their area of academic interest with Oxford

  • Robert P. Ericksen Kurt Mayer Chair, Emeritus Email: ericksrp@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Professor of History Education Ph.D., University of London, 1980 M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1969 B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1967 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Holocaust Modern Germany Modern Europe Western Civilization Books Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge University Press 2012) : View Book

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2016)- Forty years of nursing experience is not on the usual résumé for politicians, but that did not stop Rosa Franklin ’74 from running for office. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She’s concerned with bringing people together to…

    people,” Franklin said. “It’s more of a family and you know each other.” Her formal education began as a nurse in her home state of South Carolina. She then moved to a military base in Germany with her husband and started a family. Eventually, her husband’s military career relocated the family to Tacoma where Franklin has remained ever since. “My first job was in New Jersey, and then New York, then overseas. I made it around the world and ended up here,” she said, laughing. Rosa Franklin '74 is shown

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 15, 2016)- Kate Deines ’16 is a natural on the soccer field and has a long résumé to prove it. She played at the local, college, national and international level, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines…

    accomplishments. Deines later joined the Seattle Reign FC in 2013, after the formation of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), and played two seasons before retiring in 2015. Kate Deines plays for the Seattle Reign FC. (Photo courtesy of Deines) During that time she continued to play abroad in the offseasons, playing for FFC Turbine Potsdam located just outside Berlin, Germany. They became the top team in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the country’s women’s soccer league. “Finance was never even on my radar

  • Emphasis or Expertise Holocaust Studies Nazi Germany European Women's History Responsibilities Oversees the Powell-Heller Family Conference each year; organizes the Lemkin Lecturer; oversees the Mayer Summer Scholars program for undergraduates doing research; mentors students engaged in Lemkin essay contests; works to build the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor at PLU, currently as director of the program as well as faculty member; brings scholars and survivors together for presentations on campus