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  • Since 2016, hate speech and crimes directed at members of the Jewish community in the U.S. have increased sharply.

    Genocide Studies Program), Dr. Seth Dowland (Associate Professor of American Religious History), and Rabbi Bruce Kadden (Lecturer in Judaism and Holocaust Studies) will invite discussion of some of the toxic sources of antisemitism and the efforts to protect Jewish communities. 7:00pm – The Seventeenth David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture “From Religion to Politics: Antisemitism and Jew Hatred From Ancient Times Until Today” Dr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association. Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June…

    Scandinavian Cultural Center is dedicated to increasing and sharing knowledge of Scandinavian history and culture with the wider community of the Tacoma and South Puget Sound area.“Registrars to the Rescue volunteers will be supplying needed materials and teaching us how to create supportive and non-toxic storage solutions for our costume collection, as well as rolling up their sleeves to lift and move things around!” explained SCC director Elisabeth Ward. Ward says that the SCC’s collection, which

  • 1.1 Handling Compressed Gas Cylinders Follow these procedures when handling gas cylinders: Valve protection caps must be in place and secured.

    precautions must be taken on the opposite side as are taken on the side on which the welding is being performed. All drums, pails, and other containers, which contain or have contained flammable liquids, must be kept closed (except when removing or transferring the contents). Empty containers are to be removed to a safe area apart from hot work operations or open flames. Before welding, cutting, or heating is begun, all drums, containers, or hollow structures that have contained toxic or flammable

  • Antarctic sunset. Photo taken by Samantha Dillon. Resource 2012 Wang Symposium: Our Thirsty Planet Wang Symposium: Activist fights to preserve the precious resource of water By Barbara Clements Maude Barlow didn’t start out interested in water. Nothing of the sort, she recalled recently from her…

    now live without access to clean, drinkable water. The World Health Organization estimates that all the sickness worldwide, about 80 percent of it can be traced back to contaminated water supplies. And the water crisis is not only affecting third world countries, or areas such as China or India, she notes. In the U.S., California has a 20 year supply of freshwater left; New Mexico has a 10 year supply; Arizona now is simply out, and has to import most of its drinking water, she notes. In all, 40

  • “An Antarctic Sunset” taken by PLU student Samantha Dillion in 2006 during J-Term study away in Antarctica. Wang Symposium 2012: Water warrior fights to save our most precious resource By Barbara Clements Maude Barlow didn’t start out interested in water. Nothing of the sort, she…

    . According to her book, Blue Covenant, 2 billion people now live without access to clean, drinkable water. The World Health Organization estimates about 80 percent of all sicknesses worldwide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIdWO0gdJBE can be traced back to contaminated water supplies. And the water crisis is not only affecting third world countries, or crowded areas such as China or India, she notes. In the U.S., California has a 20 year supply of freshwater left; New Mexico has a 10 year supply; Arizona

  • Ambassadors spotlight climate change Growing up in Oregon, recycling was part of junior Kate Wilson’s everyday life.“It was the norm for me,” she said. “I was always passionate about it, but I never knew why recycling was important.” During J-Term, Wilson is among the 16…

    videos, presentations for local schools and university courses, and marketing campaigns motivating students, faculty and staff to change their lifestyle. “Even if global climate change is not happening, we are in a warming period,” Weinbrecht said. “We’re still releasing toxic chemicals into the world, and that needs to stop.” The ambassador program will continue through spring semester, with funding provided by the Wiancko Charitable Foundation. For more information, contact Todd at toddce@plu.edu

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June. 23, 2016)- Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) is one of two Tacoma-area museums selected for a service project by Registrars to the Rescue (R2R), an initiative of the Washington Museum Association. Curators with R2R will visit the SCC on June…

    museums throughout the state by extending the experience of trained museum professionals to cultural centers, heritage organizations and local museums.Scandinavian Cultural CenterThe Scandinavian Cultural Center is dedicated to increasing and sharing knowledge of Scandinavian history and culture with the wider community of the Tacoma and South Puget Sound area.“Registrars to the Rescue volunteers will be supplying needed materials and teaching us how to create supportive and non-toxic storage

  • Symposium 2012 Suggested Readings Maude Barlow, Blue Covenant (The New Press, 2007) (Available at the PLU Bookstore for purchase) Maude Barlow has for decades been a leading voice arguing that access

    point of view within North America and parallel situations in the European and Asian Arctic.” Steven Solomon, The Epic Struggle for Water, Power and Civilization (Harper, 2010) Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society’s vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Today, freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty-first century’s decisive, looming

  • Medal of Freedom honoree and PLU alumnus returns for Nov. 21 lecture Alumnus Dr. William H. Foege, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for leading the fight to successfully eradicate smallpox, returns to PLU on Nov. 21 for a free public lecture and book-signing.…

    professional publications. An Atlanta-based physician and epidemiologist, Foege and colleagues founded the Task Force for Child Survival in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin might cause the sometimes-deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has been, quite simply, recognized as one of the most important figures in public

  • Pacific Lutheran University is committed to handling its hazardous wastes responsibly by adhering to these objectives. Reduce the quantity of hazardous waste generated to the lowest practical level.

    , ignitable, toxic) must be marked on the label. Accumulation start date. This is the date that the container or drum was placed in the Accumulation area. Standard hazard labels are available from safety supply companies. The Chemistry Laboratory Supervisor, the Environmental Services Coordinator, and Environmental Health & Safety will maintain a stock of labels for use by all areas. See Appendix B for examples of labels that are available on request and Appendix C for labels that you can print out. 6