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“Jewish Resistance and Rescue during the Holocaust”“Jews went like sheep to the slaughter,” is often heard in popular accounts of how the Holocaust unfolded. “Why didn’t Jews fight back, resist?” “If death was a certainty, why didn’t they rise up?” These are some of the most often repeated questions students ask educators when addressing the image of Jewish passivity in the face of Nazi persecution. These types of questions, while completely discredited by scholarly works, continues to live on

Welcome to Residential Life Heze (Junior Student, Former Resident of Wellness House in Tingelstad, Participant in Fall 2017 Linked FYEP Writing 101 Course) “Within the wellness community we believe in growth for the body, spirit and the mind.” Francisco (Senior Student, Resident of Upper Division Housing) “I love living in [Upper Division Housing] because it offers an individualized space for me to live and I’ve found friends within my hall.” Cece (Senior, South Hall Resident) “South Hall

project are excited to share our research on the Watershed’s health, water quality, and ecology with you. This exhibit also provides users access to the Clover Creek Watershed Archive, a collaborative project between the Tacoma Public Library’s Community Archives Center and PLU’s Mortvedt Library’s Archives and Special Collections. This free and public Archive provides access to the Council’s decades-long work on the health of the Watershed and to periodicals and government documents related to the

Thursday, September 24, 2015 Tikkun Olam: The Legacy and Future of Jewish – Christian RelationsFifth Annual Lutheran Studies Conference at PLU – Thursday, September 24, 2015 The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the execution of German and other European Lutherans who resisted the National Socialist regime. Such an anniversary invites the university and larger community to consider a relationship marked by polemic, persecution, tolerance

Celebration of ServiceThe Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens Celebration of Service uplifts the life of an extraordinary public servant and former Peace Corps volunteer killed on September 11th, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. Supporting PLU’s vision for global education of “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world”, the event highlights individuals and organizations whose work offers innovative pathways to peace and embodies the risk, vision, creativity, empathy, and kindness that

integrate information from a wide range of connected topics such as chemistry, biology, physics, and geography. In this light, geoscientists have a particularly flexible professional skill set that is founded in core analysis and interpretation skills developed in the field and laboratory. Successful students must be able to think three dimensionally, have strong quantitative skills, and be able to communicate clearly through writing and speaking. Field trips are included in most courses.Quick Links My

Save the Date: 12th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education October 23-25, 2019 “First, Do No Harm: Medical Science, Ethics and the Holocaust”October 24- 26, 2018 The 2018 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education, in its 11th year at Pacific Lutheran University, will be dedicated to exploring the role of medical science and the Holocaust. In the last decades, historical research on Nazi Germany has focused on sites of terror- especially concentration camps and

“Developing Nurse Leaders, Transforming Lives, and Improving Health for All” Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing 12180 Park Avenue S. Tacoma, WA www.plu.edu/nursing Phone: 253-531-6900

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Leading a Congregation in Anxious Times 2018 Summer Institute in Pastoral Theology June 11-13, 2018 Ten years ago, Peter Steinke published a volume entitled Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What (Alban Institute, 2006). Fast forward to 2018 and, if anything, the times have become even more anxious. Pastors and congregational leaders face multiple challenges in a very unsettled and unsettling national and international social, political, economic