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Lutheran University’s longstanding educational partnership with Chengdu, China, is more important than ever. PLU was among the first institutions to begin a study away program there. It started small in the early 1980s, just as the United States and China were beginning a new era of diplomatic relations after decades of Cold War enmity. Eventually, it grew into the healthy cultural exchange it is today. “China is so fundamentally important to where things are going,” said Manfredi, the program director
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Founded in 1982, the Elliott Press is a hands-on workshop for students in PLU’s Publishing & Printing Arts (PPA) Program and for others interested in the history and artistry of the printed word. Students in the Elliott Press focus on traditional typesetting, printing, and bookbinding techniques as they create broadsides, artist books, and ephemera. But with the evolution of technology and aesthetics, some students also choose to use modern graphic design techniques in their work. Work by
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] Paul Tillich.” Paso graduated with a degree in religion and German, and after spending some time working in downtown Tacoma at a church, left last year to Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship to work with Armin Kohnle, director of the Institute of Church History at the University of Leipzig. With Kohnle, Paso studied “common chest” ordinances in the early reformation period. “Common chest” literally refers to a locked box where donations where kept for the poor in a church. “It was basically early
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wandered a long way from our original point of departure – history books, plagues, and zombie apocalypses! Though in a way, we found we had actually been answering our own question in a roundabout (typically historical) way, by following the thought-trail of why we are drawn to the topics we find ourselves researching and teaching about. I guess I’ll just have to ask my Early Modern Europe students why they think the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century still has relevance for them today. Read Previous
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co-edited (with Daniel Peterson of Seattle University) a volume on radical theology entitled Resurrecting the Death of God: The Past, Present, and Future of Radical Theology, and is preparing another work, based on his dissertation and tentatively entitled Spirit in the World: Providence as Process-Historical Liberation, for publication by Wipf & Stock. His teaching interests include religious pluralism, Buddhism in America, and the varieties of Christian theological expression. Dr. Zbaraschuk
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, click here for the Chapel Break webpage.Religious Clubs at PLUClick here to go to the PLU webpage for religious or spiritual clubs on campus!Faith Communities Off CampusBaha'i Community Tacoma Baha’i 1-800-228-6483 tacomabahais@gmail.com Buddhist Community Tacoma Buddhist Temple Sect of Buddhism: Shin Buddhism 1717 S. Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402 (253) 627-1417 Wat Samakki Ratanaram 8208 McKinley Avenue East, Tacoma, WA 98404 (253) 474-5972 Seu Mi Sa (Korean) 227 E 72nd St, Tacoma, WA 98404 SGI
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March 19, 2009 Hong Hall: Speaking the language of community (in French, or Chinese, or whatever) Just because you live in Hong International Hall doesn’t mean you have to be fluent, or even conversational, in a foreign language. But it does help to have an interest. After all, most of your fellow hallmates will be talking almost exclusively in a foreign language as they pass each other in the hall. Michael Engh, a junior and resident assistant, lives in the Spanish wing. He tries to speak
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at PLU from 1963 until his retirement in 2005. He taught History of Civilization and early modern European history courses to nearly 5000 students. He also served as department chair, faculty representative to the Board of Regents, faculty athletic representative, faculty chair and acting provost. He also won a number of student-organized teaching and service awards. In 1983 the PLU Alumni Association gave him its Heritage Award, and in 1993 its Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has written and
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Roe Projects2004: Samuel Torvend & Matthew Tabor, “Religious Responses to Hunger and Poverty in Western Washington” 2005-6: Patricia Killen, Roberta Brown, & Asha Ajmani, “Early Washington in the Letters of A.M.A. Blanchet, Bishop of Walla Walla and Nesqually, 1846-1879” Eric Nelson & Steve Erbey, “A Troubled Look: An Investigation of the Eye and Face in Ancient Medicine and Literature Doug Oakman & Ronan Rooney, “Q, Literacy, and the Galilean Jesus Movement in Social Perspective” 2006-7: Bridget
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. Halvorson’s research interests include American business history, the history of computing, and the creative use of technology in the social impact sector. He has published books and articles on the history of Microsoft Corporation, the PC Revolution, software development systems, and business software. He has also written widely about the history of early modern Europe, including the Renaissance and Reformation movements. Halvorson graduated from PLU in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
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