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On May 8, 2024, a new group of History students joined the PLU chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. Phi Alpha Theta History Honors SocietyAbout PAT Phi Alpha Theta (ΦΑΘ) is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society has over 400,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters. We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good
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About the ChoirThe Choir of the West is comprised of undergraduate majors from a wide variety of aca
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Brief History of Lucia Fest at PLUIn December 1950, Rev. E. Arthur Larson, professor of Swedish, introduced the Lucia custom to the PLU campus. At 5:30 on a cold, December morning, a group of female Swedish language students were honored with a visit from Sankta Lucia. The white-robed saint, wearing a crown of candles and a red satin sash, knocked at the doors of Harstad Hall. In her hands were a plate of cookies and a pot of fresh-brewed coffee. The saint’s real name was Lola (Murk) Gracey ’54
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September 1, 2009 Digging into history When Bradford Andrews looks at an obsidian core in his hand, he doesn’t see its indigo beauty, as it sparks back against the spotlight. The palm-sized flake gives PLU’s assistant visiting professor of anthropology a window into the everyday life of a complex society that called the mountains just east of Mexico City home in the 16th century. Obsidian flakes and tools, how they were found, how they were made, where they were made and in what quantity opens
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Welcome to the Burton Ostenson Museum of Natural HistoryThe Burton Ostenson Natural History Museum at Pacific Lutheran University houses over 10,000 preserved animal specimens collected and preserved by PLU faculty, students, and member of the Tacoma community over the past 100 years. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research. In addition to serving as educational tools, preserved specimens carry with them information on where and when they were collected
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“Poland’s Problem with the Holocaust: History, Memory and Commemoration” The conference is free and open to the public. Schedule7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jan GrabowskiJan Grabowski is a professor of History at the University of Ottawa. His research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of the Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. He is the author of several monographs, including Hunt for the
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Clements is the former Content Development Director at PLU. Prior to PLU, she was a journalist for more than 20 years, winning numerous regional, state and national awards. She lives in Kent, Wash., with her husband, three cats and whatever stray decides to adopt them. She enjoys horseback riding, scuba and ignoring housework and has The Walking Dead recorded through 2015. Previous Post Summer Research Program Next Post History Article Prize More Story Summer Research Program While many of her friends
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Heather Mathews Chair & Associate Professor of Art History Full Profile 253-535-7574 hmathews@plu.edu
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The Benson Family Funds PLU’s Program in Business and Economic History In 2004, a gift from the Benson Family Foundation of Portland, Ore., created the first fully funded, endowed chair at PLU, the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History. The Benson Family Foundation was created by Dale and Jolita Benson with a $3.4 million gift, the larger portion of which is intended for the benefit of PLU as one of the independent foundation’s two supported organizations. “We envision the Benson
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Welcome to Capstones Class of 2020 The Department of History is proud to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student name below to see their presentation title and synopsis. History Capstones - Class of 2020Sarah Bang“Western Temperance? No! Japanese Temperance!” Sarah Bang The word alcohol, people view it as a way to get drunk or get pleasure from being drunk. However, there is more to it, in Alcohol a history by Rod Phillips, as stated “In time, they extended their
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