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a dozen years teaching Jewish history to adults, college students, and teens. She builds Centropa’s network of schools in North America; designs professional development seminars, and webinars; and develops programs and teaching tools for Centropa’s educators in the US, Europe, and Israel. Conference ScheduleLori GersonPresentation Title: “Tunisia’s Jewish Boxer: Teaching the Holocaust Through the Human Story” Who: Lori Gerson, Yad Vashem Bio: After graduating from Barnard College in New York

equivalent to PLU courses or requirements. Vocational or technical courses, such as office technology, fashion, or career development, although valuable, are not considered transferable because there is no equivalent coursework at PLU. Equivalency Guides are found on the Office of the Registrar website. How are official transcripts submitted to PLU?To be considered ‘official’, transcripts (high school and college/university) must be sent directly from the institution to the Registrar’s Office or must be

national tournament four straight years. Van Beek averaged a career-best 16.8 points per game as a senior and in the 1959 championship game against Tennessee State, Van Beek led the Lutes with a team-high 24 points. Van Beek also worked at the university for 50 years, serving as dean of admissions and financial aid, and ending his career in development. “I still feel like I’m working for PLU,” he says. “It’s part of who I am.” His connection took root early. At elementary school in Parkland, and as a

passion that I used to devote to exotic locations,” he said. That’s included photographing a roost of 15,000 crows a short drive from his house (10 of those images are on display at the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland). And he’s had time to compile national park images in his new book Our Land. Some of the time and budget that he used to spend on travel he now spends working with galleries, something he was too busy to do in the past. As a result, his work has been a regular feature of the 100 Years of

inclusive of a wide array of Latino/a identities, a model rejected by our own communities when we went to statewide conferences. Finally, the interests of the Spanish club model did not always align with the needs of Latino/a students in the group, who were dealing with racism or feelings of invisibility on campus, identity-development issues, and the larger political struggles of the era. Xochilt Coca ‘13: Some of the challenges we faced as an organization included learning the fine line between

represented District I at the NAIA national tournament four straight years. Van Beek averaged a career-best 16.8 points per game as a senior and in the 1959 championship game against Tennessee State, Van Beek led the Lutes with a team-high 24 points. Van Beek also worked at the university for 50 years, serving as dean of admissions and financial aid, and ending his career in development. “I still feel like I’m working for PLU,” he says. “It’s part of who I am.” His connection took root early. At