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  • Lutheran Studies at PLU welcomes students, faculty, staff, and alumni into this global network, into the significant dialogue between cultures as we engage the pressing economic, political, and

    ConferenceWhile the Lutheran movement began in Germany and then spread quickly to Scandinavia during the 16th century, Lutheran schools were established throughout most of the world by the end of the 19th century thus creating a global educational presence. Through its relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran World Federation, PLU is connected to an international consortium of institutes, schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, and study centers in which education for

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  • Speakers: Rev. Dr. Renate Wind and Rev. Dr. Mark Brocker When: Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. Where: CK Hall, Anderson University Center Free and open to the public

    publicAbout the speakers Renate Wind is a Lutheran pastor who served as professor of biblical theology and church history at the evangelical university in Nurenberg. She is a well-known Bonhoeffer scholar and was awarded the prestigious German “Evangelical Book Award” in 1993 for her landmark biography, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Spoke in the Wheel. Dr. Wind has lectured extensively in Europe and North America; and has recently published her newest book, Being Christian in the Empire: Following Jesus as

  • Associate Professor of Music - Voice | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | chosy@plu.edu | 253-535-7855 | Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match,” lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho is an Associate Professor of Voice at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Leavenworth, WA. Dr. Cho’s vocal and dramatic work is wide-ranging — from canonical works from the 18th through 20th centuries to contemporary music by living composers. Her performing career spans Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, with notable appearances at the Beaune International Baroque Festival in France, Forbidden City Concert Hall in China, and Ghent New Music Festival in Belgium, and has collaborated with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra

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  • Associate Professor of Music - Voice | Music | chosy@plu.edu | 253-535-7855 | Acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence, and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match,” lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho is an Associate Professor of Voice at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Leavenworth, WA. Dr. Cho’s vocal and dramatic work is wide-ranging — from canonical works from the 18th through 20th centuries to contemporary music by living composers. Her performing career spans Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, with notable appearances at the Beaune International Baroque Festival in France, Forbidden City Concert Hall in China, and Ghent New Music Festival in Belgium, and has collaborated with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra

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  • Dr. Michael Zbaraschuk, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, returns to PLU from the University of Washington Tacoma, where he was a lecturer in the Politics, Philosophy and Economics program of the

    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

  • Hundreds of people gathered for the powerful Pathways to Peace symposium Jan. 12-14, 2005. Sponsored by the Wang Center for International Programs, the symposium explored issues critical to world

    understanding; and the Namibia Association of Norway, which responds to poverty and injustice by helping people in the African republic build skills. Chuck Nelson, who helped thousands of Norwegians come to PLU to study, received Norway’s prestigious St. Olaf Medal for his significant work in promoting relations between Norway and America. Knut Vollebæk, ambassador of Norway to the United States, presented the medal on behalf of Norway’s King Harald. SponsorsThe Wang Center and Pacific Lutheran University

  • Carolyn Hylander ’12, Caitlin Walton ’12, Mycal Ford ’12 and Gretchen Elyse Nagel ’12 received Fulbright Student Fellowships. (Photo by John Froschauer) Four PLU students receive Fulbright Student Fellowships By Chris Albert This year, four PLU students – Carolyn Hylander, Caitlin Walton, Gretchen Elyse Nagel…

    representative of the US,” Hylander said. “I pursued Fulbright because I want to learn more about Latin America, specifically about the US’s relationship with Colombia and other Latin American countries and I want to learn how I can work for social justice in Latin America and for Latin American immigrants in the US.” Caitlin Walton ’12 – ETA in Malaysia Walton – from Colorado Springs, Colo. – graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education. She has accepted an ETA position in Malaysia. There she

  • Life of the Mind: Democracy & the American Dream – for DREAMers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Pk401CS6M About the DREAM Act – and DREAMers Named after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, a measure first proposed in 2001, DREAMers are undocumented immigrant high-school graduates who are…

    “establishing justice” or “the blessings of liberty” found in the Preamble to the Constitution do not yet apply to everyone who lives in America. And so they challenge us to move away from punitive treatment of DREAMers, lifelong residents who were brought to the United States as children and raised here. Because now, these millions of undocumented youth are caught in a restrictive legal limbo. In her latest book “Living the DREAM: The Stories of Undocumented Latino Youth,” PLU professor Maria Chávez and

  • PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 enjoy a brief vacation in Montezuma, on the southern end of the Nicoya Peninsula. (Photos courtesy of Page and Rousseau.) By Katie Baumann ’14 In the heart…

    April 22, 2014 PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education Nathan Page ’13 and Brett Rousseau ’12 enjoy a brief vacation in Montezuma, on the southern end of the Nicoya Peninsula. (Photos courtesy of Page and Rousseau.) By Katie Baumann ’14In the heart of Central America, two Pacific Lutheran University alumni are continuing their global educations in an environmentally focused way. Follow the Travelers Read the “fantastic four” blog here. Nathan Page ’13 and

  • “The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of…

    purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of Jesus Christ, stands with the victims and invites all Lutes to live out our ethic of ‘care for others and their communities.'” Dr. Samuel Torvend, Professor of Religion, PLU Endowed Chair in Lutheran Studies The horrific hatred and violence at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando marked the 133rd mass shooting in America in 2016. So, in just 164 days thus far this year, our nation has witnessed 133 mass