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2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

marking her 50th year at PLU—and it’s hard to imagine any one person who knows PLU better. My 50 Years at Pacific Lutheran University Ringdahl, now University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections (still based in the library), could be gathering golden gifts for this milestone, but instead she has created one: a slideshow called “My 50 Years at PLU,” which chronicles the history of PLU and Ringdahl’s role in it. In presentations around campus, Ringdahl narrates this shared history with an

supports students and community members to share University news, events, and happenings over social media. It is important to acknowledge that when social media is used for personal purposes, but connected to Pacific Lutheran University, that individual might be perceived as an agent or expert of PLU, and be associated with PLU and the University’s mission. Students should understand that by mentioning PLU or sharing PLU’s information over social media, they are automatically serving as a

solutions, and ethical standards for weighing outcomes. They also develop personal qualities–such as cognitive flexibility, emotional maturity, and personal integrity–required for using these tools effectively. Likewise, students’ general education enhances their vocational journey and their development as majors. As students explore a broad range of disciplines, they “gain an appreciation of the ways in which educated people understand themselves and the world.” The humanities offer our students

United Nations – the program explores and affirms the rich diversity of contemporary Mexican society and culture. It engages the issues that challenge the country’s continued growth and establishes a foundation to understand the history of U.S./Mexico relations and the Mexican experience in the United States. Ultimately, the program strives to build knowledge and understanding of one of the United State’s closest yet least understood neighbors. FALL 2017 | Program and Cohort This year’s cohort is

the links below to understand and learn more about safety at PLU. Thanks are extended to the PLU Chemistry Club for modeling the good and bad of personal protective equipment and other safety practices at PLU! Personal Protective Equipment Chemistry Safety Rules Safety Map Chemical Hygiene Plan Injury Report Form PLU Environmental Health and Safety ACS Safety Information

about primary sources related to the course topic or theme. Hands-on activities in which students observe, analyze, and interpret primary sources. Semester-long collaborations in which students use Archives and Special Collections holdings in support of research and public history projects. Preparatory sessions that introduce students to primary source research. Interactive workshops for local K-12 students engaged in National History Day research projects. Instruction sessions for student and

Why Study English?Written works preserve our history, describe our current reality and color our future beyond imagination. Whether you aspire to analyze literature or write it, the study of English offers a versatile and challenging major. Through reading we have the opportunity to live a thousand lives, while writing with care and imagination can reveal new self-truths. A disciplined experience with the written word develops broad vision, fresh insight, and the more sophisticated skills of

interdisciplinary, so most of the courses that count toward the 24-credit minor are offered by other departments (such as History, Religion and Anthropology). But Storfjell and his colleagues did create a few new courses, including a two-part series called “Interconnections” that aims to provide students and faculty a space to discuss “progress, challenges and the intersection of indigenous approaches and the university experience.” The program as a whole will teach from “a global indigenous focus centered in