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  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    , under the assumption that children are the future of any nation, are there organizations that are engaging Palestinian and Israeli children in peace-related activities? Rachel employs historical texts, conflict theories and models, and case studies of children’s organizations to answer these questions.Student Opportunities for 2014Students are encouraged to submit an essay on Holocaust or genocide to the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest. The deadline for submissions will be Feb. 21, 2014. Check

  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    , what are they?” Additionally, under the assumption that children are the future of any nation, are there organizations that are engaging Palestinian and Israeli children in peace-related activities? Rachel employs historical texts, conflict theories and models, and case studies of children’s organizations to answer these questions.Student Opportunities for 2014Students are encouraged to submit an essay on Holocaust or genocide to the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest. The deadline for

  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    so, what are they?” Additionally, under the assumption that children are the future of any nation, are there organizations that are engaging Palestinian and Israeli children in peace-related activities? Rachel employs historical texts, conflict theories and models, and case studies of children’s organizations to answer these questions.Student Opportunities for 2014Students are encouraged to submit an essay on Holocaust or genocide to the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest. The deadline for

  • This year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII.

    , under the assumption that children are the future of any nation, are there organizations that are engaging Palestinian and Israeli children in peace-related activities? Rachel employs historical texts, conflict theories and models, and case studies of children’s organizations to answer these questions.Student Opportunities for 2014Students are encouraged to submit an essay on Holocaust or genocide to the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest. The deadline for submissions will be Feb. 21, 2014. Check

  • PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families…

    “Kiki” Katest said, “People are not like roads and buildings. How do we rebuild a human being?” So in 2005, Katest founded Ingoma Nshya, the first and only female drum troupe in Rwanda—breaking the taboo against women drumming and bringing together women from both sides of the conflict. For Marta, a Hutu whose Tutsi husband was killed; Seraphine, who was 8 when she lost her whole family; Regine, whose parents were imprisoned as killers; and more than 50 other women aged 16-60, the troupe has been a

  • Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., succeeds Steven P. Starkovich, Ph.D., as PLU’s chief academic officer TACOMA, WASH. (May 9, 2016) – Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., will join Pacific Lutheran University as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs on Aug. 1, 2016. Brown comes to…

    programs reporting to the provost’s office, including Asian American Studies, African American Studies, Women’s Studies, Latin American Studies, Chicano/Latino Studies, History of Philosophy, Transportation Science, and Global Peace and Conflict Studies. She is a noted scholar of Florence Beatrice Price, the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. × "We are delighted to welcome Rae Linda to PLU, and we look

  • Senior Elana Tracy ‘21 has mixed feelings now that her studies at Pacific Lutheran University are coming to an end. On the one hand, PLU allowed her to discover a passion for global studies while studying abroad in Great Britain; but on the other, she…

    through dialogue facilitator and participant training, take courses on peace and conflict studies, and engage with a cohort of 11 scholars from other universities.” Tracy was recently accepted into masters programs at the University of Washington and Columbia University. She chose UW where she will pursue a Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis on environmental policy. She also hopes to get involved in research conducted by the UW Climate Impacts Group. “I didn’t realize how much I

  • Every year since 2011, PLU has sent two Lutes to Norway as part of its summer Peace Scholars program. The Lutes learn about peacebuilding and dialogue, bringing what they learn home to apply it on

    students’ understanding of the central issues and theories regarding peacebuilding, conflict and war. “It will expose the PLU community to what peacebuilding looks like on a personal basis,” Rush said. Rush says PLU’s mission intersects with many core values in Norway, so the Peace Scholars program is a perfect fit for Lutes. “There is this sense of duty, responsibility, social engagement that I really see are reflected in students at PLU, serving here and beyond,” she said. Beiermann said those values

  • Consider how long you want to immerse yourself in another culture. Programs range from a week to a year, and everywhere in between.

    & Tobago Gateway: Oslo, Norway (Peace & Conflict Studies) Featured: London, England Featured: Morocco (Journalism & Media) Featured: Tasmania, Australia Featured: Wellington, New ZealandCRIMCriminal Justice CRIM Study Away Advising Plan Gateway: Namibia Gateway: Trinidad & Tobago Featured: Aberdeen, Scotland Featured: Tasmania, Australia Featured: Wellington, New ZealandCSCIComputer Science Gateway: Trinidad & Tobago Gateway: Namibia Featured: Aberdeen, Scotland Featured: Wellington, New

  • Lost Boy of Sudan By Chris Albert The table in David Akuien’s South Hall apartment is covered with textbooks and worksheets, filled with meticulous notes. He sits down at the table and spends hours studying – this day it’s for an environmental studies test. David…

    Lutheran University. This May, Akuien (pronounced “A – Q – En”) will graduate with a double major in communication and political science with minors in conflict resolution and religion. The first years of his life were spent traveling, or rather escaping from the horrors of a civil war in Sudan. “I was born into this chaos right away,” Akuien said. He is one of almost 4,000 “Lost Boys,” who escaped a life of war and faced the fear of the unknown for a chance at a better life in America. “Luckily, I was