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Conference for Holocaust EducationThe Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: The conference highlighted the newly-approved Holocaust/Genocide Minor at PLU, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center teacher training and talks by Holocaust survivors. The theme for this conference was “Survivors and Rescuers.” Scholars Dr. Susannah Heschel, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann and Dr. Christopher Browning presented their latest work in this year’s theme, “Survivors & Rescuers.” Survivors
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was younger but haven’t played for a long time. Sometimes I will sing a melodic line when coaching piano students to try to get a point across about phrasing, but I don’t have very good control of my voice, so it doesn’t always work… I feel much more comfortable to play piano! Can you please name some of the festivals you’ve participated in and concerts you’ve performed? I’ve performed in festivals, honors recitals and a Washington state conference through the Oregon and Washington Music Teacher
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Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative writing during a pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 By By Zach Powers ‘10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsRick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and
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what does that signify for the studies of an American student like me? A recent visit to Capulálpam de Méndez, a small town in Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte, gave me a lot to think about. The town, which is about two hours north of Oaxaca City, is famous for being the birthplace of a teacher of Benito Juárez, one of Mexico’s most notable politicians, and the first indigenous president (of which there have been three). Because of this, Capulálpam was able to become what is known as a “Pueblo Mágico” (Magic
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, Marilyn Knutson recalled. It was then, and still is, a home with an open door. The couple built a downstairs apartment in the late 1980s and hosted students, visitors, speakers — even former PLU President Loren Anderson and his wife, MaryAnn, who lived there for several months while Gonyea House was under renovation. Every morning Knutson, a former elementary school teacher, walks the perimeter of the PLU campus and picks up trash in her neighborhood. Her biggest enemies are crows getting into garbage
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Politics and the Limits of Law “Feminist Gloria Anzaldúa [1942-2004] was a guiding force in the Chicano and Chicana movement and lesbian/queer theory. She was a poet, activist, theorist, and teacher who lived from September 26, 1942, to May 15, 2004. Her writings blend styles, cultures, and languages, weaving together poetry, prose, theory, autobiography, and experimental narratives. She described herself as a “chicana dyke-feminist, tejana patlache poet, writer and cultural theorist,” and these
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to the house to turn in an assignment, Marilyn Knutson recalled. It was then, and still is, a home with an open door. The couple built a downstairs apartment in the late 1980s and hosted students, visitors, speakers — even former PLU President Loren Anderson and his wife, MaryAnn, who lived there for several months while Gonyea House was under renovation. Every morning Knutson, a former elementary school teacher, walks the perimeter of the PLU campus and picks up trash in her neighborhood. Her
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Service Award from the University of the Pacific. In 2009, she received the NASPA Region IV Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Service as a Dean, and in 2006 she was named a Pacific Woman of Distinction. She also received the Martin Luther King, Jr., Opening Doors award in 2005. Vice President for University RelationsDaniel LeeAs Vice President for the University Relations Division, Dan Lee is responsible for creating and implementing a unified and comprehensive plan to advance PLU’s mission
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December 1, 2009 Back to Normal By Barbara Clements A sense of relief. That seems to be the common reaction from cab drivers, shop keepers, bureaucrats and baristas around Anchorage when Gov. Sean Parnell’s name comes up. It has been a tumultuous two years for Alaska. Its new governor, PLU alum Sean Parnell ’84, brings a sense of normalcy to the state. “Frankly, I’m glad he’s there, I was getting tired of all the drama,” said a cab driver who cranked up the heater as the first hard nip of
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first heard about grants that were available to help promote preservation. With the help of PLU staff, Ojala-Barbour submitted grant proposals to the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and the Green Partnership Fund. Help and support from people on campus including Professor of Biology William Teska and Sustainability Coordinator Chrissy Cooley, made learning how to write a grant proposal a lot less daunting. By the fall of 2009, Ojala-Barbour learned the grants had been awarded to his project
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