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social services in Germany,” Paso said. “It was the first attempt in western Christianity to establish a system of care for poor, and deciding who could receive and who couldn’t receive help. It was a precursor to the formation of modern welfare state.” Paso is studying at Emory’s Chandler School of Theology after receiving a full tuition scholarship under the  Robert W. Woodruff Fellowships in Theology and Ministry. Looking back at her time at PLU, Paso credits her professors, and the university’s

University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., went to Germany as one of Pacific Lutheran University’s 100 Fulbright Scholars and then earned her Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. “PLU is the place where I first learned how think as a historian,” she said. “And more broadly, my professors there taught me how to become not only a better scholar but also a more thoughtful and engaged human being.” Loberg, whose area of expertise is modern European history, centered her article on the perspectives and

January 25, 2010 Memoir chronicles the life of Nazi Germany refugee and successful Tacoma entrepreneur – Kurt Mayer Tacoma businessman, philanthropist and community leader, Kurt Mayer, has written a rags to riches story of his life and times. “My Personal Brush with History,” written with Joe Peterson, is a story of hardship, opportunity, triumphs, mistakes, family and faith.“My book is intended to give my grandchildren – ages 12, 10 and 8 – an opportunity to read, later in life, about what

include London Tower, Tower Bridge, Thames River, Borough Market, Spitalfields Market, Tate Modern Art Museum, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the British Museum, and evening shows in the West End.  We’ll hopefully have a chance to see some of the other sites a couple of days from now before heading out to Oxford and on to Germany.  Only a couple of days left in the UK – tomorrow we’ll head to Royal Holloway for a performance and then back to London for a group dinner and evening show. June 5thWe headed just

research interests include modern Jewish identity formation and political self-representations, 1881-1948; art, politics, and culture; the politics of religion in Mandate Palestine; perceptions of social deviance among Jewry from early modern times to the present; Jews and German culture; ties between charity and nationalism; and modes of understanding and misunderstanding the Holocaust. Holocaust Studies Program at PLU This past Spring, at the annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference it was

J-term adventures: Keep up with music students around the world Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / January 12, 2016 January 12, 2016 Churches, Organs, and Art in The Netherlands and GermanyUniversity Organist and Associate Professor of Music Paul Tegels takes students to visit historical buildings in the Netherlands and northern Germany.  Organ students will see and play some of the most significant historical instruments in that region, hearing the repertoire on instruments for which that repertoire

the Düsseldorf region of Germany. He networked with other brewers and conducted online research to guarantee the recipe was right and, more importantly, authentic. They even altered the water to create a similar mineral content to that of the beer von Bora would have brewed. The result of the combination of the perfect water, malt and yeast? A craft beer that offers a nod to its German roots while offering a modern flavor that’s hard to resist. “Crisp and malty is what we’re aiming for,” Thoburn

case the story of Martin Luther and his journey from young law student to monk, to pilgrim, to theology professor, to critic of the Roman Church, to heretic and fugitive, and finally to founder of the Lutheran Reformation, which we celebrate around the world this year on its 500th anniversary,” Kracht says. “The music is descriptive of that narrative, using both music from Luther’s own time as well as music of my own composition, in a blend that ranges from Renaissance sounds to modern.” The piece

February 2, 2009 Diplomat explores Jewish-German relations By Chris Albert More than 150 people showed up to hear the Consul General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations today. Before a crowded room last week in the UC, Schuette said he would dive into the topic that is not easy, but after visiting PLU in 2007 felt it was a chance he couldn’t pass up. “It’s not only a professional duty for me, but it is also something dear to me,” he said. Consul

ACS International Research Experience for Students (IRES) Program Posted by: nicolacs / November 9, 2021 November 9, 2021 The ACS International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program is seeking applications from qualified U.S. undergraduate students to conduct research in either Germany or Singapore. Students spend 10-12 weeks working on frontier chemical and materials science research projects under the guidance of faculty members and graduate student mentors to sharpen scientific