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Students in the conduct process have the opportunity for self-initiated appeal. The appeal process may only be initiated by a student who has been found in violation of a policy, rule, regulation or standard, except that both Complainants and Respondents may appeal a determination involving the Sexual Misconduct Policy, as permitted by federal law. Students may appeal a decision once.An Appeal is Not a Re-Hearing:New information concerning the incident itself is not considered in an appeal. If

Review Officers and Decision Makers for Student Code of Conduct cases weigh information against the standard of “clear and convincing” and may come to one of the following decisions for each alleged violation:  RESPONSIBLE: The student, substantially more probable than not, violated the Student Code of Conduct NOT RESPONSIBLE: The student, substantially more probable than not, did not violate the Student Code of  Conduct INCONCLUSIVE:  There is not sufficient information to reach a decision. If

When a student is found Responsible, or when deemed applicable, the Review Officers will determine what sanction(s), if any, is necessary to: Provide an educational experience for the student, Assist the student in understanding and accepting the consequences of personal actions and decisions, Give the student an opportunity to give back to the community, and Uphold the safety of the PLU learning community. Sanctions depend upon the particular circumstances of each incident and may be imposed

Natural Sciences Academic Festival, one of many opportunities to showcase student-faculty research. “It’s nice to put forth my research, voice my concerns, and show people topics they might not have thought about.” While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii and witnessed the incredible moment when a humpback whale taught her calf how to breach near the shore. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research. The group of Pacific Lutheran

University Timeline 1890-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 The University Timeline was researched and designed by Syracuse University MLIS student Alyxandria Smith in 2019. Previous versions of the University Timeline were created by Danielle Koenig (PLU Class of 2002), Gavin Jensen (PLU Class of 2001), Makara Thatch (PLU Class of 2011), Ayla Mull (PLU Class of 2012), and Rachel Diebel (PLU Class of 2016).

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer)Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

discredited by scholarly works, continues to live on in everyday conversations about the Nazi attempts to annihilate the Jews. This year, our conference will add more knowledge about the various ways Jews attempted to resist the Nazi plan of the mass murder of their community. What will emerge from the panels will be a variety of ways in which Jews did, in fact, offer resistance. In some cases, Jews joined partisan groups or participated in uprisings in ghettos and concentration camps, taking up arms to

The Heller Family StoryThe tattooed numbers on her arm are a constant reminder of a time when the best and worst of human nature were in conflict. Harry Heller tells the story. Harry’s mother, Georgette Heller, was only 15 years old when she was separated from her family and sent into hiding with a non-Jewish family in Brussels. She did not go outside for two years – no sunshine, no friends, no freedom. There came a point when she could not take it anymore, and she started sneaking out at night

The Powell Family StoryThey hid in an attic to escape the violent systematic and repeated anti-Jewish rioting. They would not all make it out alive. It was a time when innocent men, women and children were being murdered, raped and their property damaged or stolen. You might be thinking that this story is from the Holocaust, but in actuality, it took place during the pogroms that were taking place in Russia, during the early 1900’s. When the Russian militia started going into the towns and