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  • About Kurt’s Life https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-resistance/kurt-mayer/about-kurts-life/

    about how the Holocaust would be taught at a Lutheran University, but after auditing Professor Browning’s class he understood how scholars studied and taught the Holocaust. In his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, Kurt wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian Lutherans would teach the evils of Nazism and spare no one who was guilty from being exposed was for me the key.” He was also impressed with the school’s commitment to valuing life, faith and service to others. “PLU is a

  • About Kurt’s Life https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference/kurt-mayer/about-kurts-life/

    skeptical about how the Holocaust would be taught at a Lutheran University, but after auditing Professor Browning’s class he understood how scholars studied and taught the Holocaust. In his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, Kurt wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian Lutherans would teach the evils of Nazism and spare no one who was guilty from being exposed was for me the key.” He was also impressed with the school’s commitment to valuing life, faith and service to others. “PLU

  • Incident Reports https://www.plu.edu/student-rights-and-responsibilities-procedures/incident-reports/

    student’s conduct history, and any current sanctions pending with the student.  The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities will schedule the Incident Report for review by the appropriate Review Officer(s). The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities informs the student involved that their name appears on an Incident Report. This is accomplished by sending a Review Meeting notification with applicable alleged charges, in addition to a copy of the Incident Report, through PLU email. Students

  • PLU Alum Discusses Eisenhower’s Work During 1918 Pandemic https://www.plu.edu/history/news/plu-alum-discusses-eisenhowers-work-during-1918-pandemic/

    graduate from the Department of History at Pacific Lutheran College (PLC), the year before the institution was reorganized as Pacific Lutheran University. Holl spent many years as a professor of history at Kansas State University, specializing in Eisenhower’s life and era. His new book is entitled Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Religious Journey: Duty, God and Country, soon to be published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Holl received special permission to publish an extract from the book on our website, due

  • The ICO Team – Oaxaca Program 2017 https://www.plu.edu/oaxaca-2017/the-ico-team/

    The ICO Team Lucero Topete | is the founder and director of the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, the host institution for the program. She holds an M.A. in History from the Sorbonne in Paris and is former director of the Oaxacan Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.

  • Collection Policy https://www.plu.edu/archives/about/collection-policy/

    Archives Collection PolicyPurposeThe Pacific Lutheran University Archives documents the history, development, and operations of the University by acquiring, preserving, and making available the official records of administrators, departments, and offices, as well as materials donated by faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The University Archives also serves as a repository for Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), which includes records that document the history

  • Mayer memoir https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/01/25/mayer-memoir/

    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

  • Connection through Translation https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/connection-through-translation/

    record these stories, which is why I think our project is really important,” Kishaba said.Through their research, Kishaba and Professor Kaufman were able to piece together a timeline of migratory patterns and policies in Uruguay, discovering that a Jewish population had been present in the country well before World War II. Kishaba’s biggest takeaway is that there is value in paying attention to history. “I think this project made me realize how much of history isn’t recorded yet, and how much of that

  • PLU graduate studies the Kindertransport https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/02/09/plu-graduate-studies-the-kindertransport/

    social service groups, Quakers and UK-based Jewish groups coalesced in a desperate, and successful attempt to rescue Jewish children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. And it was this rescue of 10,000 children between 1938 and 1940 that caught Laura Brade’s ’08, interest and imagination as she pondered the focus of her master’s thesis at Chapel Hill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2e2JHw8K2c Specifically, Brade, who is studying under Professor Chris Browning – a former history

  • PLU Admission Blog in Research https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/research/

    Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market For Cece Chan ’24, what began as a love of student advocacy and social justice in high school, has blossomed into activism through art at Pacific Lutheran University. From serving as ASPLU president her junior year, to spending a semester in Trinidad and Tobago, to… May 20, 2024 AcademicsCommunicationDiversityGender Sexuality and Race StudiesGlobal EducationResearchStudent VoiceStudy