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Holocaust, those two words just didn’t compute.” So Black, the son of two Holocaust survivors, decided to find out the story behind that odd display in the museum. His search resulted in the book IBM And The Holocaust- The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany And America’s Most Powerful Corporation (2001, 2012), which looks at how the leaders of the company- and particularly its chairman, Thomas Watson – embraced the Nazi vision of the future and helped the Third Reich, willingly and enthusiastically

spring 2022 and is in the second year of a two-year appointment as a visiting assistant professor at PLU. Walker conducts University Chorale and University Singers and teaches conducting. PLU News met with her recently to discuss her passion for choral music and her experience thus far at PLU.When and why did you fall in love with choral music? I was in the sixth grade when the elementary choir took a field trip to the high school. I don’t remember much about what happened that day, but I remember

their efforts to ensure that the pandemic will not reduce the already low participation and inclusion of diverse students and workers in STEM education and careers,” said Diana Elder, Division Director of NSF’s Division of Human Resource Development. PLU was honored for its initiative in developing programs supporting undergraduate enrollment and retention, the PLUS Year Program and the PLU Fixed Tuition Guarantee Program, and placed second in the four-year STEM undergraduate category, just behind

-Kapowsin High School Wind Ensemble and Tamana Girls High School Band from Japan. PLU Percussion Professor Miho Takekawa founded the sister-band affiliation with the vice president of the Kansai Band Association, Tomio Yamamoto, in 2009. Since then Graham-Kapowsin Wind Ensemble has traveled to Tamana every three years while Tamana Girls’ High School Band has visited Washington every two years. The Tamana Girls’ High School Band has won three gold metals and one special performance award at the All Japan

finalists were invited to perform last Thursday, January 17th at 7:30 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall at PLU. The six finalists—Jordan Bowles, baritone, Brennan Brichoux, baritone, Gillian Dockins, mezzo soprano, Luke Hartley, baritone, Marissa Moultrie, soprano, and Stephanie Pfundt, soprano— each performed two songs of their choosing in this public competition finale. Three internationally renowned judges determined the competition winners: Leah Crocetto, soprano, and Lester Lynch, baritone, both

largest fair west of the Mississippi – she couldn’t pass that up. “I didn’t plan on getting a lot of sleep,” she laughed. Carow was responsible for the official program at the fair, writing copy and overseeing its layout. She also organized the “Healthy Fare” program – working with vendors to put together a menu of healthy options. She also organized “Jock Talk,” a daily newsletter sent to radio stations that promoted specific events. Only three public relations interns are chosen each year – one of

August 20, 2013 Professor Joanna Gregson did research into writers of romance novels and found herself intrigued and surprised. (John Froschauer, Photographer) Romancing the readers isn’t that easy, prof discovers in research project By Steve Hansen It all started when a box of pink and lavender romance novels arrived at Professor of Sociology Joanna Gregson’s office. The box came from a friend and fellow sociology professor with whom Gregson attended graduate school. It was in response to a

Behavioral Health, but says she’s still a clinician and care provider at heart. That might be because she spent most of her 43-year career in mental health doing just that – providing care.“I always tell people if you’re looking for a role model for a rapid rise up into leadership, don’t look at me, don’t look at my career,” Card says with a laugh. “I just did slow and steady and I have always put in more hours, worked harder, listened to people and tried to learn everything I could.” Card, who earned a

Oct. 30 lecture led by Jennifer Pozner, executive director and founder of the Women In Media & News, an organization which tracks media bias and portrayals of women and minorities in newspaper and television stories. The lecture, titled “When Anchormen Attack!: Gender, Race and the Media in Election 2008,” will begin at 6 p.m. in the Regency Room of the UC. It is free and open to the public. A journalist and author herself, Pozner will look at how sexist backlash and racial prejudice have

with fish, or shrimp or tofu, as he prepared it when it was on the menu in the UC. They had it on the menu for a while, and, even though quite a few people really enjoyed it, they took it off the menu because it was too much work to prepare. McGinnis carefully cuts a papaya. He found the recipe about four or five years ago, when the UC remodel was happening. McGinnis peels the sliced papaya. He put it together based on various recipes he found online. “What I tend to do with recipes like this is