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Pastor Trocme knew about many of the actions since he was both the spiritual head of the village and the one who acted as informal coordinator, but it would be easy to over state the influence of the leaders in the village. This was a struggle carried out in the kitchens of the farmhouses in and around Le Chambon, involving most of the village (men, women and children alike) but individuals made decisions and acted largely on their own and according to their own consciences.5 Magda and André Trocmé

August 24, 2010 Endowment for scholarships: a direct investment in students Agnes Berge Smith graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in 1932 with a vision. During the spring of that year, she traveled with the Choir of the West to sing at the Chicago World’s Fair. The trip was the premier occasion of what she called many “liberating experiences” that she had while studying music here. Smith never forgot the powerful influence that the PLC experience had for her and she was determined to ensure

him to gain a better understanding of different groups of people. “When you don’t meet people you don’t see their human face,” Bryn said. “Being in dialogue means becoming visible and allowing other to become visible to you.” Junior Erik Fahnestock was among the students, staff and faculty who turned out for Bryn’s screening Thursday night. “Conversations influence how people interact,” Fahnestock said. “We need to remember what we say influences how we act tomorrow.” Read Previous Visiting

crisis, and by night, he spent time with his housemates, fellow LVC volunteers, exploring their values and perspectives. “There was a lot of room for personal growth and self-examination of what my values are,” Goble said. “We all have this like mindedness of wanting to serve and the excitement of living, with a low income.” The relationships had as much if not more of an influence on Goble than the service component. After his year in Omaha, Goble came back to Tacoma and signed up for a year of

. I’ve never shown students my cat before, so there’s this kind of moment where you can bond.”Simpson-Younger had an eventful time away from in-person learning. A book that she co-edited, Forming Sleep: Representing Consciousness in the English Renaissance, was published by Penn State University Press in June, 2020. It touches upon literary representations of sleep from 1580 to 1670, and discusses how sleep defines the human condition. Simpson-Younger and her co-editor, Margaret Simon, came up with

inevitably have a striking moment during that first trip such as my own, where they abruptly recognize the differences between their new locale and their homeland. No matter how it occurs, it serves as the principle moment, one of hundreds or thousands to come, which begin to influence and shape who you are, whom you will become and most importantly, how that changing person will interact with the world. A friend remarked while visiting me in India that I don’t wear the same rose-colored glasses anymore

Careers in Criminal Justice Posted by: alemanem / February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019 On Tuesday, March 12th at 4pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center there is going to be an alumni panel on careers in criminal justice. Panelists include Jennifer Danner (Crime Prevention Coordinator, Seattle Police Department), Bryan Johnson (Forensic Services Manager, Lakewood Police Department), John Neeb (Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office), Kyle Peart (Department of Corrections), and Rachel

August 23, 2010 Remarkable good fortune, unparalleled generosity Dale and Jolita Benson are among PLU’s most generous donors. They have given the university just about $5 million in the last decade. In 2004, they established the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic history, the first fully funded chair at PLU. Last spring, they established the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. They have also contributed to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, to Wang Center

PLU mission of inquiry, leadership, service and care. “The reason I’m interested in my dissertation and the research involved is because it is inquiry into an area of Lutheran history that is not widely studied––in Scandinavia or here. The Lutheran Church is becoming more and more global, so that means you have a Lutheran tradition that’s being reinterpreted by different communities and cultural backgrounds. Especially in this five-hundred-year anniversary of the Reformation it is important to say

housed within the School of Arts and Communication, there is no better combination of creative talents to generate the opportunities necessary to fully support, engage and challenge the cultural leaders of tomorrow at PLU.” Bennett has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Russia and the Far East. He is a founding member of the Marble Cliff Chamber Players in Columbus, Ohio and performs regularly with the Snake River Chamber Players in Keystone, Colo. He