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Holocaust Conference looks at art thefts, complicity of church, university leaders during WWIIThe fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution. There will also be a session on German churches and universities, with speakers discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Catholic Church, and postwar denazification. Sessions on March 9 will focus on education. Holocaust research keeps the

Holocaust Conference looks at art thefts, complicity of church, university leaders during WWIIThe fifth annual Powell and Heller Holocaust Conference at PLU will focus March 8 on the Nazi plunder of Jewish valuables, along with belated efforts at restitution. There will also be a session on German churches and universities, with speakers discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Catholic Church, and postwar denazification. Sessions on March 9 will focus on education. Holocaust research keeps the

with Variations Audio Timeliner December 2015 Gregory J. Williams, School of Education and Kinesiology Enriching Field Experiences with Virtual Communication November 2015 Jordan Levy, Department of Anthropology Using Skype for a “Meet the Author” Virtual Classroom Visit October 2015 Bret Underwood, Department of Physics Flipped Learning for Student-Centered Class Time September 2015 Nicole Martin, Department of Kinesiology Mastering Stress with the Biofeedback Tool emWave May 2015 Elisabeth Esmiol

Books Check these links for information about ordering books by authors whose work is featured at the Eighth Annual Powell Heller Conference for Holocaust Education.   50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany By Steven Pressman http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062237477/50-children Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth By Maria Chavez, Jessica L. Lavariegi Monforti, and Melissa R

Books Check these links for information about ordering books by authors whose work is featured at the Eighth Annual Powell Heller Conference for Holocaust Education.   50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany By Steven Pressman http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062237477/50-children Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth By Maria Chavez, Jessica L. Lavariegi Monforti, and Melissa R

and government organizations to develop internship opportunities for economics majors. Local internship partners include the Russell Investment Group, the Pierce County Economic Development Council and the Parkland Light & Water Company. Did you know? Economics majors, in a tie with Philosophy majors, scored higher on the Law School Admissions Test than students from any other major? Lawyers with undergraduate degrees in economics earned over 12% more than other lawyers, the only major that showed

me never to cede one centimeter of what I perceive as just and morally correct. This was the worst part of my experience because it forced me to begin to shed the innocent skin of my privileged upbringing and, I must admit, naïve and misguided perception of the world. However, realizing these difficult lessons was the catalyst to understanding how vital quality education is and how transformative it can (and should!) be. I credit Oaxaca with planting the seed for my pursuit of intellectual growth

norming assignments across multiple courses in a program. (TILT Higher Ed) Alternative Forms of Grading The following websites and articles offer alternatives for doing classroom-based assessment.  Breana Bayraktar “Specs Grading” Asao Inoue “Labor Based Grading Contract Resources” Jeffrey Schinske and Kimberly Tanner “Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently)” Jesse Stommel “How to Ungrade” National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) The National Institute for Learning Outcomes