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The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 .a.m to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open . This year the conference…
Powell-Heller Conference to explore the timely theme of “Holocaust Distortion and Denial” Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 25, 2021 October 25, 2021 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing and Communications The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 .a.m to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open. This year the conference theme is
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Gala marks a decade of Jazz Under the Stars Warm summer nights, picnic dinners, stargazing and the soothing sounds of jazz all add up to the PLU summertime favorite Jazz Under the Stars. For a decade, the free outdoor concert series has brought popular Northwest…
Matassa, at the Museum of Glass on Tuesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. It’s only fitting that Pearl Django returns for the special performance, Joyner said. After all, they were the band that started it all in 1998. That’s the year the idea for the concert series was born. Judy Carr, former dean of summer sessions, and music professor David Robbins wanted to showcase the recently completed amphitheater and decided to host an outdoor concert featuring the gypsy jazz group. With the amphitheater’s favorable
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Pacific Lutheran University Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,…
and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most
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What role can the experience of art play in our understanding of the Holocaust? We attempt to answer this question Thursday, March 14 at 3:40pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall, as Assistant Professor Heather Mathews examines artworks as tools of empowerment. First we look at paintings…
,” Mathews writes. “And, importantly, these expressions help us to understand how it is possible for the survivor to persevere, perhaps even to flourish, in spite of the trauma that shadows their early lives.” Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” was premiered during World War II in Stalag VIII-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany, outdoors and in the rain, on January 15, 1941. Written and performed during their internment, Messiaen performed on piano with musicians he met on the journey to
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The ACS Younger Chemists Committee, in collaboration with the Women Chemists Committee, is announcing the Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship that is awarded to female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or senior years of study. For more information about…
The Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Posted by: alemanem / April 18, 2024 April 18, 2024 The ACS Younger Chemists Committee, in collaboration with the Women Chemists Committee, is announcing the Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship that is awarded to female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or senior years of study. For more information about the award, please visit the Women Chemists Committee
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You’re invited to attend the upcoming Pauling Symposium and Poster Session on November 4th at the University of Puget Sound. The 2023 Pauling Medal has been awarded to Professor Laura Gagliardi , Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, University of Chicago. Registration for the…
2023 Pauling Medal Symposium at the University of Puget Sound Posted by: nicolacs / October 9, 2023 October 9, 2023 You’re invited to attend the upcoming Pauling Symposium and Poster Session on November 4th at the University of Puget Sound. The 2023 Pauling Medal has been awarded to Professor Laura Gagliardi, Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, University of Chicago. Registration for the poster session and symposium lectures are free, but the evening banquet is a ticketed event with
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Nearly a year into his new role as PLU Associate Vice President of Advancement, George Zeno and I took a walk through Parkland and discussed one of my favorite questions, #WhyPLU? Zeno is essentially a community matchmaker for social progress. Mentored at the University of…
vaccinate eligible residents. TPCH brought together MultiCare, CHI Franciscan, and PLU to provide technical support while the county worked with community groups and places of worship on community outreach to drive attendance. Each technical partner was able to utilize its strength for delivery and impact — MultiCare and CHI provided medical infrastructure and oversight while PLU served as a trusted community hub and our nursing students administered the vaccinations. When we look at a public-private
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Since the summer of 2017, the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), has established a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site designed to provide undergraduate students a chance to participate in industry-directed fundamental research opportunities in the fields of bioplastics and biocomposites. The students…
NSF REU with the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites Posted by: nicolacs / January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019 Since the summer of 2017, the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), has established a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site designed to provide undergraduate students a chance to participate in industry-directed fundamental research opportunities in the fields of bioplastics and biocomposites. The students will gain hands-on experience with synthesis
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The Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur . “This is a recognition where Choir of the West represents the university and our country well on the world stage,”…
Choir of the West receives high honors in global ranking Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / October 8, 2015 October 8, 2015 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach Manager The Choir of the West placed 6th in a global ranking of Mixed Collegiate Choirs and overall 25th in Choirs, according to the international organization, Interkultur. “This is a recognition where Choir of the West represents the university and our country well on the world stage,” says Richard Nance, Choir of the West director. “There are hundreds
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First-year nursing majors and entry-level Masters of Nursing Science students were honored yesterday in the Regency Room at a white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony. “We’re at an historic moment in time when we need courageous and compassionate young leaders to lean into…
Nursing students honored in white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony Posted by: Zach Powers / September 16, 2021 Image: (Photos by John Froschauer/PLU) September 16, 2021 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsFirst-year nursing majors and entry-level Masters of Nursing Science students were honored yesterday in the Regency Room at a white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony.“We’re at an historic moment in time when we need courageous and compassionate young leaders to lean
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