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Section 1. INTRODUCTION An essential dimension of Pacific Lutheran University’s mission is to provide for the intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual development of students. Faculty, students, and administrators share responsibility for accomplishing these goals. Academic integrity is honesty concerning all aspects of academic performance. Academic integrity must be fully integrated into the campus academic environment, including norms for student life and classroom

PLU supports the efforts of faculty, students, staff, and administrators to employ and augment the inclusive language guidelines of their professions or disciplines, and to reflect upon the cultural conditions which have made such guidelines integral to contemporary language use. General ELCA guidelines suggest that inclusive language avoid stereotypes and biases and not alienate, demean, or misrepresent persons based on gender, race, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, class

Pacific Lutheran University endorses the principle that by definition it is a place of free inquiry. In accordance with this principle, any recognized university organization shall be allowed to invite any person of its choosing. Effort should be made to inform the academic and larger community that such sponsorship of a guest speaker does not necessarily imply approval of the views expressed or endorsement of them by either the sponsoring group or the university. Routine scheduling procedures

Powell-Heller Conference: Empowerment March 12-14, 2014Mission: The Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference at Pacific Lutheran University teaches the history and the lessons of the Holocaust to students and educators throughout the Pacific Northwest. This conference believes that through this education and from the teachings of present day scholars we will create an understanding of mutual respect among people for future generations.Speaker BiographiesSam Brill of Valley Forge, PA is the

Holocaust Studies Newsletter - Spring 2014March 12-14 Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference: Survivors and RescuersThis year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII. Pierre Sauvage, a child survivor and child of survivors, will present works based on his feature documentary, Weapons of the Spirit, which begins the program on March 12. Members of the Brill family, survivors of Exodus 1947 will discuss the ship

2015 Speaker BiographiesLaura Brade Laura Brade is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill under the direction of Christopher Browning and Chad Bryant. Her dissertation titled, “Coerced Voluntary Migration: Jewish Flight from the Bohemian Lands, 1938-1941.” She has conducted research in Washington, D.C., the Czech Republic, and Israel thanks to the support of the USHMM Margit Meissner Fund for the Study of the Holocaust in the Czech Lands, the Claims

Schedule for the 2014 Powell-Heller Conference in Holocaust EducationThe Powell-Heller Conference is provided free of charge; meals are not included. Continuing education credit for teachers are considered add-ons and available for a minimal fee. Continuing education credits or semester credit options are available at a nominal cost. Registration begins in January and will remain open until the day of the conference. The Powell-Heller Conference is provided through funding from the Kurt Mayer

2015 Conference ScheduleWednesday, March 4 Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and Ourselves, this session will explain and engage selected key issues related to effective education about the Holocaust. Xavier Hall, Room 201 Screening of 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus 7:00 p.m. This Emmy-nominated film chronicles the

Schedule for the 2014 Powell-Heller Conference in Holocaust EducationThe Powell-Heller Conference is provided free of charge; meals are not included. Continuing education credit for teachers are considered add-ons and available for a minimal fee. Continuing education credits or semester credit options are available at a nominal cost. Registration begins in January and will remain open until the day of the conference. The Powell-Heller Conference is provided through funding from the Kurt Mayer

2015 Conference ScheduleWednesday, March 4 Facing History 101: A Workshop for Educators (preregistration required) 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Designed and led by Fran Sterling, Senior Research and Development Associate for Facing History and Ourselves, this session will explain and engage selected key issues related to effective education about the Holocaust. Xavier Hall, Room 201 Screening of 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus 7:00 p.m. This Emmy-nominated film chronicles the