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himself. This image from an article in The Mast in 1997 features openly queer members of the PLU community answering questions from their peers and students. Harmony and Crossroads had already been established by the time Brian reached PLU, and he attended both. He also took Lisa Marcus and Beth Kraig’s famous co-taught class that introduced him to the political dimension to sexuality, which was transformative for him and other members of Harmony. “I think it gave a lot of people space and language to

CCC On Creating General Education Core Learning OutcomesAt the broad program level, learning outcomes: Introduce to students what will be learned by way of a particular requirement. Unify faculty understanding of what should be delivered for a particular requirement. Clarify program vision and expectation for the purpose of assessment. At the degree program and/or course level, learning outcomes articulate what students will learn and how they will learn it. That is, they introduce the specific

The provost and senior vice president for academic affairs is the chief academic officer of the university. The provost serves on the university’s leadership team and works with the president, the vice presidents, the deans of the academic programs, and various university councils and committees to carry out the mission of the university. The provost represents the university to external constituencies in a manner determined by the president. The provost also represents the academic division to

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

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

period of their employment with Pacific Lutheran University. The university reserves the right to approve or reject, in its sole discretion, any request for an emergency advance.

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

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

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