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  • The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer,…

    September 29, 2008 The haves and the have nots, closing the gap The statistics, especially given the economic meltdown on Wall Street in the past few weeks, are not encouraging. Since the 1970s, incomes in the United States have been dramatically pulling apart, as the rich get richer, and the poor and middle class fall further and further behind.“The incomes are as unequal in American as they have ever been in history,” said Professor Peter H. Lindert, who will speak on campus next week. “The

  • Zachary Lyman is Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), where he teaches classroom music, directs the trumpet ensemble, coaches chamber music, and performs with the Lyric Brass

    American Music and the International Trumpet Guild Journal. His trumpet warm-up book Practical Daily Warm-Ups for Trumpet is published by Keveli Music. The Lyric Brass Quintet’s CD, American Music for Brass Quintet, is available from Emeritus Recordings. A second album, featuring the world-premiere recording of Luther: Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet by PLU Emeritus faculty member Dr. Jerry Kracht, was released in October, 2018 and is available for purchase here.  Dr. Lyman lives in Tacoma with his wife

  • Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and

    Raphael Lemkin Lecture - Spring 2021``Hitler's American Friends - Political Extremism and Nazi Sympathizers in the 1930's`` Dr. Bradley W. Hart, Ph.D. – California State University, Fresno May 12, 2021Dr. Bradley Hart, author of “Hitler’s American Friends”, was the guest presenter at the 2021 Raphael Lemkin Lecture event. Most Americans remember the years of the Second World War as a period of national unity and shared sacrifice, but this is hardly a complete picture of the era. In reality, the

  • Professor of Chemistry | Department of Chemistry | yakelina@plu.edu | 253-535-7554

    Memberships/Organizations American Chemical Society (Organic Division) American Chemical Society (ACS Pride Formerly known as Gay and Transgender Chemists and Allies Subdivision) National Organization of Gay & Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Phi Beta Kappa

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  • The Hispanic and Latino Studies Program offers a major and minor in Hispanic Studies and a minor in Latino Studies.

    Our Majors and MinorsThe Hispanic and Latino Studies Program offers a major and minor in Hispanic Studies and a minor in Latino Studies. The major and minor in Hispanic Studies combine the study of the Spanish language with courses in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies. Primarily taught in Spanish, courses that count towards the major and minor include the study of advanced Spanish language and composition for heritage and second language learners

  • Professor of Kinesiology | Department of Kinesiology | papadoha@plu.edu | 253-535-8706

    and Expo, Intensity Levels in Children Ages 7-10 While Traverse Climbing with C. Darling, K.E. Mathias, and J. DePaepe, Charlotte, NC (2013) American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Perceptions of the built environment in two micropolitan communities of different population densities with T.R. Quilter, V.M. Nethery, M. Riggs, San Francisco, CA (2012) American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Differences in neighborhood characteristics and physical activity between older

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  • The Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation expects to award eighteen or more scholarships in 2025. Each scholarship is a cash award of $3000, $5000 or $7000 with no strings attached. Applicants must ​be undergraduate or graduate students studying and preparing for careers in support of renewable…

    science, engineering, law, business, public policy, social sciences, etc. Three individual scholarships are reserved for a community college student, an undergraduate student, and an early graduate student, respectively. Two scholarships have a preference for Native American or Alaskan Native students and are not restricted to our “home” area. The remaining scholarships are available to students at any level. Students are eligible for the scholarship if they are studying: at any college or university

  • Professor of Kinesiology | Pre-Health Sciences Advising | papadoha@plu.edu | 253-535-8706

    Expo, Intensity Levels in Children Ages 7-10 While Traverse Climbing with C. Darling, K.E. Mathias, and J. DePaepe, Charlotte, NC (2013) American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Perceptions of the built environment in two micropolitan communities of different population densities with T.R. Quilter, V.M. Nethery, M. Riggs, San Francisco, CA (2012) American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, Differences in neighborhood characteristics and physical activity between older adults

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  • veteran: vet-er-an (n) \ ˈve-tə-rən a veteran – whether active duty, retired, discharged, or reserve – is someone who, at some point in their life wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for an amount “up to and including their…

    . Beacon Press. Holmstedt. (2008). Band of sisters : American women at war in Iraq. Stackpole. MacLeod. (2015). The brave ones : a memoir of hope, pride, and military service. Grand Harbor Press. Jamail. (2009). The will to resist : soldiers who refuse to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Haymarket Books. Whitt. (2014). Bringing God to men : American military chaplains and the Vietnam War. The University of North Carolina Press. Kulik. (2009). “War stories” : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and

  • Student, professor investigate untold story of WWII In the spring of 1942, 10,000 soldiers were sent to the Yukon. Their task: construct the 1,500-mile military road, the Alaska-Canada Highway, to be used to repel a possible invasion by the Japanese during World War II. Sitting…

    manager mentioned nearly half of those 10,000 troops were African-American, Wells decided it was time to dig into this relatively unknown story. “This really made my ears perk up. I had no knowledge of this history until then,” he said. Wells established a student-faculty research project in investigative journalism and recruited Shannon Schrecengost ’09 to help. The two quickly set to work poring over thousands of documents and conducting hundreds of interviews. All of this was compiled into a film