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Mission: 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
child of survivors of the Holocaust who will tell his parent’s story. His father not only survived, but was on the “Exodus.” This ship reached Palestine in 1947, despite opposition from the British government, a year before the creation of the state of Israel. Brill’s mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto, despite being a very young girl at the time. She used her so-called “Aryan” appearance and quick wits to survive as an illegal courier, moving in and out of the ghetto. She later moved to Israel
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Mission: 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
child of survivors of the Holocaust who will tell his parent’s story. His father not only survived, but was on the “Exodus.” This ship reached Palestine in 1947, despite opposition from the British government, a year before the creation of the state of Israel. Brill’s mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto, despite being a very young girl at the time. She used her so-called “Aryan” appearance and quick wits to survive as an illegal courier, moving in and out of the ghetto. She later moved to Israel
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Mission: 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
child of survivors of the Holocaust who will tell his parent’s story. His father not only survived, but was on the “Exodus.” This ship reached Palestine in 1947, despite opposition from the British government, a year before the creation of the state of Israel. Brill’s mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto, despite being a very young girl at the time. She used her so-called “Aryan” appearance and quick wits to survive as an illegal courier, moving in and out of the ghetto. She later moved to Israel
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Erik Hammerstrom, Assistant Professor of Religion (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU prof awarded prize from Yale University By Chris Albert In late June, the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University named PLU Assistant Professor Erik Hammerstrom the Stanley Weinstein Dissertation Prize winner for…
prize either. Since the announcement, Hammerstrom has received interest from publishers and had inquiries about him contributing more work. “It kind of opens those doors,” he said. His dissertation examines late 19th and early 20th century China, and how Buddhist traditions and the exploration of science fit together to answer questions about “What should a modern society look like?” “Which is a really interesting period,” Hammerstrom said. “Science was happening, so it was important for the
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 28, 2019) — “Butterfly Confessions” is not your average stage play. In the words of PLU’s Director of Multicultural Outreach & Engagement, Melannie Denise Cunningham: “If you’re on a journey of cultural literacy, then this is an opportunity to step into a…
‘Butterfly Confessions’ makes way to PLU after Campus Ministry-SOAC partnership Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / October 28, 2019 Image: The cast of PLU’s performance of “Butterfly Confessions” — a stage play that sheds light on the real and raw experiences of modern-day women of color. October 28, 2019 By Kenzie Gandy '20Marketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 28, 2019) — “Butterfly Confessions” is not your average stage play. In the words of PLU’s Director of Multicultural Outreach
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Please note the time of year listed for each lecture is only an estimate. You should confirm the month/date with the department/division putting on the lecture.
organizations, entrepreneurs, and the economic forces that shape our contemporary world and society.October Languages and Literatures: The Bjug A. Harstad Memorial LecturesExplores the Scandinavian culture and traditions to carry out Bjug Harstad’s plea to maintain ties with the culture.October (during Bjug Day of Giving) Holocaust and Genocide Studies: The Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationProvides educators, students, and community members with a way to use the lessons of the Holocaust to
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Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…
, and the policies and practices of professional organizations, such as the Modern Language Association, reveal the ways in which the image of the profession has been manipulated to fit other ideological agendas. Such issues have also affected the relative prestige of individual languages (the popularity of Russian in the space-age “Sputnik” era, for example, or the current popularity of Spanish linked to shifts in the U.S. demographic trends) as well as the rising and falling popularity of various
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Associate Professor of English | Department of English | rogers@plu.edu | 253-535-7985 | Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home.
Administration and Assessment Community-Based and Public Writing Museum and Memorial Rhetorics Biography Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home. As a kid, his family moved from Arizona to Missouri and then to Southern California where he attended high school. After languishing in a local community college for several years, he got his act together and, in 2001, earned a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. While earning this
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Dean of Assessment and Core Curriculum | First Year Experience Program | rogers@plu.edu | 253-535-7985 | Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home.
Assessment Community-Based and Public Writing Museum and Memorial Rhetorics Biography Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home. As a kid, his family moved from Arizona to Missouri and then to Southern California where he attended high school. After languishing in a local community college for several years, he got his act together and, in 2001, earned a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. While earning this degree, Scott
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Associate Professor of English | Innovation Studies | rogers@plu.edu | 253-535-7985 | Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home.
Community-Based and Public Writing Museum and Memorial Rhetorics Biography Scott Rogers was born in the desert and grew up on a farm but will always call the city home. As a kid, his family moved from Arizona to Missouri and then to Southern California where he attended high school. After languishing in a local community college for several years, he got his act together and, in 2001, earned a B.A. in Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. While earning this degree, Scott worked full
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