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  • Education major gives back to Parkland community https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/education-major-gives-back-to-parkland-community/

    Education major gives back to Parkland community Posted by: vcraker / March 28, 2022 March 28, 2022 When Kaila Harris ’24 received her PLU acceptance letter, it was a special moment for her and her family. Upon its arrival, Harris read the letter, which included the contents of her financial aid package, aloud to her parents. “When I finished, my dad stood up, gave me one of the tightest hugs I’ve had from him in my life, told me he was proud of me and cried,” said Harris. “It was one of two

  • Student-athlete finds a community more than 2,600 miles from home https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/student-athlete-finds-a-community-more-than-2600-miles-from-home/

    Student-athlete finds a community more than 2,600 miles from home Posted by: vcraker / November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022 Rylie Wada ’25, a nursing major from Honolulu, Hawaii, shares her experience finding community on the mainland. The softball player says she’s fortunate to have found a home at PLU in the classroom and field. Why did you choose to attend PLU? I really wanted to play softball, and the Division III aspect of it would allow me to focus on school in my education, which is

  • News – Acclaim 2016-17 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2016-17/category/news/

    News 3380 Just a spark: Student-faculty research on technology and argument Mollie Smith October 19, 2016 News 338 Views Read more

  • About https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-africa-and-the-holocaust/about/

    About Powell-HellerThroughout the years, Nancy Powell had been invited to many Raphael Lemkin Lectures at PLU. The scholars who spoke at the Lemkin Lectures were inspiring and students wanted to hear more. Nancy was impressed by the students’ work, their passion and commitment to further study, and the professors and their work in the field. She recognized that the university was uniquely positioned to do more. Inspired by the life work of her father, Nancy, with the help of her sister Carol

  • Videos https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-africa-and-the-holocaust/videos/

    2023 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education Day 1Wednesday, October 25th2023 Powell-Heller

  • Alumni Stories https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-distortion-and-denial/alumni-stories/

    Alumni StoriesStudying the Holocaust and related themes is often a hallmark of the PLU learning experience. These alumni updates describe the long-term impact of attending the Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference, taking classes with HGST themes, and traveling to Europe to learn Holocaust history first hand.Ian McMichael, ’13 German Languages & Literature Major, Religion and Hispanic Studies MinorsIan is serving a 2nd year with Teach For America at Little Wound High School on the Pine

  • For Teachers https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-distortion-and-denial/for-teachers/

    For TeachersStudy Guide to the MTV film, I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust Created by Facing History and Ourselves Study Guides and Other Educational Materials on I’m Still Here and Salvaged Pages: Young Writers` Diaries of the Holocaust by Alexandra Zapruder Beyond Anne Frank: Other Holocaust-Era Diaries Lesson Plans created by the Houston Holocaust Museum

  • Kurt Mayer https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-distortion-and-denial/kurt-mayer/

    Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

  • Annual Raphael Lemkin Lecture & Award Ceremony https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-distortion-and-denial/lemkin-lecture/

    ANNUAL RAPHAEL LEMKIN LECTUREBosnian Genocide: Denial, Glorification, and Triumphalism, 30-years onPresented by Ehlimana Memišević, a legal historian and genocide scholar. April 20, 11 a.m. | Virtual This event is free and open to the public.Ehlimana Memišević will present “Bosnian Genocide: Denial, Glorification and Triumphalism: 30-years on” virtually from Sarajevo, Bosnia. In her lecture, she will highlight the genocide and subsequent denial of it during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Alumni Stories https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-synagogue-and-church/alumni-stories/

    Alumni StoriesStudying the Holocaust and related themes is often a hallmark of the PLU learning experience. These alumni updates describe the long-term impact of attending the Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference, taking classes with HGST themes, and traveling to Europe to learn Holocaust history first hand.Ian McMichael, ’13 German Languages & Literature Major, Religion and Hispanic Studies MinorsIan is serving a 2nd year with Teach For America at Little Wound High School on the Pine