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News articles and blog posts from Pacific Lutheran University.
PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? At PLU, we take pride in creating a campus that’s welcoming, inclusive, and truly reflects the diversity of our students. This year, our commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community is recognized with a 4.5 out of 5 stars score on the Campus Pride Index —an accomplishment… November 21, 2024 Clubs & OrganizationsCurrent StudentsDiversityDiversity Justice SustainabilityGender Sexuality and Race StudiesInvolvementJusticeLife on
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TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 4, 2015)- After screenings and film festivals and cinemas throughout the world, the acclaimed documentary “Resistencia: The Fight for The Aguan Valley“ will be screening at Pacific Lutheran University. The free, public showing will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in…
key member of the Real News Network from 2009-11, he produced more than 100 investigative video pieces on economics, politics and social movements in North and Central America. Since 2012, Freeston has directed five documentaries for TeleSUR, the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster. Resistencia is his second documentary film on Honduras. The screening is a collaborative project, co-sponsored by the PLU Departments of Anthropology, History and Global Studies; International Honors
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2015 Lutheran Studies Conference faculty and staff.
Yaakov Ariel Professor of Religious Studies and Co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Full Profile
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Religious Studies from Duke University in 2006. Professor Graber works on religion and violence and inter-religious encounters in American prisons and on the American frontier. Her first book, The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America, explores the intersection of church and state during the founding of the nation’s first prisons. Her latest book, The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West, considers religious transformations among Kiowa
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The President of the university, ex-officio Three Bishops of the synods of Region 1 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America No less than one-half of the total number of Regents are from the
The Board of Regents Fall Meeting, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) The Board of Regents consists of a maximum of 35 voting members: The President of the university, ex-officio Three Bishops of the synods of Region 1 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America No less than one-half of the total number of Regents are from the membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (three are rostered leaders) Remaining Regents are comprised of Alumni and Regent-At-Large
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ASPLU aims to increase student voices in upcoming election For many PLU students the upcoming election will mark the first chance they’ve been able to vote — at least in a presidential election. In an effort to increase the number of young voters, which make…
students at the beginning of last week. In addition to registering students to vote, the project was intended to educate students about their voting rights, which “can be a confusing thing for young adults, especially when you live away from your permanent address,” said Karter Booher ’13, who has been coordinating the project though his role as ASPLU Diversity Director. “Common rhetoric about young people and voting is that young people are apathetic. I believe that to be false. It is access and not
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PLU’s mission to support the education of our students and larger community on issues of diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, began his academic career in 1974 at PLU, offering the university’s first college-level Holocaust course. Dr. Browning’s research and teaching excellence put PLU on the academic landscape of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. His work continues to influence the field of Holocaust scholarship worldwide. This year’s conference will be offered both in a virtual and in-person format, with registration for both. In-person
Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 -
Major in History Minimum of 36 semester hours; including 4 semester hours of historical methods and research (HIST 301) and 4 semester hours of seminar credits (HIST 499).
, and religious developments in early modern England during the Tudor monarchies (1485 to 1603). Themes include the economic and demographic changes in England, Scotland, and Wales; Henry VIII’s “Great Matter”; the Protestant Reformation and Anglicanism; Thomas More’s Utopia; wars with France and Spain; and film study. Typically offered in J-Term. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of instructor. (4) HIST 333 : Colonization and Genocide in Native North America - ES, GE This course explores
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PLU will host the 16th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education from November 6-8, 2024. This year’s conference, titled Sephardic Jewish Voices and Experiences in the Holocaust, focuses on the lesser-known stories of Sephardic Jews during World War II. The conference brings together scholars and…
examine how Sephardic Jewish communities — primarily from Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East — endured the Holocaust. The Sephardic experience shows their suffering spanned multiple countries and continents. Their distinctive characteristics, such as speaking Ladino and pronouncing Hebrew differently than their Ashkenazi counterparts, deserve further study to deepen our understanding of the Holocaust’s complexity.The 2024 conference coincides with a significant milestone in PLU’s
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In the recently published Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement , associate professor of communication Amy Young addresses the shortcomings in university academia, mainly that intellectuals are not encouraged, and in some ways, don’t know how, to become engaged in public dialogue. “I’m…
Professor Encourages Peers to Engage in Public Dialogue in New Book Posted by: Todd / April 22, 2014 April 22, 2014 In the recently published Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits: Rhetorical Styles and Public Engagement, associate professor of communication Amy Young addresses the shortcomings in university academia, mainly that intellectuals are not encouraged, and in some ways, don’t know how, to become engaged in public dialogue. “I’m trying to look at how people who are obviously very credentialed
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