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, even after they’ve been exposed to Christianity for decades, they [the Sámi] still believe in the pagan gods and spirits, so it’s that lasting belief that really sets the missionaries off.” Professor Brown has returned “back home” to PLU after having spent five years at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has one year left on his dissertation in Germanic studies. Professor Brown graduated from PLU in 2010 where he earned a major in German and a minor in Norwegian. He met his wife at PLU

-Hays Award to do curriculum work in Namibia during July. Jennifer Jenkins, assistant professor of German, was selected to participate during the summer of 2010 in the Baden-Württemberg Seminar for American Faculty in German and German Studies, funded by the German American Fulbright Commission and the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden- Württemberg. Read Previous Crime of My Very Existence Read Next Transfer student finds his home at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

, who opposes the proposition (in favor of meat consumption). These experts will be paired with two PLU debate students to help craft arguments. Dr. Karen S. Emmerman, has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Washington with a specialization in ecofeminist animal theory. Karen is also a co-organizer of the University of Washington Critical Animal Studies Working Group, which aims to expand, enrich, and create new spaces for the public discussion over the place of non-human animals in

in Africa and the conditions faced by captive chimpanzees in the United States. Lindsey reports on her experience last summer in the following way: “As a student of philosophy, I’ve read many of the influential sources of historical and contemporary human arrogance. According to many ancient and modern thinkers, humans are different in kind from all other animals on earth. Along the way we have distinguished ourselves in many ways, not the least of which is the ability to use language. These

Daniel J. Evans Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Niemoeller was initially supportive of Hitler and his regime – he sent a congratulatory letter to Hitler after he was first elected – but soon started speaking actively against the Nazis after two key events. The first that occurred in 1933, when the Nazis issues the “Aryan Paragraph,” legislation used to exclude Jews from organizations, professions and students from German schools and universities. Niemoeller was

offer students. Tiffany Brown’11 – Bachelor of Business Administration (concentration in marketing) What’s next? Currently I am pursuing a career in the medical industry within marketing and business development. Timothy Hekili Guy – Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and political science Why PLU? The Library. I mean, aside from having grown up in the community south of the Lutedome, specifically the Spanaway and Graham area, I have been a frequent visitor to PLU since before NPCC had a stage. Yes

Languages’ Society comes from his fondness of learning dead languages when he was in college. Brown earned his Bachelor’s degree in German at PLU in 2010 before moving on to a graduate program at the University of Texas in Austin. There, he earned his Master’s in Germanic Linguistics in 2014 and then continued his education to receive his PhD in Germanic Studies in 2018.When Brown enrolled at PLU, he initially focused on studying German. Not long after, he met the woman who would later become his wife

Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Posted by: alex.reed / May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 By Erin McKennaOriginally Published in 2014If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia, I thanked a particular class of students who were taking social and political philosophy with me as I made the final revisions on that book. While I did not teach the book itself, we

PLU Alumna Wins the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize Posted by: shimkojm / February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 By Beth KraigProfessor of HistorySincerest congratulations to Molly Loberg, PLU alumna ’98, who recently won a highly esteemed prize for her first book! Molly was a History/German major who went on to win a Fulbright for study in Germany and then earned her Ph.D. in history from Princeton! “Molly is a wonderful person, very kind and caring – she worked with Dr. Chris Browning, Dr. Robert

Commemorative PLU brew celebrates 500 years of the Reformation Posted by: Lace M. Smith / June 14, 2017 June 14, 2017 By Kari Plog '11 | Video by Rustin Dwyer with additional footage from John FroschauerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsIf the raised fist on the bottle is any indication, Reformaiden beer makes a statement. The German, alt-style beer — boasting a cloudy caramel color and a subtle malt flavor — immortalizes Katharina von Bora, the woman who stood beside and, in many ways, propped up