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  • The book you need to read this summer https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/06/14/the-book-you-need-to-read-this-summer/

    integrating the book into their curriculum. Lisa Marcus, associate professor of English, plans to teach the book in her Writing 101 seminar on “Banned Books.” She wants students to recognize that Urrea’s book has been banned in Arizona as part of a push to suppress ethnic studies, particularly works that address Mexican-American history and experience. Students in her course – after reading about several controversial banning cases around race and sexual orientation – will take up Urrea’s book in the

  • 60th Anniversary Book https://www.plu.edu/nursing/documents/60th-anniversary-book/

    PLU School of Nursing Student Handbook (link) view page

  • Memory Book Form https://www.plu.edu/homecoming/memory-book-form/

    /* fix for jQuery UI library issues when using the date picker popup */ jQuery.browser = {}; (function () { jQuery.browser.msie = false; jQuery.browser.version = 0; if(navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE ([0-9]+)\./)) { jQuery.browser.msie = true; jQuery.browser.version = RegExp.$1; } })(); You do not have javascript enabled. You can complete this form by following this link: https://plu.formstack.com/forms/memory_book

  • Suggest a Book https://www.plu.edu/first-year/common-reading/suggest-a-book/

    Suggest a book /* fix for jQuery UI library issues when using the date picker popup */ jQuery.browser = {}; (function () { jQuery.browser.msie = false; jQuery.browser.version = 0; if(navigator.userAgent.match(/MSIE ([0-9]+)\./)) { jQuery.browser.msie = true; jQuery.browser.version = RegExp.$1; } })(); You do not have javascript enabled. You can complete this form by following this link: https://plu.formstack.com/forms/suggest_a_common_reading_book

  • News in Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award https://www.plu.edu/history/news/topic/gilder-lehrman-history-scholar-award/

    Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Michael Diambri Receives Gilder Lehrman History Award By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors… July 31, 2018 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar AwardMichael DiambriPLU History Department

  • Prof appears on the History Channel https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/09/22/prof-appears-on-the-history-channel/

    September 22, 2008 Prof appears on Discovery Channel this week Classics professor Eric Nelson will once again be featured in prime time, this time talking about torture, animals and the environment, all in the time of the Caesars. Nelson will be featured this week on a Discovery Channel program, “Machines of Malice,” which will first air Tuesday, Sept. 23. He will also be travelling to Vancouver today (Monday) to work on an Animal Planet program, Animal Gladiators. Both programs will look at

  • PLU to explore the many roles of women in the Holocaust during annual conference https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2016/09/27/holocaust-conference/

    TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 27, 2016)- Hosted by the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and featuring Holocaust researchers and historians from all over the country, the ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at…

    explore “Women and the Holocaust” Oct. 17-19 at PLU.“We’re going to specifically focus on how women’s experiences, because of their gender, were different from that of men,” said conference organizer and PLU history professor Beth Griech-Polelle. “If we really want to capture the historical moment and time of the holocaust, it’s not enough to leave women out of the story.” Griech-Polelle, who serves as the Kurt Mayer chair in Holocaust studies at PLU, says that only recently did the field of Holocaust

  • The Adaptation of Learning https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-adaptation-of-learning/

    literature and history, says “I basically do all my research on the internet, the PLU library database list is my best friend right now.” Regardless of whether students currently reside on or off campus, they find a use for Mortvedt Library’s resources. But as useful as the library is, in the Humanities there’s also great merit to be found in the input of one’s peers. James notes that “interacting with other students is super useful.” Discussion and collaboration might seem harder to partake in during

  • The value of the bourgeoisie https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/10/15/the-value-of-the-bourgeoisie/

    October 15, 2012 Deirdre N. McCloskey – distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago – spoke about the value of the middle-class during the annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. (Photo by John Struzenberg ’15) The value of the bourgeoisie By Katie Scaff ’13 Don’t be ashamed of being bourgeois, said Deirdre N. McCloskey, distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the

  • A slice of history: PLU Crew, the Husky Clipper, George Pocock, and the sport of rowing https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/12/19/boys-in-the-boat-plu-husky-clipper/

    A slice of history: PLU Crew, the Husky Clipper, George Pocock, and the sport of rowing Posted by: mhines / December 19, 2023 Image: The 1967 PLU varsity crew in the Husky Clipper scrimmaging against the JV boat. (Photo by PLU Photographer Ken Dunmire) December 19, 2023 By Jim Ojala '69Editor’s Note: Jim Ojala ’69, a dedicated rower rooted in his PLU experience, earned four varsity letters and fostered a profound connection to the sport. Through a compelling photo essay, Ojala explores the deep