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true embodiment of this idea. At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation. As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes
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Courtney Olsen Manager of Short-Term Programs She/Her Phone: 253-535-7628 Email: olsencd@plu.edu Office Location:Wang Center for Global Education Status:Working Hybrid Professional Education B.A., History, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2018 M.St., Modern British History, University of Oxford, 2020 Responsibilities Supports the Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program
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Pacific Lutheran University in much the same way as we carry out our mission of Lutheran higher education. One of the wonderful gifts of the Lutheran Reformation that – like Solomon’s temple – people outside the Lutheran church are most impressed with is the Lutheran commitment to education and especially higher education, i.e., Lutheran colleges and universities like PLU. It’s funny because in my experience, it is outsiders who often appreciate this gift more than many Lutherans who either take it
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of vocational reflection in the PLU Wild Hope Center for Vocation. That tradition started with Martin Luther and his Reformation—his spirit of challenging the status quo and structures of power, to provide greater access to education and “free inquiry beyond prescribed limits,” as Trelstad puts it. In the 1500s, Luther built upon his education in history, religion and critical questioning and began to imagine new models for challenging the way things were. The same tradition continues at PLU
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chamber ensembles, and a one-act opera. His wind ensemble music in particular is performed regularly throughout North America, Europe and Japan. In 2001, Youtz was honored with the “Composer of the Year” award from the Washington State Music Teacher’s Association. His compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and he is currently at work on a second opera: Cai Yan Fiery Jade based on a libretto by Chinese poet Zhang Er 张耳. Youtz’ wind ensemble music is
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. His wind ensemble music in particular is performed regularly throughout North America, Europe and Japan. In 2001, Youtz was honored with the “Composer of the Year” award from the Washington State Music Teacher’s Association. His compositions include works for orchestra, band, choir, voice and chamber ensembles, and he is currently at work on a second opera: Cai Yan Fiery Jade based on a libretto by Chinese poet Zhang Er 张耳. Youtz’ wind ensemble music is performed regularly throughout North America
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Professor of Modern History at Pennsylvania State University, calls these oh-so-accessible goods “packaged pleasures”—and at PLU’s 2014 Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History on Oct. 13, he’ll present an illustrated talk that offers a fresh perspective on the origins of the modern American consumer culture and its impact on our lives. Touching on history, marketing and technology, Cross’ talk is titled “The Package and Its Pleasures: How American Business and Technology Shaped Consumer
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Elizabeth Bankowski Digital Media Director She/Her Biography Biography Major: Studio Art Minor(s): Printing and Publishing Would you rather be able to time travel, teleport, or fly? “I would rather teleport so that I could travel anywhere I want to without a passport or worrying about missing a flight.” Favorite Font: Bernhard Modern Bold Italic
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Connection through TranslationKiyomi Kishaba and Professor Rona Kaufman track Jewish Migration to UruguayWhy the Digital Humanities Lab Impacts UsProfessor Adela Ramos on the Collaborative, Technological Approach to Humanistic ProjectsThe Importance of Dead LanguagesProfessor Collin Brown on Dead Languages and the Modern Human ExperienceSharing Passion for ScholarshipThe Kelmer Roe Scholarship in the Humanities Supporting Student-Faculty Research
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Lemkin Lecture and Essay ContestTuesday, April 4, 2017, 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU This year Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, was the featured speaker. His talk was titled “On Luther, Jews, and Lutherans in Nazi Germany.” Along with the lecture, each year, PLU offers students a chance to participate in a Lemkin essay contest. Students are asked to write a 7-10 page essay on the topic “Genocide: What does it mean to you?” A panel of
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