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on her mother’s. She was a descendant of one of the Decembrists, the early 19th century social justice revolutionaries in Russia. Hewett remembers her mother as a passionate idealist and natural social worker. André and Magda met in the mid-1920s while studying in New York City, he at Union Theological Seminary and she at the New York School of Social Work. Six weeks after meeting, they were engaged. “They were two people from different places with the same ideas about serving humanity and doing

Emmy-Nominated Documentary Screened for Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference Posted by: Zach Powers / March 5, 2015 Image: Filmmaker Steven Pressman at the Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 5, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 5, 2015)- Writer and director Steven Pressman screened his Emmy-nominated documentary film, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus, on

resilience of the human spirit.” The award went to China Partners Network and its principals, Donald Mott, MD; John Vaswig, M.Div.; Brett Nirider, PT; Steven Shores, OT; Juanita Niridir, PT; Sarah Kerrick, PT; and Xue Chung Liu, MD. Founded in 2002, China Partners Network is a group of physicians, therapists and other volunteer professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders who live in underserved regions of China. Supported by

: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theatre with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theatre help me share why

was at stake, because he was right there showing that you could fight something and fight it with a kind of clarity that he did,” Barot said. LEARN MOREVisit Keven Drews’ crowdfunding website to donate. Visit his Facebook page to follow his story as it develops. And learn more about multiple myeloma from the American Cancer Society.In addition to logging his daily life on social media, most of Drews’ days are spent at home with his children. For Yvette Drews, the possibility of losing Keven with

intellectually sophisticated work, for how much effort she put into everything she accomplished, because of her true love for learning, and for the ways in which her commitment to critical thinking and social justice has shaped her research and her activism to this day.” Prior to the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, Smith had approached Benge with an offer to use partial grant funding to organize a series of arts-based workshops. Benge and Urdangarain were in talks to translate a theater piece about experiences

Former PLU Student and Instructor Andrew Milton Explores School Success in New Book Posted by: Sandy Dunham / November 26, 2014 November 26, 2014 By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communication Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 24, 2014)—Longtime teacher (and former PLU student and instructor) Andrew Milton has released his first book, centered on the regulations and social expectations that are harmful to our schools. Milton has been involved with education and schools his whole career

Yaquelin Ramirez’s ’22 passion for helping others leads to a future in healthcare Posted by: vcraker / May 5, 2022 Image: Yaquelin Ramirez Ferrer ’22, poses in the second floor lab where as a chemistry major she spent much of her time, Monday, April 18, 2022, at PLU (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) May 5, 2022 As a child, chemistry major Yaquelin Ramirez ’22 often went to work with her mother at a Federal Way nursing home. The time spent watching her mom help the residents sparked something inside

Professor Samuel Torvend on Martin Luther’s teachings during the plague Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 9, 2020 November 9, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing and Communications Guest WriterThe trials, tribulations, and big questions that confounded 16th century Europeans as they faced the bubonic plague are eerily similar to what we are facing right now with COVID-19 and other social issues. German professor and priest, Martin Luther, had a lot of ideas of what people, and their political

Professor Mike Halvorson publishes new book Posted by: tpotts / October 7, 2024 Image: Promotional photos for the Innovation Studies Program with Michael J. Halvorson, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) October 7, 2024 The History Department’s own Professor Michael J. Halvorson, with Shelly Cano Kurtz, has published a new book, “This Little World: A How-to Guide for Social Innovators”. “Little World” is a PLU-inspired