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survived the Holocaust to become a fierce advocate for Holocaust education, and for the memory of those who did not survive. Even after his death in 2012, the man whose name informs one of PLU’s most distinguished programs remains an inspiration: for scholars, for students—and, perhaps most recently (and most poignantly), for a J-Term Study Away experience organized by Kirsten Christensen, Associate Professor of German and affiliated faculty in PLU’s new program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at PLU

Wang, USC Aiken Exploring Chinese International Undergraduate Students’ Cross-cultural Adjustment to US Colleges and Universities during the Covid-19 Pandemic Ningsheng Huang, Dunwoody College of Technology Exploring the Outcomes of Adopting OER Materials in Sociology online classes Ting Jiang, MSU Denver (Virtual Presentation)Abstract - Panel 1A: Chinese Americans amid Covid 19 (Administration Building 101)Yan Xia, Ph.D., Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cixin Wang, Ph.D. Associate

other time in our lives are we saturated with so many diverse ideas, perspectives, lifestyles and goals. Learn More Universities are complex microcosms of a complex society. From the very beginnings of university life in the 11th Century, campuses have been places of change, diversity and disagreement. Indeed this tension has often been a driving force of the changes in higher education. In this article, 18 great student leaders and alumni share how identity and activism has changed throughout the

, education, etc.)? If you completed the majority of requirements for a major, would it make more sense to finish the major you have already started and pick up courses or a minor in an area you are more interested in exploring? Interview a Faculty Member Make an appointment to talk with a faculty member about the skills and areas of expertise you will develop in studying the disciplines they teach. Ask about employment of recent graduates in this area and internships that majors have completed or are

– Lunch 1:00pm – ConductVR Noatak Post (BA), Curtis Ganung (BA) ConductVR is an education focused application built for the Meta Quest platform that will allow users to learn and practice the art of conducting music by taking advantage of visual aids, the Meta Quest’s real-time hand-tracking, and adaptive music playback through a MIDI controller. For this application we use Inverse Kinematics to allow the player to see their upper body and arms to help make the application feel more ‘real’. This

Global and Community Engaged Education, Women’s Center) should become key members of the Council as they are at the center of many current DJS initiatives.Recommendations for ProgrammingAs the Programming Subcommittee embarked on completing its assigned task, we quickly recognized that the scope of our work must be broad and multifaceted in order to be effective. Accordingly, four foci for programming initiatives emerged: Curriculum, Professional Development (for both Faculty & Staff), Co-Curricular

support. We were also able to do more field trips, which would be harder with a larger department. What’s one book-related topic you get fired up about (book bans, early reading education, diversity in publishing, etc.)? The first thing that came to my mind is classics, especially Shakespeare, being inaccessible. We’ve seen time and time again that it’s not about the books themselves, it’s how they’re taught and presented. If we keep presenting classics like Shakespeare as above everyone’s reading