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chance to relax…” @PLUWangCenter – December 01st, 2017 The Wang Center for Global Education   Made possible by a generous gift from Drs. Grace and Peter Wang, the Center is an academic support unit dedicated to providing faculty, students and staff with the resources necessary to advance PLU’s distinction and vision for global education of “educating for a just, healthy, sustainable, and peaceful world at home and abroad” through faculty development and grant opportunities, delivery of study away

considered to be ‘older than dirt’ by so many, it has been such a wonderful gift and inspiration to connect with the women of PLU. I always leave with a greater sense of confidence in our youth and feeling confident that today’s youth will do much better for the world than my generation has done.” Erin McKenna: Faculty at PLU since 1992; former Chair of Women’s Studies “When I arrived at PLU, the Women’s Center was still very new. The fact that PLU had a Women’s Center (and a Women’s Studies Program) was

to a sister school, Augustana in Sioux Falls, SD, where she finished with a major PLU didn’t have. “It was really an unselfish act,” says Shjerven. “I experienced a lot of that from my professors and mentors at PLU.” Another influence was Susan Briehl, a former PLU campus pastor and the first female pastor she’d encountered , who told her to consider seminary. This planted a seed that took years to grow. “What a gift that was,” Shjerven says, calling PLU “a community that helps people to imagine

expecting,” she said of the individualized experience. “I took every possible class you could take in the master’s program and created extra ones.” Christina Pepin, clinical assistant professor, studied at PLU for her undergraduate (2004) and graduate (2007) nursing degrees (she also earned undergraduate degrees in biology and English at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in 2001). She never planned on being a nurse, but eventually realized she had the gift of connecting with patients on a deeper

Title: The Holocaust and the Pope’s Dilemma Who: Jacques Kornberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Toronto Bio: Kornberg earned his his B.A. from Brandeis and his Ph.D. from Harvard. His research interests include intellectual history, modern European Jewish history, antisemitism and Holocaust studies. He established the Kornberg-Jezierski Family Memorial Essay Prize in Holocaust Studies with restitution money from the Belgian occupation, 1940-45. The gift was made in memory

Center for Global Education, Peter and Grace Wang The Wang Center for Global Education opened in 2002 to fulfill the vision of donors Peter and Grace Wang. Their endowment has emphasized the role education can play in building a more just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world. The Wangs recognized an opportunity to further PLU’s academic reach, and their gift has helped prepare students for lives of leadership and service in an interconnected world. Both are first-generation Americans. Peter Wang

focus in the area. This meant transferring to a sister school, Augustana in Sioux Falls, SD, where she finished with a major PLU didn’t have. “It was really an unselfish act,” says Shjerven. “I experienced a lot of that from my professors and mentors at PLU.” Another influence was Susan Briehl, a former PLU campus pastor and the first female pastor she’d encountered , who told her to consider seminary. This planted a seed that took years to grow. “What a gift that was,” Shjerven says, calling PLU “a

University in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the Board may select. 8.5 Gifts. The Board may accept on behalf of the University any contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of the University. 8.6 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the University shall begin on June 1. 8.7 Books and Records. The University shall keep a copy of the following records at its registered or principal office: 8.7.1 The Articles or Restated Articles and all

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, director of gift planning at PLU, said the group has been getting together for at least three years. Even as babies are born and lives are increasingly busy, they are all good at sticking to the every-other-week schedule, she said. “It’s half because of the games and half because of the people,” Praxel Austin said. With crying babies around, the games take a little longer to get through, she acknowledged, but “that’s part of the story of our gaming family.” Andrea Shea ’06, an academic advisor at PLU