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February 2, 2009 Diplomat explores Jewish-German relations By Chris Albert More than 150 people showed up to hear the Consul General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations today. Before a crowded room last week in the UC, Schuette said he would dive into the topic that is not easy, but after visiting PLU in 2007 felt it was a chance he couldn’t pass up. “It’s not only a professional duty for me, but it is also something dear to me,” he said. Consul

April 27, 2009 Passing the torch They may have started with inquiry and then put their words to paper and even presented their findings to anyone who would listen. But beyond their meticulous research, Raphael Lemkin Essay winner Emily Marks ’10 and second place recipient Adam Griffith ’09 took on the bigger challenge of taking the torch of scholarly pursuit from previous generations. Both hope to pursue a PHD and ultimately teach. The fourteenth annual Lemkin Essay contest is a competition at

is reward enough for businesses to join in and take part in the site, Hart said. The idea has been such a success; it won the PLU Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation,   earlier this year. The competition is open to PLU students or alumni who have started a business that’s less than a year old. Since Hart and Pogue first came up with the idea in April of 2009, then launched the site with $7,500 in start up money, it has taken off and is now in the black.  Hart

the largest penguin species and lives in the Falkland Islands. Leaning back in his office, with a penguin cap hanging off his desk, Bergman, an English Professor and self-trained photographer, was recounting – through his photography – his latest trip to study these tuxedoed icons of the south polar seas. Bergman had just returned from the Falkland Islands, 400 miles off the west coast of Argentina to study the birds last November. A year before, in 2009, Bergman spent a month off South Georgia

, October 3, at the 7th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lectureship, which was established by the Benson Family Foundation during the 2005-2006 academic year, brings to campus outstanding members of the academic and business community. The topic for the night’s lecture came from a debate Coclanis had with economic historian Stanley Engerman in November 2009. In both debates he argued that based on economic reasoning slavery would not have survived much longer without

her tears changed from sadness to joy. “That was just the sort of person he was,” recalled Paul Bradshaw, his father. “He was always reaching out to other people.” Lt. Brian Bradshaw, died from wounds suffered when an improvised bomb went off near his vehicle while deployed in Afghanistan. In 2009, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, died from wounds suffered when an improvised bomb went off near his vehicle while deployed in Afghanistan. It would be the end of his life, but not the end of his impact on the world

March 25, 2013 A path of discovery By Katie Scaff ’13 For Austin Goble ’09, volunteering after graduation was anything but a gap year. Goble wasn’t ready to jump right into the workforce, so after graduating in December 2009 Goble spent a year volunteering with Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC), and then a year with AmeriCorps. “For me a year of service was intentional,” said Goble, “an intentional path of self-discovery.” Goble met a recruiter from LVC at a career development fair before

.” The accolade marks the second time in eight years that a PLU student earned a fellowship from Washington University. In 2009, PLU student Aaron Mosher ’11 earned the full-tuition fellowship, the only awardee in the nation that year. Eric Brauser ’10 also earned one of the half-tuition fellowships that year.    Anderson is busy planning for her move to the Midwest. After WUSTL, she plans to go to graduate school for aerospace engineering, and eventually work for NASA or SpaceX. “I want to be

the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s.  He was appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1977 and, with colleagues, founded the Task Force for Child Survival in 1984. While at the CDC, he forced drug companies to warn that aspirin may cause the sometimes deadly Reye Syndrome, reacted quickly to alert women to the dangers of toxic shock syndrome and saw the first cases of a frightening new disease in the early 1980s: AIDS. Over his career, he has

performances, where the character share their life experiences and interact with the audience. “I searched forever to find just he perfect play to direct for my capstone,” Wolfson said. “I chose Will Eno’s work because it’s challenging for the actors and for the director.” Performances are Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in Eastvold. “Trapped: A Festival of One-Act Plays” will begin at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24, 25 and 26, and at 2 p.m. on Jan. 27. The Jan. 24 and Jan. 30 performances are student preview