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  • The Choir of the West is comprised of undergraduate majors from a wide variety of academic disciplines. The choir rehearses four days each week, ninety minutes per day.

    and throughout Europe, most recently to Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary in the summer of 2007, and to France and Germany in 2011. The choir has been selected on numerous occasions to perform for regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and National Association for Music Education, and received two gold and one silver certificate in competition with choirs from several countries at the 2011 Harmonie Festival, held in Lindenholzhausen, Germany. “Phoenix,” a

  • The Tacoma Refugee Choir, an important support and resource for Kaelin Lor, History major and '23 alum, recently released the video, Everyone Can Love Someone and Kaelin has shared it with us.

    the University of Washington all made the Benson fellowship a wonderful experience.  Abbie is grateful for the mentorship of Dr. Mergenthal, Dr. Allinson, and Dr. Halvorson all of whom fostered her passion in history—specifically her focus on the Pacific Northwest and the Protestant Reformation of Early Modern Europe—while also encouraging her to develop stronger historical writing and research skills.  After graduating, Abbie continued at PLU by earning her Master of Arts in Education with

  • way in making education far more accessible in Europe. “In the reform of education, Luther was the first person in human history to ask that girls as well as boys receive an education, which had never been asked before. “Privilege was always given to boys from wealthy families who could afford tutors,” Torvend said. “So, to ask that peasant boys and peasant girls be educated was a phenomenal, revolutionary act and request.” Torvend also pointed out that during the Reformation, cities in Germany

  • Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, and a lecturer on Global Health and

    Conference ScheduleConference Registration The conference is free and open to the public. “Anatomy in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany - Politics, Science, Ethics and Legacies”7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) In this talk, the history of the interaction between anatomists and politics in Nazi Germany will be presented, as well as the changes in the traditional anatomical body procurement during that time, which included rising numbers of victims of the Nazi regime. The use of these

  • From Diversity Abroad: Minority & Students of Color Abroad In the U.S. you might be classified by your ethnicity, but abroad, you may be identified first as an American.

    -operation and Development (OECD) when it comes to equality for women. Although Austria’s separate gender roles model has provided a popular functional system in years past, many see it as a modern constraint. The “homemaker/ breadwinner” family model is still dominant in Austria and western Germany but is slowly changing. Students with disabilities who study abroad in Austria will find a range of services and accommodations. Austria offers services for people who are mobility, sight, or hearing impaired

  • I first met Claire in 2003 when she was a student in my course on the history of early Christianity (50-600 C.E.).

    Farm Mobile Food Bank Truck Out of this encounter with a bright and hardworking student, I developed three new courses: Christian Theology of Food and Hunger; Early Christian Initiatives for the Hungry Poor; and Reformation Initiatives for the Hungry Poor. While each of these courses is situated within a historical period, students engage in service learning or research projects in the community: planting and harvesting at Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup; interviewing county leaders who direct food

  • PLU Named Top Fulbright Producer By Chris Albert Pacific Lutheran University ranks among the top schools in the nation for the number of students selected for a Fulbright Student Fellowship in 2010.   Eric Buley and Nicolette Paso were selected as student Fulbright Fellowship recipients.…

    and to achieving ambitious and measurable results with students,” Buley said. Nicolette Paso – Research in Germany Paso will be moving to Leipzig, Germany, to complete her Fulbright Research Grant. Her hope is to apply her research toward a master’s degree, and eventually doctorate, in religion. Her research project is centered on the early Reformation church ordinances that created the first state-sponsored systems of social welfare. “I am primarily interested in how theological context of each

  • Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies | Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7591 | Beth A.

    and minored in Modern American history in graduate school. After graduating with her Ph.D., Professor Griech-Polelle taught at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio for several years before coming to Pacific Lutheran University as Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies. She specializes in Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, Genocide Studies, the Role of Roman Catholic Church leadership in Nazi Germany, and European Women’s history. Dr. Griech-Polelle has published several books, including her

  • Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies | Department of History | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7642 | Beth A.

    Dark Journey: the Rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany”” for The Modern Scholar Great Professors series of lectures. She has published numerous chapters in books, served as guest editor of The Journal of Jesuit Studies, and has spoken at various Holocaust Centers and other venues. She serves on many organization’s committees, including the Executive Committee of the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies; the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity’s

  • Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies | Interdisciplinary Programs | griechba@plu.edu | 253-535-7591 | Beth A.

    and minored in Modern American history in graduate school. After graduating with her Ph.D., Professor Griech-Polelle taught at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio for several years before coming to Pacific Lutheran University as Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies. She specializes in Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, Genocide Studies, the Role of Roman Catholic Church leadership in Nazi Germany, and European Women’s history. Dr. Griech-Polelle has published several books, including her