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attack the dangerous cancer. He says similar trials have been used for patients with leukemia and lymphoma. “We are really lucky here in North America,” Drews said. “We can access these treatments.” Drews’ GoFundMe page has raised more than $30,000 and he is headed to Seattle in the next few weeks for a pre-trial consultation. In the meantime, he’s appreciating each day and encourages others to do the same. “Enjoy life,” he said. “Don’t waste time. Don’t waste seconds.” Keven Drews '16 and his wife
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be used for volunteer programs like Teach for America and Americorps.”A passion that started at PLU This wasn’t the first time Chell found herself supporting a health network. She got an early taste of this work while at PLU when she volunteered for the Neighborhood Clinic, a clinic in Tacoma that provides healthcare and wellness services to those who cannot afford them. She became aware of the clinic from Benita Ki, the clinic’s executive director who was also Chell’s ultimate frisbee coach at
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Chicago’s Resurrection Lutheran Church. With her father and grandfather — both Lutheran ministers — sitting proudly in the pews, Rude became the first ordained LGBTQ pastor after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America urged bishops to not penalize congregations who violate the celibacy requirement for gay clergy. An article the next day in the Chicago Tribune punctuated the historic shift: “Lesbian ordained despite refusal to take vow of celibacy.” Rude’s “extraordinary ordination” was held in 2007
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, and ethnocentric, and easily threatened. And the world is a beautiful place.” Steves talks about current politics and the fear of refugees. “There is so much anxiety in our country and people are more afraid than ever,” he said. “I feel like somebody’s got to stand up and say, ’America, get a grip.’” Steves believes travel today is safer than ever. “What’s dangerous is watching too much fear-mongering commercial TV news,” he added. Steves was 14 when his father, who was in the piano business, came
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portrayal of his personal experiences in a national context challenged America to uphold the values it promised on equality and justice. He explored these topics in such works as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, The Fire Next Time, Giovanni’s Room, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Another Country. Baldwin firmly believed sexuality was fluid and should not be divided into strict categories, an idea that would not be acceptable until modern day. Through his popularity and writings
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, KY: Sarabande Books, 2015), 19-20. 5 – Bruce Kimball, Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education (With a Foreword by Joseph L. Featherstone; New York and London: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1986). 6 – Wallace Stevens, from “Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction” in Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose (The Library of America; New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1997), 334. Indigenizing the AcademyLocating Humanities in the 21st Century Read
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100 congregants, many weeping, at Chicago’s Resurrection Lutheran Church. With her father and grandfather — both Lutheran ministers — sitting proudly in the pews, Rude became the first ordained LGBTQ pastor after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America urged bishops to not penalize congregations who violate the celibacy requirement for gay clergy. An article the next day in the Chicago Tribune punctuated the historic shift: “Lesbian ordained despite refusal to take vow of celibacy.” Rude’s
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. “ Because we tend to be frightened, and ethnocentric, and easily threatened. And the world is a beautiful place.” Steves talks about current politics and the fear of refugees. “There is so much anxiety in our country and people are more afraid than ever,” he said. “I feel like somebody’s got to stand up and say, ’America, get a grip.’” Steves believes travel today is safer than ever. “What’s dangerous is watching too much fear-mongering commercial TV news,” he added. Steves was 14 when his father, who
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fruit warehouse. By 14, he was working nearly full time at the local grocery store.Despite the demanding hours, he managed to earn top marks in his class at Zillah High School. He was president three times over: junior class, math club, and Future Farmers of America. Despite the scholastic success, college wasn’t a consideration. While some of his friends were going, not one of his seven older siblings had gone to college. He figured maybe someday he’d manage the grocery store. One chilly fall
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published books on Voltaire, Camus, Montaigne, and La Princesse de Clèves. More recently, in 2007, he published “We Only Know Men:” The Rescue of Jews in France during the Holocaust (The Catholic University of America Press) which has been translated and published in France as La Montagne des Justes (Éditions Privat, 2010). In 2014, he published his edited volume, Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis (The Catholic University of America Press). Conference ScheduleJudith van PraagPresentation Title
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