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Holocaust Studies Newsletter - Spring 2014March 12-14 Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference: Survivors and RescuersThis year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII. Pierre Sauvage, a child survivor and child of survivors, will present works based on his feature documentary, Weapons of the Spirit, which begins the program on March 12. Members of the Brill family, survivors of Exodus 1947 will discuss the ship

Holocaust Studies Newsletter - Spring 2014March 12-14 Seventh Annual Powell-Heller Conference: Survivors and RescuersThis year’s Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will emphasize stories of survivors and the role of rescuers during WWII. Pierre Sauvage, a child survivor and child of survivors, will present works based on his feature documentary, Weapons of the Spirit, which begins the program on March 12. Members of the Brill family, survivors of Exodus 1947 will discuss the ship

Ministry in a Secular Age: Sharing in the Experience of the Ministering God after a PandemicMay 25, June 1, and June 8, 2021 at 3:30pm PST The turn into a more secular and less traditionally religious culture is no news to us in ministry in the Pacific Northwest. Yet we also know that God is very much active and moving in this time and place, and our congregations often struggle to understand where we fit in to God’s ministry in our lives and in our communities.SpeakerLearn about the speakers

. On approval of the department, one course (4 semester hours) in another field of study may be used for a double major in philosophy if it has a direct relationship to the student’s philosophy program. Transfer students will normally take 16 or more of their 32 hours at PLU. Students intending to major in philosophy should formally declare this with the department chair and choose a departmental advisor. Students must be a declared philosophy major in order to be eligible for departmental

Learn More: Lobi 2The Lobi people live mainly in Burkina Faso, with smaller groups residing in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. They are mainly farmers who sustain themselves growing millet, sorghum and corn, and cash crops like peanuts and cotton. They also raise livestock and will occasionally hunt. Traditionally, the Lobi lived in self-governing villages until 1901 when the French brought colonialism to the area. Despite the significant Islamic influence surrounding them, the Lobi have largely