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January 29, 2014 Saved by the Ball: How Football Led Jahleel Barnes to PLU—and to the Seahawks As an intern for the Seattle Seahawks, Jahleel Barnes ’13 is a Lute living his dreams. Photo by John Froschauer / PLU By Barbara Clements Content Development DirectorAt the age of 23, Jahleel Barnes ’13 is well on his way to making a significant dent in his bucket list: Visit New York City. Check. Attend a Super Bowl. Check. Work for an NFL team. Check. Finish college and work in his major. Check
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of the children in their homes and communities. In the end, gathered her findings and reported back to the schools in hope of helping them develop a curriculum that takes advantage of these funds of knowledge. “If I know more about their culture, then the better I can connect with them,” she said. “Learning for those children becomes a little bit easier.” In many ways, Thirumurthy’s studies are a slice of something in which she’s invested her entire career: understanding and exploring other
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the Great Reformer Martin Luther. “Dear Kate,” as Luther called his beloved wife, bore six children; she ran the household and organized the finances; she ministered to the sick and opened her home to orphans; she grew much of the family’s food, raised livestock and cooked. And among all her exploits in the home and otherwise, Dear Kate still managed to find time to brew beer. Reformaiden is a tribute to her memory and the memory of the Lutheran Reformation, 500 years after it began. Wingman
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
wasn’t long after, however, that the minister of culture greenlit efforts to launch commercial TV and radio, Bjørhovde recalled. “So, I was there at the right time,” she said, over lunch at an ornate cafe at Hotel Bristol in the heart of Oslo. Bjørhovde became the first news anchor on a newly minted, once weekly program. “It was just experimenting,” she said. “It was on a very small scale.” Now, decades later, Bjørhovde is a senior reporter at the center of a very different media landscape. She
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Spring 2023 Capstone presentation schedules from PLU Global Studies graduating seniors.
Resettlement11:30 - Hannah HarveyDisputing the Universality and Goodness of a “Universal Good”: The Influence of the EU and Greek State on Humanitarian Aid for Refugees in Greece12:00-1:00 - Break1:00 - Naomi Atnafu1:30 - Courtney Tudor2:00 - Ellie Dieringer1:00 - Naomi AtnafuThe Power of Identity: The Detrimental Impact of Ethnic Federalism on the Notion of Ethiopian Nationalism1:30 - Courtney TudorA Failed Call: An Antiracist, Decolonial, and Feminist Investigation of Globalized Response to the HIV/AIDS
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artists and scholars interested in the artistic use of type, as well as its history and development. I hope that you will take some time review the great news from SOAC that is contained in this online magazine. Many thanks to Amanda (Mandi) LeCompte, SOAC’s Outreach Manager, for all of her excellent work in putting this all together. I encourage you to stay in touch with us (or re-connect!) by subscribing to our monthly e-mail newsletter SOACtivities, on Facebook, or stopping by campus to say hello
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Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Posted by: Matthew / December 4, 2017 Image: Professor Jen Jenkins at the grave of Herman Broch in Connecticut. December 4, 2017 By Clayton Regehr '18PLU HumanitiesOccasionally, we are fortunate enough to find things that are more exciting than what we are searching for. This is certainly true for Dr. Jen Jenkins, Associate Professor of German in the Languages and Literature Department at Pacific Lutheran University.Dr. Jenkins spent the
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
Raphael Lemkin Lecture - Spring 2020“Rescue and Resistance” - this event canceled due to Covid-19Dr. Mordecai Paldiel is a leading scholar on the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1937, to Jewish parents who had moved there from Poland – during the German invasion of Belgium, in May 1940, the family fled to France. Originally settled in St. Gaudin, southwestern France, the family, then known as Wajsfeld, moved to various parts of occupied France. In September
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February 24, 2012 The Role of Water Among Women in Shillong, India By Katie Scaff ’13 Water is a prime resource, a basic human need, and a precious asset, according to Sister Helen Puwein, a native of Shillong, India and head of Bellefonte Community College. “Every living thing needs water,” Puwein said. Puwein spoke about the unique societal role of women in the state of Meghalaya in Shillong, India and the need for clean water in a talk last Friday. Sister Helen Puwein speaks to the role of
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have put up photographs of Julie Ann during the interview Dr. Schroeder did with her last month, along with captions, mostly with quotes from her about her “my-ology” as she calls it: how she conceptualized and teaches rosemaling. We invite you to come visit the SCC during open hours to see Ms. Hebert’s art in the Stuen room, and to see the tools, techniques, regional styles, and examples of other local artists in the Hildahl gallery. Exhibit closes in August 2018.
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