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about primary sources related to the course topic or theme. Hands-on activities in which students observe, analyze, and interpret primary sources. Semester-long collaborations in which students use Archives and Special Collections holdings in support of research and public history projects. Preparatory sessions that introduce students to primary source research. Interactive workshops for local K-12 students engaged in National History Day research projects. Instruction sessions for student and

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

marking her 50th year at PLU—and it’s hard to imagine any one person who knows PLU better. My 50 Years at Pacific Lutheran University Ringdahl, now University Archivist and Curator of Special Collections (still based in the library), could be gathering golden gifts for this milestone, but instead she has created one: a slideshow called “My 50 Years at PLU,” which chronicles the history of PLU and Ringdahl’s role in it. In presentations around campus, Ringdahl narrates this shared history with an