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  • the Holocaust and genocide is a complex, challenging, and on-going process.For more information or to declare a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, please contact Professor Lisa Marcus (marcusls@plu.edu).Uncomfortable TruthsRead MoreUncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the futureThe Holocaust in the American Literary ImaginationRead MoreThis year, Professor of English Lisa Marcus will do something different with her class, “The

  • December 1, 2009 Aspire “I want students to be able to see that you can aspire to be great. You can change the world.”It was on a basketball court that Isaiah Johnson ’96 first felt his calling. He had been bouncing around different majors, unsure of what he wanted to do with his life. The dean of students suggested that he work as a counselor for a youth basketball camp. He was hooked – he had found his passion. Education. As his career went on, Johnson found he connected to a lot of students

  • , trying to see why I couldn’t put a book down, and all the ways you can say something to subtly point a reader in a particular direction,” she says. PLU communications director Zach Powers ‘10 interviewed Matthias recently about her new literary fiction novel, The Runestone’s Promise. Matthias discussed how the novel has roots in her family’s history and what it’s like writing a novel set in 1799 Christiana (now Oslo). Read Previous PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Read Next

  • Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni, It is my honor and pleasure to welcome you to the PLU School of Nursing 2023-2024 academic year! I am serving as your Interim Dean of the School of Nursing (SON) while a search is conducted for your next permanent Dean. The SON continues to change and thrive, meeting the challenges of time with our Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral programs continuing to demonstrate excellence evidenced by earning and maintaining professional national accreditation by the

  • Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni, It is my honor and pleasure to welcome you to the PLU School of Nursing 2023-2024 academic year! I am serving as your Interim Dean of the School of Nursing (SON) while a search is conducted for your next permanent Dean. The SON continues to change and thrive, meeting the challenges of time with our Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral programs continuing to demonstrate excellence evidenced by earning and maintaining professional national accreditation by the

  • Message from the DeanDear Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni, It is my honor and pleasure to welcome you to the PLU School of Nursing 2023-2024 academic year! I am serving as your Interim Dean of the School of Nursing (SON) while a search is conducted for your next permanent Dean. The SON continues to change and thrive, meeting the challenges of time with our Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral programs continuing to demonstrate excellence evidenced by earning and maintaining professional national

  • 2020 Cohort Spotlight: Lorna Derro Lorna Derro joins the ELMSN program with a mission in serving underserved areas. She shares about what inspired her to change her career to nursing. What is one fun fact about yourself? I am a woman who wears many hats – a wife of a… June 22, 2020

  • university. Participants all receive competitive stipends, room and board, travel/transport, graduate school preparation workshops, social and networking activities, and more. We remain hopeful that we will be providing an in-person experience this summer. Should that change, applicants will be notified as soon as possible and a virtual experience will still be offered. Our online application is open until Monday, March 1, and students may apply for up to three different research groups. Read Previous

  • The Glee Effect: PLU Adds Musical Theatre & Dance An appealing new concentration awaits incoming PLU students this fall after a restructuring of departments opened the door for change. Effective September 1, the theater and dance programs will combine forces and become the Department of Theatre and Dance. One immediate benefit? The introduction of… November 28, 2018 AcademicsDanceMusicThe ArtsTheatre

  • International Examiner, and once served as a high school movie critic for the Chicago Tribune. He has taught comparative ethnic studies at several universities, published a book, “Strange Fruit of the Black Pacific,” and collaborated on public arts and humanities projects on Japanese American history. Tad Monroe ’97 Tad Monroe graduated from PLU in 1997, double-majoring in communication and history. He is a community and organizational development consultant for Habitat for Humanity International , as well