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Comes the Sweet”: Overcoming Madness and Despair in Solitary Confinement (Regency Room) Sidney Rittenberg, Sr., PLU Visiting China Scholar and President, Rittenberg Associates, Inc. Yulin Rittenberg, Co-founder, Rittenberg Associates, Inc. 3:45-5:25pm — Lutes in the World: PLU Students and Alumni Reflect on their Research and Work on Resilience (Chris Knutzen Hall – West) Courtney Lee, PLU Student in Chinese Studies and Global Studies Vicky Murray, PLU Alum 2015, College and Career Counselor, Chief

powerful desire to push PLU into a higher gear when it came to the pursuit of justice. Above all, these students made very healthy contributions to our community’s willingness to track its own shortcomings and reduce the gap between our ‘talk” and our “walk.” As the renowned activist, scholar, and theologian Cornel West argued (also in the early 1990s) we must work hard to discern our own hypocrisies if we want to pursue justice and bring about productive change. We must work hard to discern our own

);Ph.D.) research specializes in examining the birth experiences of women in difficult religious, social, political and economic situations. These settings reveal challenging circumstances ranging from political and economic repression in Apartheid South Africa, and in the former Soviet Union, religiously inspired cruelty of female genital mutilation, and over-medicalization of birth in the technologically developed world. None of these, however, comes anywhere close to matching the horrors

Lerner Fellow from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, and has participated in numerous Holocaust education programs nationally and internationally, including those through the USHMM and Yad Vashem. Ilana has helped to plan and lead international Holocaust study trips and is currently working on planning another for 2015 to Poland and Israel. Ilana lives in West Seattle and is the proud mom of two kids, ages 6 and 8.Jennifer Marlow Jennifer Marlow is an assistant professor of European history at

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alumni feel to their alma mater. Read more about this effort in a letter from the Alumni Board president. View Now Homecoming and Family Weekend Learn more about the schedule of events for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2017. View Now Bjug Day It’s time once again to honor PLU’s heritage with Bjug Day 2017. Learn more about this opportunity to give. View Now Christmas Concerts Join us for one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and

Christmas Concerts Dec. 2-4, 8-9 Join us for one of the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest, as The Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra presents “Gloria” — PLU’s annual Christmas concert. Works by Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Randol Bass will be mixed with traditional carols and seasonal favorites as we celebrate the glory, hope and peace of the Christmas season. Click below for details on performances at PLU and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. More

Women” national conference is held. Mar. 11, 2010 Assistant Attorney General Tony West visits as part of a national tour of 10 universities to showcase exceptional campus-based programs to address violence against women. 2011 Dr. Jennifer Smith is hired as the fourth Women’s Center Director and as a member of WMGS faculty. 2012 Men Against Violence changes to Men’s Project. April 24th, 2013 PLU President Thomas W. Krise speaks at Take Back The Night. Fall 2014 Provost Steve Starkovich

back to campus for Homecoming and Family Weekend, October 14 – 16, a celebration for families, alumni and the campus community! Choir of the West will be celebrating 90 years during the weekend. Other special gatherings include reunion festivities for the Classes of 1956, 1966 and 1991. More Information Holocaust Conference Oct. 17-19 The ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference on Holocaust Education will focus on women in the Holocaust. The event was rescheduled from its original spring dates. More

Semester of 2014.  The program focused on the culture and society of the Caribbean, however, Aubrey also had the opportunity to take classes at the University of West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine campus.  As a student at UWI, it was not hard to become immersed in the community. Aubrey joined school clubs including the Biological Society, connected with other UWI students, went on many a hike, attended university dances and faculty functions, and partook in the many festivals that take place in Trinidad