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Holocaust Conference at PLU.  Wagenaar doesn’t let the past consume him. How to live really comes down to a simple and often-used rule he said, “Don’t do to anyone else what you wouldn’t want done to you.” On Friday night, James Waller, Auxiliary Scholar of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, talked about “Becoming Evil:  How Ordinary People Commit Mass Murder and Genocide.” Waller called upon his audience, whom he referred to as “people of leverage,” to use the power they have with

Welcoming Our 2018 MSMR Candidates Posted by: wagnerjc / November 13, 2017 November 13, 2017 We would like to welcome the 2018 Master of Science in Marketing Research Candidates. This cohort of nine with backgrounds in business, psychology, communications, and more is looking forward to a year of learning what it means to be a marketing researcher. Please join us in welcoming our new candidates to their new home for the next 10 months!Segun AmosunSegun graduated from University of Washington

February 3, 2011 PLU ROTC awarded prestigious MacArthur Award By Chris Albert The PLU ROTC program was recently named a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Award. The nation has recognized the program at PLU as one of the top nationally,” said Lt. Col. Jason K. Shrader, professor of military science – U.S. Army ROTC. Nearly 120 PLU students are cadets in the PLU Army ROTC program, including six from the graduating class who are distinguished military graduates. The MacArthur Award is named

. We asked three Lutes who have each managed to study away multiple times (one even squeezed in seven different programs!) to share about their own experiences.Acadia GrahamJunior (Class of 2020). Hometown: Anchorage, AK Global Studies major, Anthropology and dance minors, Peace Corps Prep program (Youth & Development Track) Involvement: Admission Intern, Global Ambassador for Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, Outdoor Recreation guide Number of times studying away: I’ve

November 17, 2008 Veterans Day offers a time for reflection, thanks As the PLU brass played the unforgettable anthems of each branch of the United States Armed Services, the soldiers, sailors and airmen in the audience, stood up to applause. That was the crescendo of the PLU Veterans Day Celebration last week in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center Lagerquist Concert Hall. The veterans were recognized for their sacrifices and the audience was asked to reflect with pride on the brave men and

to close “I am leaving this legacy to you…to bring peace, justice, equality, love & fulfillment.” — PLU (@PLUNEWS) May 28, 2016 Congratulations David! #PLUgrads pic.twitter.com/XeSINQst1n — Matthew Stariha (@MatthewStariha) May 28, 2016 Read Previous PLU President Thomas W. Krise: “A hearty congratulations to Friends of 88.5” Read Next PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center selected for Registrars to the Rescue service project COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for

Welcoming First Cohort: Kallan Campa Posted by: Catherine Chan / June 15, 2020 Image: Kallan Campa (Photo courtesy Kallan Campa) June 15, 2020 Kallan Campa is excited to learn more about the complexities of the relationship between behavior and participation in physical activity. She shares about what inspired her to join the MSK program and what she is looking forward to learn. 1. What is one fun fact about yourself? I taught myself to recite the alphabet backwards when I was 3 years old. 2

graduate school at Portland State University to gain her master’s degree in education with a concentration in counseling. She then went on to earn certification in personal management from Portland State in 1986. As one of her closest friends and PLU college roommate for three years, Nowadnick said, “we knew early on that [psychology] was her first love.” After graduating from Portland State, Wold worked in the counseling field for six years, helping kids and teens who had been sexually abused or had

landed a position as a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Global Health in New Haven, Connecticut, where she spends her time analyzing factors that have caused child vaccination rates to decline in many parts of the country.Not that poring over such data was always her forte. Her passion was kindled years ago as a psychology undergrad at PLU — even if she had to overcome her initial dread of statistics and methods first. “I was terrified to take that class because I never considered

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