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September 22, 2008 Feminist theology and ethics explored An expert on feminist theology, feminist ethics and theological anthropology will deliver the 2008 David and Marilyn Knutson and Department of Religion Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University. Susan Ross will speak on “Seeking Light and Beauty: Women, Justice and Sacramentally” on Monday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Xavier Hall, Nordquist Lecture Hall, off Park Avenue South. Ross is a professor of theology and faculty scholar at Loyola

March 5, 2012 Explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson highlights his 80 day journey around the Arctic Ocean. (Photo by John Froschauer) Arctic exploration and climate change By Katie Scaff ’13 Changes in the Arctic have become increasingly visible, according to Norwegian explorer Thorleif Thorleifsson, who, with BØrge Ousland, became the first to sail around the Arctic in one, short season in 2010. “These are the facts,” Thorleifsson said. “This is happening.” The Scandinavian Cultural Center set the

November 5, 2012 Nominate distinguished staff and administrators We’re approaching the time of year when the university gives special recognition to several staff and administrators who have made outstanding performance contributions. Please nominate these “outstanding performers” for the annual Distinguished Staff/Administrator Award. Complete program guidelines and nomination forms are available on the Human Resources website at https://www.plu.edu/human-resources or by calling Human

Congratulations Delta and Delta Leaders! Posted by: priggekl / September 22, 2016 September 22, 2016 By Kate PriggeCongratulations!We would like to congratulate Megan Farris-Maycock, Gina Fioretti and Elena Oelfke for their leadership and the Delta organization for their continued leadership on campus. Delta was nominated for service program of the year, educational program of the year, and student organization of the year. We won the educational program if the year for our UPS workshop. Megan

Lost and Found in Translation Posted by: alex.reed / May 21, 2022 May 21, 2022 Excerpted in Prism from Shadows and Echoes, the Language and Literatures Department’s publication, in 2004.In what Shadows and Echoes hopes will be an annual feature, “Lost and Found in Translation” takes a poem by Emily Dickinson and translates it through a number of languages (German, French, Catalan, Spanish, and Latin) before bringing it (or something!) back into English. Each of the translators worked only from

college or university in the ACS Puget Sound Section (for a list of colleges in our section, visit our website) with a chemistry curriculum. This scholarship is specifically for underrepresented minority students in chemistry who identify as one or more of the following: Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous (American Indian, Alaskan native), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (including Filipino), African American/Black. Students must have completed one year of general chemistry and intend to  pursue a major

Halvorson Delivers Homecoming Lecture on Programming and Social Movements View a recording of the October 6 webinar created for the PLU community Posted by: halvormj / September 30, 2020 September 30, 2020 Can learning to code be described as a social movement in American history? PLU Professor Michael Halvorson thinks so. His reflections on the subject were recorded as part of PLU’s Homecoming and Family Week, which presented several lectures by the PLU faculty for the Lute community. The

topic of guilt and innocence in Holocaust literature, with a focus on Daniel Silva’s trio of Julia Walsh ’14 talks at PLU’s 9-11 ceremony. (John Froschauer, Photographer) Holocaust-related spy novels and on Herman Wouk’s War and Remembrance. Out of my books and thoughts rose a paper on issues of guilt in Holocaust literature, finding patterns in chronology between the first and second wave of Holocaust literature. In the first mode, the antagonist and perpetrator is not specifically an individual

Palmer Scholars Builds Hope and Opportunity Through Education Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 9, 2020 Image: Image: Palmer Scholars H.S. graduates who are PLU bound pose with Jonathan Jackson, Palmer Executive Director March 9, 2020 By StaffDebbie Caffazo, Resolute Magazine - Fall 2019 IssuePalmer Scholars builds hope and opportunity through education.Jonathan Jackson, Class of ’12 sociology alum, a member of the PLU Alumni Board and a current MBA student at PLU, is executive director of

she oversees between 250 and 300 students in preschool through grade five. She sees her primary role at Chief Leschi as building connections and helping students flourish in a school environment. At a school devoted to teaching Native American children, Leavens says it’s important that students feel connected to each other as well as to their culture. “We are teaching kids to be true to themselves,” Leavens says, “even though they have to live in a world that is sometimes unjust or unfair.” Read