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, we believe this to be an urgent conversation prompted by our mission and PLU’s commitment to diversity and justice,” said Rachel Haxtema, program coordinator at the PLU Center for Community Engagement and Service. The program will be moderated by PLU Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson and the panel will include PLU Lutheran Studies Chair Samuel Torvend, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay, the Rev. Mark Knutson of Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon

Genius” on March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Karen Hille Phillips Center at PLU.  Baumeister is co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a bio-inspired consultancy offering biological intelligence consulting, professional training, and inspirational speaking. Her work has been critical to the biomimicry movement, establishing it as a new and innovative practice and a philosophy to meet the world’s sustainability challenges.  She has helped more than 100 companies consult the natural world for elegant and sustainable

into one. Students register for the History 248 section (led by Michael Halvorson) or the Philosophy 248 section (led by Michael Schleeter), but the sections always meet together and the students work on shared assignments. This multi-disciplinary collaboration allows students to get two professors for the price of one, and they also encounter diverse perspectives in the classroom on a daily basis. Learning through multiple perspectives isn’t necessarily more difficult, but it feels more relevant

or co-learner. Professor of Psychology Wendy Shore received the Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring. PLU sponsors Faculty Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments of the faculty in five areas of faculty work: teaching, advising, mentoring, research, and service. Their peers have nominated and selected the recipients, signifying their high regard among those who know them well.Shore exemplifies her mentoring philosophy by forming profound connections with her students. As a

environmental catastrophes. Rep. Derek Kilmer speaking to PLU students in a politics and government class.× Similarly, if we are to have internet software developers who understand the principles of information privacy and access, it follows that our computer engineering students would benefit from courses in philosophy, and the increased empathy and understanding that comes from engaging low-income communities that lack access to high-speed internet services. Of course we know that two or three 200-level

; and Kevin O’Brien, Brian Naasz and Becca Krzmarzick ’10 as they talk about their work together and what each of the learned from the other regarding their callings in life. (iii) Prof. Andrea Munro! Wed 4/6, 7 – 8 p.m., AUC Regency Room “Which Questions Matter: Scientists and Philosophers in Dialogue” Back by popular demand, this year’s edition of scientists and philosophers in dialogue features Sergia Hay and Mike Schleeter from the department of philosophy, Andrea Munro from the Chemistry

College & Conservatory, as well as bachelor degrees in composition, organ performance, and philosophy from Oberlin. Murphy-Mancini  has a special connection with the institution’s awe inspiring Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ, designed by Paul Fritts. While living in San Diego, he had “the frequent privilege to play [Fritts’] Opus 5,” an early instrument Fritts built in 1985 for All Souls Church in Point Loma.  The vibrant music culture at PLU played a significant role in Murphy-Mancini’s decision to

unconditional commitment). In this essay, I will consider the third of these objections, especially as it applies to Christian belief, and argue that there is in fact no incompatibility.  Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Keith Cooper How could it not be inappropriate to take belief in God as a hypothesis to be tested? Faith, as many would say, is a matter of commitment, unconditional commitment that precludes discussion about the strength of its rational support. Since adherents of religious faith are not

no “animal studies program” in any American university. In fact, the phrase “animal studies” does not even exist except as I am here using it informally. Even making the comparison between animals and historically oppressed people is much more likely to offend the people involved than ennoble the cause of animals. This even though many feminists, like Carol J. Adams in The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Continuum 1990), have argued animals and women have both been

Kaurin, Associate Professor of Philosophy at PLU, and Pam Barker PLU senior communication studies and political science major speaking for the affirmative; and Seth Weinberger, Associate Professor of Politics and Government at the UPS and David Mooney, PLU senior and political science major, arguing for the negative. Much of the debate focused on the differing opinions regarding the human cost of drone attacks. The debate came down to the question of “What do you prefer fairness or efficiency?” The