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to an event that may yet be defined as the greatest crime in modern history,” Kurt Mayer wrote. “I am telling my story because we must continue to learn from the lessons of the past.” Mayer was the first person of the Jewish faith to serve on Pacific Lutheran University’s Board of Regents, serving from 1995 to 2005. He was instrumental in the development of the university’s Holocaust Studies Program. Mayer’s family was one of two prominent Tacoma area families who funded a $1 million endowed

students, faculty and staff — some with tears in their eyes — that now is a time to reflect on where to go as a nation amid Tuesday's election results.“Here we are the day after one of the most rancorous and hate-filled elections this country has ever witnessed,” Krise said, stressing that in order to rebuild a shattered body politic everyone must understand all people at the center of the divisiveness. “Perhaps a place to start is to look at what lessons we can glean from other nations that have gone

Natalie Mayer endows new Holocaust and Genocide Studies lecture series Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / May 2, 2018 Image: Natalie Mayer has endowed a new lecture series at Pacific Lutheran University, the Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture, with the hopes of connecting the lessons of our past to the issues of the present. May 2, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic

: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theater with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theater help me share why

storytelling lessons learned from theatre help me share why we need policy that leads to change. In campaigning, we tell people stories about how policies can affect everyday life, a skill I developed in theatre. “Normalcy” [our climate-themed musical] used all three of my majors. Knapp: When I tell people those are my majors, they get confused if they’re not involved in the fields. “Why those two?” I wasn’t planning on integrating environmental studies into my college experience until the summer after

: I have two majors, in environmental studies and theatre, and a minor in Hispanic studies. I’m also taking a PLUS Year. How do your majors interact with each other? Ruggeri: PLU’s liberal arts program really encourages us to connect our studies. You see great examples of political theatre with “Hamilton,” for example. My political science and environmental studies inform how I create active political and social change with theatre. The storytelling lessons learned from theatre help me share why

Frisbee coach for elementary and middle school kids, Jackie has been able to appreciate a wilderness very different from that of Rhode Island, where she grew up, and to focus on improving accessibility in the outdoors. “Ultimate Frisbee is self-officiated, which is really cool,” Jackie added. “So it teaches good lessons on how to stand up for yourself.” Jackie is still contemplating her next steps after graduation. PLU’s medical school application acceptance rates were part of what drew Jackie to the

experience at PLU taught me to care.  It taught me to care for the successes of everyone around me,” Haven said. “On any given day, (more than 200) young minds walk through my door, and my hope is they learn from the lessons I learned at PLU.  … My hope is to create a classroom that has so many of the good qualities that are deeply rooted in PLU.” Read Previous A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Read Next Alice Giles ‘cool’ World Harp Tour stops in Tacoma LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies

activities outside the classroom. As an Outdoor Rec trip leader and Ultimate Frisbee coach for elementary and middle school kids, Jackie has been able to appreciate a wilderness very different from that of Rhode Island, where she grew up, and to focus on improving accessibility in the outdoors. “Ultimate Frisbee is self-officiated, which is really cool,” Jackie added. “So it teaches good lessons on how to stand up for yourself.” Jackie is still contemplating her next steps after graduation. PLU’s medical

elderly people had crawled up in an attic, and had passed,” she said. “Or you’d see something like “Rabbit, DOA.” “I think we were surprised at how much remains untouched, two and half years later,” said Allison Cambronne, also a junior. The group, which traveled to New Orleans under the auspices of Campus Ministry and University Congregation, returned from New Orleans March 30, still mulls over the lessons learned and the blessings given and received during the week-long stay. They shared some of