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  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleWelcome to our new Chair of Holocaust Studies!The donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1

  • We are pleased to announce that Anna Marko and Austin Karr have been selected as 2023's Kurt Mayer Summer Scholars.

    the summer. 2. Students should submit electronically a written description of the research project (up to 500 words), an unofficial PLU transcript, your PLU ID number, and the name and email address of your chosen mentor to: Tracy Williamson williata@plu.edu (253) 535-7321 ADMN 222 D 3. Please put “Mayer Summer Research Scholars” in the email subject line. The deadline for this proposal is 4:00 pm, Monday, April 24, 2023. For more information, email Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle at griechba@plu.edu

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Natalie Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • The 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University. This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the…

    , Canada.  Grabowski’s research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. This year’s conference will also include a screening of “Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” a film based on the book by Glenn Kurtz, Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film.  “This year’s conference explores the rich and varied history of Jews in Poland,” Beth Griech-Polelle, Kurt Mayer Chair of

  • Lisa Woods ’92 leads initiatives to help improve systems and services as the City of Tacoma’s chief equity officer. She says her approach to this work starts with listening and continuously thinking about how best to center community voices, experiences and needs. How can centering…

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  • History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and

    EndowmentContact Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle about research fellowships and Holocaust and Genocide studies at PLU.More

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