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September 1, 2009 1:05 p.m. – Mr. McNeese’s gym Class The eighth-grade PE class taught by Dan McNeese ’06 is short one player for a game of pickleball, so McNeese, 26, joins a team and starts swatting at the ball. McNeese says that, as a beginning teacher, he doesn’t get much in pay. But he absolutely has the best job he can think of. On the way back into the gym, McNeese greets Steve Holmfeldt, who was his football coach when McNeese attended Cascade. “At first thought I wanted to teach high
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feel you’ve been placed in or stuck in is profound. Being in these beautiful places that are so different from anything you’ve experienced before, but somehow familiar, provides you with a unique opportunity to reflect on yourself and your current habits of living. I was very luck to study away four times during my time at PLU, and each one taught me something new. I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Since graduating, I’ve continued to grow with the help of travel, having visited the Arctic
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Mende Sowei Mask 3 Mende Sowei Mask 3 Artist: Unknown Mende artist Name: Sowei helmet mask Origin: Mende people of Sierra Leone Made of: Wood Dimensions: H: 15” (38 cm) W: 7” (18 cm) D: 8.6 “ (22 cm) From: Gift of Dr. Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb, 2011 Accession no. 2011-02-004 On display in the PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor) Sierra Leone Description: This Sowei mask has a sharp chin, downcast eyes and no mouth. The coiffure displays intricate patters and braids, and crested horn-shaped
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Zulu Hat 1 Zulu Hat 1 Artist: Unknown Zulu Maker Name: Woman’s Hat; isicholo, early 20th century Origin: Zulu people of South Africa Made of: Human Hair, ochre Dimensions: 22” diameter (55.8cm) From: Gift of Dr. Oliver E. and Pamela F. Cobb, 2010 Accession no. 2010-02-020 Not presently on display South Africa Description: This large wide circular hat is made of human hair and colored red using ochre, an earthy mineral of iron mixed with clay and/or sand, and animal fat. Married Zulu women wore
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Mortvedt Library AccessAs a Pacific Lutheran University alumnus, you have access to the Mortvedt Library to continue your lifetime of learning. Check out all the great features listed below. An Alumni Card and a quick trip to the Mortvedt Library front desk is all you need to start your library access.Alumni get access to the following services: Check out books View DVD’s and other media items in the library Use the copy machines and printers Use the databases to locate research items from
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Jun Zhou, 周军 Senior Visiting Scholar, Professor School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Sichuan University Phone: 253-535-7354 Email: jun.zhou@plu.edu Biography Biography Dr. Jun Zhou is Senior Visiting Scholar at PLU from Sichuan University, China where he is a professor at the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures. Dr. Zhou received his Ph.D. from King’s College London in 2005. His research interests include English Education, TEFL, language testing and inter-cultural communication
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Thad Williams CIWA Director, K-12, International Education Administrator managing dual language and world language in Seattle Public Schools. Phone: 206.252.0191 Email: tbwilliams@seattleschools.org Biography Biography Dr. Thad Williams is the Director of the K-12 Confucius Institute of Washington. He is in his second year as director after taking over from the now retired Dr. Michele Aoki. Thad works closely with co-director Dongmei Huang to support K-12 CIWA projects and Confucius Classrooms
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Beth Griech-Polelle Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7591 griechba@plu.edu
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Jason Padgett is an aspiring number theorist and mathematician with acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. His memoir, Struck By Genius, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2014, is the story of his transformation from mullet-sporting college dropout to mathematical marvel via a traumatic brain injury he received during a violent mugging. His art, drawings of the grids and fractals he sees synesthetically, won Best International Newcomer at the Artoconecto A-B(o)MB show at the
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