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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask…
be fun to co-teach together and engage students to ask really big questions about race, gender and sexuality through something we consume and enjoy."- Jennifer Smith Students will be studying Beyoncé based around her 2016 visual album “Lemonade.” The first half of the course will be her work pre-Lemonade, and then the rest of the course will be solely focused on the album. The course uses Patricia Hill Collins’ text Black Feminist Thought, with additional readings written only by women of color
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Innovation in the classroom: “I do, and I understand” If you search for the CV of Assistant Professor of Computer Science Renzhi Cao, Ph.D. , you’ll find a list of published research papers longer than Foss Field. He says it’s a great feeling when a…
rewarding is bringing his students alongside and sharing with them the value of hard work, hands-on learning and timely scholarship. “One of my goals at PLU is to promote early engagement of undergraduate students – especially for women and underrepresented students – in machine learning, bioinformatics, and the data science field,” he says. “I want to inspire students to pursue advanced STEM education and research careers.” Cao explains: “Not only is research interesting for the students, I think it’s
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If you are interested in participating in the workshop please fill out the Interest Form linked here. The Interest Form will be available beginning November 16 at 8am and will close to further
stunning interpretive skills” and The Journal of Singing remarked “such praiseworthy singing” and “a flawless sense of style.” A versatile singer, Ms. Houston has sung most of the major oratorios from Bach to Verdi, and many symphonic, contemporary works, and world premieres. She is also at home on the opera stage, and as a concert artist and recitalist has performed throughout the region and across the country. Her recent opera roles have been Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Donna Anna
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8:15 a.m. | March 8 | Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts Who: Bob Ferguson Title: Washington State Attorney General Bio: Bob Ferguson is Washington State’s 18th Attorney
Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University Bio: Adela Ramos’ book project, “Hospitable Species: Hosts, Guests, and Strangers in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel, 1720-1830” examines how eighteenth-century writers develop ideas about nation, gender, race, and class through representations of interspecies relations, specifically in narratives of hospitality. Her teaching emphases include eighteenth-century British literature, critical animal studies, women and gender studies, border
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No courses in music (MUSI) may be taken for credit by examination. First-Year Students Students intending to major in music should begin the major music sequences in the first year.
) MUSI 326: Class Composition II (2) MUSI 451: Piano Pedagogy (2) Elementary Focus (18) MUSI 247: Percussion Lab I (1) MUSI 321: Guitar Lab (1) MUSI 421: Functional Piano for the Professional Musician (2) MUSI 460: Elementary Music Methods (3) MUSI 462: Choral Repertoire and Rehearsal (3) DANC 301: Dance in World Cultures (4) Choose four credits from the following: DANC 252: Beginning/Intermediate Contemporary (2) DANC 255: Beginning/Intermediate Hip Hop (2) MUSI 241: String Lab I (1) or MUSI 242
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Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…
. “Our orders come mostly from women in Norway now,” Mariken explained. “However, I’ve had several good conversations with sustainable manufacturers in Sweden, and if we chose to make our products there, we will stick to our core principles.” “Our concept is to create unique, custom-made pieces in classic designs that won’t go out of style quickly. We also practice Green Shipping and are inclusive in all respects. Every size, gender, age, ethnicity, and so on are welcome. We are happy to do custom
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TACOMA, WASH. (June 13, 2016)- Kiana Norman ’17 wears a lot of hats. She’s a singer, an actress and a writer. She’s a student, a sister and a daughter. A future world traveler, online journalist and theater critic, if all goes according to plan. But…
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The PLU M.B.A. program offers two tracks: a general M.B.A. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Management Science & Quantitative Methods.
business decision making. (4) BMBA 513 : Marketing Management A practical approach to understanding and applying customer-directed marketing strategies for achieving organizational goals. Students will examine theoretical concepts and apply contemporary approaches to the marketing of services, products and ideas in business, public, and nonprofit organizations. (4) BMBA 515 : Organizations, Leadership, and Change Management The leader's role in creating organizational designs, processes and cultures
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
.” Huelsbeck joined the excavation effort about six years after it started, serving as a site director during his graduate studies at Washington State University. #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. “Dave was an important part of the excavation,” Ledford said. But, she added, he took that research a step further. Beyond supporting the teams working to unearth history, Huelsbeck was immersing himself in contemporary Makah culture. He learned about the
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A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture…
school because there was no need for her to attend anymore. It is not difficult to read about the challenges facing Indians today: a stagnant literacy rate, deficient infrastructure, environmental degradation, poor sanitation, malnourishment, repression of its women and a domineering caste system. It is a much more tangible reality when you are sitting and talking to one of the families where such challenges apply. I cannot fairly describe the humility I often felt talking with my neighbor’s daughter
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