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mimic natural habitat after it had been graded. Tobiason worked with Ojala-Barbour in guiding the restoration of the site.  Earth Day speaker: Former Seattle mayor Greg Nickels speak on “All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming,” from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 18 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center of the UC. Nickels served eight years as the 51st mayor of Seattle from 2002 to 2009. While mayor, he focused on four priorities: getting Seattle moving, keeping neighborhoods safe, creating

Ugandan students living in Kampala in order to empower, ignite, and impact global change. “I’ve never seen a show that focuses so much on questions about development and cross-cultural interaction, and really leaves the audience like grappling with questions and thinking about these issues,” said Katherine Wiley, PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Program Coordinator and an integral part of bringing this event to campus.Event details: Artists: Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews Date: March 6 Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Place

there will be online courses available to students and employees in multiple countries, there will also be ample opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges between students as they engage the curriculum. Provost Gregson acknowledges this global education component to the cooperation when stating that “the PLU-SkillUP collaboration is another example of how PLU is expanding its understanding and application of cultural and educational exchanges and study, especially in the face of new barriers for

juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as a gallery assistant, Museum of Glass associate, and gallery exhibitions manager for the next seven years.All of which helped prepare Gines for her new role beginning in 2019 as the Tacoma Creates program coordinator within the city’s Office of Arts and Culture Vitality. Tacoma Creates was the first voter-approved Cultural Access Program in Washington State. The initiative intends to increase access

modern nation. With engaging color and black-and-white illustrations from influential texts, Nathalie op de Beeck shows how these word-and-picture sequences provide deceptively simple stories within the specific historical and cultural contexts of the period between the 1910s and 1940s. Read Previous PLU professor receives Fulbright award Read Next Film Festival Series: “Most People Live in China” COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

. Black music makers not only had a means to make a reasonable living, but also had the means to be a public voice for personal and community cultural expression. By the beginning of the twentieth century, African-American music represented by ragtime, blues, jazz, and popular song was pulling the American cultural mainstream away from European influence. No one was more aware of this than Europeans themselves, who were captivated by the lively exoticism of this music that had risen from its societal

New Holocaust Studies Chair Prepares to Give First PLU Public Lecture Posted by: Zach Powers / October 26, 2015 Image: Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Beth Griech-Polelle will lecture on ‘The First Victims: The Nazi Euthanasia Campaign’ on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) October 26, 2015 By Samantha Lund '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 26, 2015)- Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle is taking on the dark roots of

until the summer. Otey will be an English teaching assistant in Mexico, where she spent a semester abroad in Oaxaca through a PLU Gateway program. Otey’s time there sparked her interest in education and cultural exchange. Fulbright ProgramLearn more about the program and how to apply“I think I left Oaxaca with a lot more questions about social justice, diversity and culture that I thought would be cool to keep exploring,” Otey said. Otey — who also has rowed all four years at PLU, nabbing two

attorney for Dalton and Associates, PA and sexual assault victim advocate. Klein, who was one the first known survivors of former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, is a widely respected speaker and advocate for legal and cultural change.Klein, who spoke on behalf of over 400 “Sister Survivors” at the 2018 ESPY Awards as they collectively received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, will visit PLU on Feb. 26 for an impactful evening in which she shares her story and

Washington State Department of Natural Resources permit issued in the early 1990s. PLU students and faculty explored multiple Woodard Bay sites, completing their work on the materials in the mid-1990s.Defining RepatriationRepatriation means the return of cultural items or individuals that were removed from their homeland. In the United States, repatriation almost exclusively refers to American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native archaeological artifacts and human remains being returned to their