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the CIs in the United States. Faculty concerns over preserving academic freedom and university budget constraints concerning operating funds have all contributed to the trend. But so has a decline of American student interest in China studies and learning Mandarin Chinese. These closings and the attendant inflammatory rhetoric exacerbate a national foreign language deficit at a time when training Mandarin speakers familiar with an ever more consequential China should be a national priority. To

Alkmaar, Martinikerk in Groningen, Walburgkerk in Zutphen, Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, Ludgerikirche in Norden, Jacobikirche in Hamburg, and an extended stay in Cappel, Germany, with access to the Schnitger organ in the local church. Similar travel-abroad courses were held in January of 2006, 2008, and 2012. In 2016 the course was broadened to “Organs, Art, and Architecture in the Netherlands and Germany”. Besides visiting some of the famous organs, visits to museums and other places of cultural and

Jane Wong Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. Jane Wong is the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James Books, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). Her poems and essays can be found in places such as Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019, Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, POETRY, AGNI, Virginia Quarterly Review, McSweeney’s, and Ecotone. A

community values. Thus they are able to encourage proper behavior. Whether a mask appears alone or as part of a group of similar or different masks is a matter of cultural context. By exploring the cultural contexts of these masks, much can be learned about how a society views itself in the world, and what it considers beautiful or ugly, foolish or funny, and valuable to preserve; use the links with each object to explore these different contexts. While men have dominated masking practices

Torvend, Professor of Religion, Pacific Lutheran University Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC) 4:15pm – 4:30pm: Break Walk to Ness/Tower Chapel in Karen Hille Phillips (KHP) Center for the Performing Arts; elevator and stairs to top floor entrance to the chapel 4:30pm – 5:30pm: Holy Communion Ness/Tower Chapel 5:30pm – 7:30pm: Reception and Dinner Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Main Lobby 7:30pm – 8:30pm: Presentation Two Taking, Making, and Remaking: Engaging Scriptures in

Molly Martin’s full story Applying Psychology to Marketing Analytics (formerly Marketing Research) Nicki Clifford graduated from PLU with a Bachelor of Science in psychology with minors in politics and government as well as religion.  She continued her studies at PLU to gain a Master of Science in Marketing Research.  “The MSMR program relates to my undergraduate studies because we delve deep into psychographics and geodemographics, which leads to a more comprehensive view of the human experience

the field of Holocaust Studies in the US and abroad. Before joining the Museum, Mr. Shapiro served in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States Information Agency and Department of State, where he was responsible for the Fulbright Fellowship Program and other major international exchange programs.  Earlier, he was an Editor of the journal Problems of Communism and Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Affairs.  Mr. Shapiro served as a consultant to the Justice

the field of Holocaust Studies in the US and abroad. Before joining the Museum, Mr. Shapiro served in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States Information Agency and Department of State, where he was responsible for the Fulbright Fellowship Program and other major international exchange programs.  Earlier, he was an Editor of the journal Problems of Communism and Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Affairs.  Mr. Shapiro served as a consultant to the Justice