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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
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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
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, Kitajo says, is perhaps the most poignant. For him, the impact of setting foot on the camp’s grounds is most powerful. “We can hold these lectures and screen films anywhere,” Kitajo said, “but to do that in combination with visiting the site and really providing context to what we’re learning about is a crucial piece and a big part of why we do the pilgrimage.” Kitajo became involved with the Minidoka Pilgrimage in 2012 as an intern at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington. He
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August 23, 2010 Remarkable good fortune, unparalleled generosity Dale and Jolita Benson are among PLU’s most generous donors. They have given the university just about $5 million in the last decade. In 2004, they established the Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic history, the first fully funded chair at PLU. Last spring, they established the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair in Elementary Education. They have also contributed to the Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies, to Wang Center
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PLU mission of inquiry, leadership, service and care. “The reason I’m interested in my dissertation and the research involved is because it is inquiry into an area of Lutheran history that is not widely studied––in Scandinavia or here. The Lutheran Church is becoming more and more global, so that means you have a Lutheran tradition that’s being reinterpreted by different communities and cultural backgrounds. Especially in this five-hundred-year anniversary of the Reformation it is important to say
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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
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housed within the School of Arts and Communication, there is no better combination of creative talents to generate the opportunities necessary to fully support, engage and challenge the cultural leaders of tomorrow at PLU.” Bennett has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Russia and the Far East. He is a founding member of the Marble Cliff Chamber Players in Columbus, Ohio and performs regularly with the Snake River Chamber Players in Keystone, Colo. He
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Competition of Southern California for the new documentary series “A World of Difference.”“A World of Difference,” which publicly premiered in Seattle on Feb. 17, investigates the shifting cultural landscapes of difference, diversity and inclusion. The film series, produced by a team of six PLU undergraduate students, received Accolade Awards of Merit in the following categories: Documentary Short, Use of Film/Video for Social Change, Original Score, Editing, Documentary Program/Series, and Contemporary
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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
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innovative Google Earth topics include: Each stop includes the story of a real diamond miner. Click to view larger. The moral and social issues surrounding worldwide diamond mining and trade. Energy consumption across the globe. Glacier change over the last 50 years. Cause and effect of the Boxing Day Tsunami. Google Lit Trips features dozens of downloadable literary tours, including Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, and The Travels of Marco Polo. Google
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