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New work celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 By Mollie Smith '18 and Mandi LeCompteThe Lyric Brass Quintet will perform “Luther, Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet” composed by PLU music professor emeritus Jerry Kracht, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m. in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “The piece is highly programmatic—that is, it is music designed to tell a story—in this
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September 21, 2007 New device will probe the world of the atom Four professors over at Rieke are still pinching themselves. After applying for a National Science Foundation grant in January, on a hope and a prayer really, the chemistry faculty found out last year that they had been awarded a grant totaling $743,000 to purchase a powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. “We were floored when we learned we had received it,” Fryhle said. “We didn’t expect to get it the very first time (we
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April 19, 2010 Claim: The jury is still out about global warming Claire Todd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Recent events such as the snowstorms in the eastern United States have caused some to question whether or not global temperatures are increasing. To address these questions, we can turn to the instrumental temperature record, a record of temperatures measured directly by humans for the past 130 years. These measurements, made with thermometers and
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While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research.
A Different Kind of Whale Watching A Different Kind of Whale Watching https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/01/whale-watching-cover-1024x532.jpg 1024 532 Lorna Rodriguez '11 Lorna Rodriguez '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/05/lorna-rodriguez.jpg January 28, 2017 September 25, 2017 “It’s a really neat opportunity that PLU presents to students,” Lexi Higgins ’19 said of the Natural Sciences Academic Festival, one of many
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 6, 2016)- The scholarship of a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member has evolved into a three-part, cross-cultural project that brings together artists and scholars from around the world. Paul Manfredi, chair of Chinese studies, recently published his book “ Modern Poetry in…
book “Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic,” which explores the phenomenon of poet-artists in contemporary China in its final chapter. His forthcoming book takes a deeper look at their visual and poetic work. Both were the catalyst for a partnership of artists in China and Washington state — six from each area — who have created a mixed-media visual arts exhibition that will culminate in a symposium held jointly by PLU and the Seattle Asian Art Museum later this month. The artwork and
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About the Scandinavian Cultural CenterWhat is the SCC?Located at 12180 South Park Avenue in Tacoma, the Scandinavian Cultural Center is a 6,700 square foot facility housed on the first floor of the University Center at Pacific Lutheran University. Completed in May 1989, the Center features a great hall, three exhibit galleries, and a demonstration kitchen. A 25-foot-high, custom-carved Viking ship prow serves as a dramatic visual statement, welcoming guests to the Center. The Cultural Center
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, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Part III. – PHILOSOPHY OF FACULTY COMPENSATION Part IV. – FACULTY PERSONNEL POLICY Part V. – FAMILY/MEDICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE Part VI. – POLICY ON DELAYING ACCUMULATION OF QUALIFYING YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY FOR TENURE Part VII. – POLICY ON UNIT INTERPRETATIONS OF CRITERIA FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION Part VIII. – POLICY ON USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SELF-ASSESSMENT STATEMENTS WRITTEN FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Part IX. – THE RANK AND TENURE COMMITTEE PROCEDURES
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It's Our PassionOne look at the exquisite Lagerquist Concert Hall, and you can tell that PLU has a passion for the arts. The facility, part of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center, plays host to more than 100 annual concerts that feature students, faculty artists and renowned guest performers. You’ll hear an incredible array of musical styles, including choral, band, orchestra, operatic, solo, chamber and jazz. And unlike many other universities and conservatories with exemplary music programs
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U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen shares how interactions with constituents has changed him.
taught him to be a better listener. “I may have brought in a certain set of traits and skills 16 years ago that were somewhat appropriate for the job, but after the last 16 years of hundreds of town hall meetings and phone calls, elections and campaigns, I’ve had to change quite a bit,” Larsen said in his office in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. “There’s still the part of me that is gung-ho about the things I want to do and what I want to work on, but over the last several terms I’ve learned a
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Immersive experience in classrooms on the other side of the world teach PLU students how to learn on the fly, one of many skills they bring home with them.
an absent teacher. (Weiss says Namibians struggle to find substitutes in such cases.) So, she did, relying on her literacy skills as opposed to her limited art skills to come up with a quick, engaging activity. She grabbed a picture book, read it aloud without showing her learners the pictures and asked them to illustrate a part of the story. Then, they shared their work and compared interpretations of what they heard. “Not bad for 30 seconds of prep, if I do say so myself,” Allison said. She
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