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Posted on November 27, 2017October 31, 2018 Commemoration, Culture, and Coco: Exploring Día de Muertos in Mexico Día de los Muertos is a holiday in Oaxaca, México that brings together the community in a week of celebrations, festivals, and gatherings. It’s a community effort with preparations beginning weeks beforehand and lots of behind the scenes work. The week is filled with events that unite Oaxaca, including plays, live concerts, and daily parades. … Continue reading Commemoration, Culture

Posted on November 27, 2017October 31, 2018 Commemoration, Culture, and Coco: Exploring Día de Muertos in Mexico Día de los Muertos is a holiday in Oaxaca, México that brings together the community in a week of celebrations, festivals, and gatherings. It’s a community effort with preparations beginning weeks beforehand and lots of behind the scenes work. The week is filled with events that unite Oaxaca, including plays, live concerts, and daily parades. … Continue reading Commemoration, Culture

Posted on November 27, 2017October 31, 2018 Commemoration, Culture, and Coco: Exploring Día de Muertos in Mexico Día de los Muertos is a holiday in Oaxaca, México that brings together the community in a week of celebrations, festivals, and gatherings. It’s a community effort with preparations beginning weeks beforehand and lots of behind the scenes work. The week is filled with events that unite Oaxaca, including plays, live concerts, and daily parades. … Continue reading Commemoration, Culture

Posted on November 27, 2017October 31, 2018 Commemoration, Culture, and Coco: Exploring Día de Muertos in Mexico Día de los Muertos is a holiday in Oaxaca, México that brings together the community in a week of celebrations, festivals, and gatherings. It’s a community effort with preparations beginning weeks beforehand and lots of behind the scenes work. The week is filled with events that unite Oaxaca, including plays, live concerts, and daily parades. … Continue reading Commemoration, Culture

Makonde Body Mask Makonde Body Mask Artist: Unknown Makonde artist Name: Lipiko? female body mask Origin: Makonde people of Northeast Mozambique and Southern Tanzania Made of: Wood (ntene) and pigment Dimensions: H: 24 3/8” (62cm); W: 20” (50.8 cm); D: 7” (17.9 cm) From: Gift of Oliver and Pamela Cobb 2008 Accession no. 2008-02-006 On display in the PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor) Northeast Mozambique and Southern Tanzania Description:  The mask is representative of a pregnant female showing

Course Title ANTH 101 Introduction to Human Biological Diversity - NW BIOL 111 Biology and the Modern World - NW BIOL 116 Introductory Ecology - NW BIOL 201 Introductory Microbiology - NW BIOL 205 Human Anatomy and Physiology I - NW BIOL 206 Human Anatomy and Physiology II - NW BIOL 225 Molecules, Cells, and Organisms - NW BIOL 226 Genes, Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology - NW CHEM 103 Food Chemistry - NW CHEM 104 Environmental Chemistry - NW CHEM 115 General Chemistry I - NW CHEM 116 General

The university uses numerous techniques to classify staff positions, including: participation in and review of salary surveys review by Human Resources and President’s Council consideration of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exempt/nonexempt guidelines input from the relevant department head Human Resources conducts an annual process to review positions within the salary grade structure, and to consider requests relative to the level of existing positions and those positions in which job

Makonde Mask 4 Makonde Mask 4 Artist: Unknown Makonde artist Name: lipiko helmet mask Origin: Makonde people of Northeast Mozambique and Southern Tanzania Made of: Wood (ntene), human hair, beeswax, pigment Dimensions: H:10” (25.4 cm); W: 10” (25.4 cm); D:13.5” (34.3 cm) From: Gift of Oliver and Pamela Cobb, 2011 Accession no. 2011-02-027 On display in the PLU’s Mortvedt Library (2nd floor) Northeast Mozambique and Southern Tanzania Description: This is by far the largest lipiko in the

Posted on December 1, 2017October 31, 2018 The Environmental Politics of Study Away: a US citizen’s role in the lives of indigenous Mexicans As an Environmental Policy minor, it is of great importance to me to understand the viewpoints of local people, conceptions of geography, cultural practices, and general ideas about people’s relationship with the land in the context of certain ecological issues and phenomena. Throughout my activities studying very specific places and issues as an

History Learning OutcomesAll history majors must develop a breadth of historical knowledge that represents awareness of the diversity of world civilizations. This is now assessed through the requirement that students take at least one class in each of three geographic areas (non-west, European, and U.S.). Our new requirements are thematically structured and the revised outcome will address the importance of having students learn to compare and connect historical inquiries that reflect a range