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, invigorating the learning process for you and your students.   Contextualizing Location Our first example comes straight from PLU from History Professor Mike Halvorson, who created an interactive map of Ancient Egypt that overlaid modern-day Egypt for his course on Western Civilization. Students can zoom in on important locations and monuments, while still able to keep these locations rooted in a global context. Halvorson marks sites down the Nile River. Click to view larger. Bird’s eye view of the

limits to those charging times can be attributed to different parts of the battery, which is what makes this research exciting for students.” Now, buoyed by the NSF grant and a recent partnership with the University of Washington, Waldow’s polymer experiments are being used to create organic transistors based on polymers. While batteries store energy, transistors control the flow of and amplify electric currents. They are crucial elements of nearly all modern electronics. Waldow and his team hope to

still compared, even 90 years later,” Ryan said. The work of Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Egyptologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the world’s foremost expert on King Tut, has shed some light on the many mysteries that surround this famous royal tomb. Named king at the young age of 10, the elaborately decorated tomb of this 18th Dynasty (c.1550-1300 B.C.) ruler holds more mysteries than answers. “It’s a lot of connecting the dots,” explained Reeves. He compared the study to “trying to write modern

democracy, social issues came up including alcoholism and unemployment. The Good Father Project reaches out to men and holds them up to the community as such,  through photos, essays and support groups, Nelson said. It’s a country of incredible vistas, rolling out toward a distant horizon, without a tree or mountain to interrupt the view. Yurts sport solar panels and satellite dishes. Camels, donkeys and goats share the streets with SUVs or Lexuses. “I think the mixture of modern and traditional

, bass flute, harmonica, alto and soprano saxophones), Drew Gibbs (piano, hand percussion, drum kit), Phil Lawson (guitar) and Steve Luceno (string bass, seven-string guitar, vocals). The group’s first CD was released in May. In performance, the band plays originals, Brazilian music (modern choros and Hermeto Pascoal tunes) and a mix of personalized jazz and pop standards. Stuff the Bus In association with the Community in Schools of Tacoma and the Tacoma School District, PLU’s Administrative Staff

hatred and prejudice, including direct statements disavowing racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination in law or policy related to sexual orientation or gender identity. In 1993, the ELCA published a call to confront racism, to engage in public leadership and to advocate for justice. In 1994, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly adopted the “Declaration of ELCA to Jewish Community,” which repudiates anti-Judaism and its modern successor, anti-Semitism. A policy resolution, adopted by the Churchwide Assembly

news! Fulbright Fellowships have become a PLU hallmark as between 1975 and 2009, 80 students had been named U.S. Student Fulbright Fellows. Three more students were added to that prestigious company last year. Eric Buley will be an English teaching assistant in Venezuela, Nicole Paso will continue her study of the early Reformation church and state-sponsored social welfare in Germany, and Kelly Ryan will be working with the Nansen Dialogue Network researching grassroots reconciliation in Macedonia