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September 3, 2014 Today’s Chapel at PLU: Collaboration, Community, Choice (and a Celebratory Song That Needs Your Lyrics!) University Pastor Nancy Connor at the 2013 Blessing of the Animals service in PLU’s Lagerquist Hall. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In 1952, Pacific Lutheran University made Chapel mandatory for the first time: Seats were assigned, attendance was taken and that, dear congregant, was that. To say Chapel has changed over
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animal. One of the most beautiful animals in the world, the jaguar is the third largest of all the cats, behind only the tiger and the lion. Endangered throughout its range in Latin America, the jaguar remains the least studied of all the major felids. Using radio collars, biologists can study—and work to save—this elusive animal, using the signals from the transmitter to gather data on range, habitat needs, and behavior. Professor of English Emeritus Charles Bergman with an Imperial Parrot As we
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of Kinesiology and co-sponsored by the Center for Gender Equity, Title IX Coordinator, and the Dean of Inclusive Excellence. This series, now in its fourth year, brings experts from across the country to PLU to address contemporary cultural issues occurring in sport and exercise settings. “As a field that prepares coaches, educators and other youth sport leaders — it is imperative that we engage in difficult conversations and address the most challenging and pressing issues we face as a society
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lead the course during its past two iterations. When they are not waist-deep in Hawaiʻian tradition, Dr. Hammerstrom and his students take advantage of the diverse breadth of religions and traditions represented in Honolulu, including Buddhism, Daoism, Shintō, Confucianism, folk religion, and Christianity. From visiting churches and temples to Zen meditation workshops, students witness and participate in the ordinary, everyday activities that uphold and honor the traditions of these religions
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already strong Environmental Studies Program to a truly superb one, while also building on its interdisciplinary nature, Teska said. The activities supported by the grant will be open and available to any and all faculty members with an interest in the environment, regardless of their academic discipline. “We utilize interdisciplinary studies here because we truly want to come together to solve environmental problems,” Teska said. He added that the smaller size and strong community of PLU makes it
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important lens to explore a broader history.” Opened in February 2012, the Buffalo Soldiers Museum has been a welcome addition to Tacoma’s vibrant museum sector. “With its distinctive focus on the Buffalo Soldier, the museum is well-positioned to contribute mightily to the public’s, and especially young peoples’, discovery of the distinguished place of these African-American soldiers in the history of the United States and in the U.S. Army,” said Professor of History Dr. Neal Sobania, who teaches Museum
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Mount Rainier National Park,” explains Burtchard. “I am honored to consider her my friend and delighted that we could bring the tribe and PLU together in returning the Woodard Bay collection to its rightful keepers.” The Woodard Bay collection includes shells, matrix (material that surrounds, holds, and supports archeological material), fire-cracked rock, flaked stone tools and a small amount of faunal material. The excavation that recovered these artifacts happened under the auspices of a
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facing difficult and uncertain times in our future and it’s all related to the environment,” said Pavel, whose traditional name is CHiXapkaid. “We need to connect to those animal people and we need to connect to those plant people.” Pavel lead a special presentation for Earth Day, entitled “Connecting to Everything on Earth: Its Land, Waters, and Peoples (Plant, Animal, and Human),” on Tuesday, April 17, in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Rather than telling the hundred-some students, staff
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programming at KPLU, and I encourage you to join me in sharing your thoughts on what you appreciate on KPLU, as KUOW contemplates the task of staffing for an all-jazz station and increasing its news resources. Best regards, Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President and Professor of English Read Previous Mary Beth Sheehan ’00, Immigration Law Attorney Read Next PLU to Host Holiday Events Throughout December COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker
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was at the same caucus, but at still only 17 years of age, was unable to participate. I remember wistfully observing my fellow Republicans making their own individual contributions to American democracy, and I could not wait until the time came when I’d get the same opportunity. Saturday was that opportunity. At the caucus, each precinct within the district had its own table. Within these precinct groups, we signed in, listed our preference of one of the Republican presidential candidates, filled
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