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communication professor Cliff Rowe Enhancing their French language skills and indulging in the rhythm and energy of the French Creole culture in Martinique, with French professor Roberta Brown Analyzing how the arts can be used to promote religious and political beliefs in Neah Bay, Washington, with anthropology professor David Huelsbeck Exploring the history and culture of New Zealand while backpacking through the country’s dramatic scenery with associate physical education professor Bradford Moore

October 15, 2014 Q&A With Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman Knutson Lecturer Plans Provocative Talk on the Intersection of Religion and Culture By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pastor, scholar and activist Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman, one of the brightest lights in womanist/black theology, will deliver the 2014 David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture at PLU on Oct. 22. How bright is her light? The interdenominational preaching magazine The African American Pulpit named Coleman

dancing featuring artists Sabian Pleasant and Diana Starr. Gospel Experience is a Pacific Lutheran University Campus Ministry event directed by Melannie Denise Cunningham. Cunningham’s goal is to bring people of different cultures together through gospel music and to specifically honor people who identify with black culture. “I am particularly proud of this event because of the cultural learning and experience that students gain from participating. Black students are affirmed in their culture and

Lutheran Studies website. This year’s conference will be looking at differing perspectives on Jesus of Nazareth. This year, the keynote speaker Gail Ramshaw, Professor of Religion Emerita, La Salle University, Philadelphia. She will talk on Jesus as Champion, Sacrifice, Lover, and Tree of Life: The Christian meeting of history and metaphor. Her talk will begin at 7 pm. Christians have always sought for the Jesus of history. In our time, both biblical critical studies and popular literalism ask the

the 43-voice Choir, and its director and chaperones. In 1939 there were no freeways. We wound through every small town along the way at 35 mph. There were no cellphones or iPads either, of course, so to pass the time we read, talked, played trivia games and sang the popular songs of the day in eight-part harmony. It was a pleasant ride to Portland, our first stop. On arrival, we went directly to radio station KALE, where we put on a 25-minute program.   That night we gave our first church concert

. During his session, R.J. will share his insights into the Seattle theatre community.Rick WassermanRick is an actor and voice over artist, appearing in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway and television roles on 24, The District, House MD, Law & Order and Without A Trace  He is best known as the 12-year signature voice of AMC Network and for voicing Thor and Hulk for Marvel animation, as well as in popular video game series such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Starcraft and Batman Arkham. Rick’s master class

year’s theme, TV shows, has already garnered some creative names, such as Campus Ministry’s “God’s Anatomy,” a play on ABC’s popular drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” As of Feb. 15, there were 34 teams signed up – more than half the committee’s goal of 60 teams. Once again, the relay planning committee has high hopes for the event, setting the fund-raising goal at $60,000 with 600 participants (10 people on each team). Last year, PLU and the University of Puget Sound hosted a combined relay and raised over

upstairs to the dining area for fruit, cereals, eggs, and bread. And coffee and tea, of course – quite popular for the college kids who prefer for the most part getting up at an hour with double, not single digits. It is hard to choose things to talk about to highlight on a blog. Do I talk about the thing we expected to see and now have in our minds and memory card? Because we’ve seen four different types of penguins and their chicks. We’ve seen elephant, Weddell, crabeater, and leopard seals. Lots of

Films and plans to move back to Tacoma soon. Finally, Steve Wolbrecht, ‘99, works as an engineer for Honeywell and helps decode black boxes on airplanes (a job he insists is not as sexy as it sounds.) The group now makes films (ten so far) that are regularly rated on Netflix and still more popular than ever among the gaming community and national events, such as Comic-Con in LA and Seattle. To wanna-be filmmakers, they  have this advice – persistence and passion. “It’s not going to be easy,” said

think we give about 26,000 rides a year,” Berger said in a rare quiet moment at the Campus Safety offices tucked underneath Harstad Hall. Which makes this service the most popular, he added. A staff of nine full-time supervisors work with about 75 student workers to let staff and students in and out of buildings, check on disturbances and monitor the 47 cameras stationed around campus. They will respond  to the 20 emergency phones stationed strategically around the campus’ parking lots and walkways