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commonly, Black people appeared in the background of portraits by white artists as exotic subjects. A notable exception being Josiah Wedgwood’s “Am I not a man and a brother” emblem first appearing in 1787 for use in the abolitionist movement.Black agency was rarely conveyed in European portraiture. Georgiana’s portrait is meant to rewrite, or rather, repaint this history, and the portrait itself is likely conversant with one of Georgiana’s real-life historical contemporaries, Dido Elizabeth Belle
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University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the West TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass for Pacific Lutheran University, which has been honored as a College of Distinction for 2015-16 and ranked No. 14 in the West on…
PLU Earns Multiple, Major National Honors Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 9, 2015 Image: Joanna Royce-Davis, Vice President for Student Life at PLU, speaks as part of the First-Year Experience Program, which was cited in PLU’s recent College of Distinction honor. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) September 9, 2015 University Named a College of Distinction and Ranked No. 14 in the WestBy Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 9, 2015)—The accolades continue to amass
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Professor and alumnus Mark Mulder appointed dean of the PLU School of Business Posted by: Zach Powers / August 6, 2020 August 6, 2020 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has selected award-winning scholar, longtime business professor, and alumnus Mark Mulder to lead its business school.Mulder will serve as the dean of the PLU School of Business, a nationally recognized program offering a major and minor in business and graduate programs in business
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of their lives by making themselves healthy and well! I can never fully verbalize the strength and meaning that came from my time at the PLU Women’s Center. It found me my closest friends and developed the courage to always stand up for what’s right … even if you’re the only one. My heart is filled with joy for what the WC continues to offer and provide the PLU community at large. To this day, when I am asked what job shaped me the most, my answer is easy. I consider it my second home and a safe
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, Music Department, Administrative and Performance Assistant, Tour Chaperone Read Previous Winners of the Inaugural Angela Meade Vocal Competition Read Next New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to
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skied from upper to lower campus. I studied away in Windhoek, Namibia, for one semester (though it was cut short by COVID). Learning about the history of Namibia was fascinating and eye-opening. Traveling to National parks and seeing elephants, giraffes, zebras, and cheetahs is something I’ll cherish for the rest of my life. Being able to study away without it costing more than my regular cost of attendance was amazing. In Namibia, I started a biochemistry research project on the potential chemical
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Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global Genocides TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling…
Rwandan genocide. “This fall, with the support of the Kurt Mayer Endowment for Holocaust Studies, we focus on the efforts of young Rwandans to practice the art of argument in a society still struggling to make dissent normal, safe and nonviolent,” said PLU History Professor Beth Kraig, director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor. “Silence often follows genocides and civil wars, as people live in fear and lack trust in others. The iDebate Rwanda program provides opportunities for breaking that
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before his Monday, Oct. 29 lecture. Bob Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies, at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo by John Froschauer) He and his host then nervously watched news reports as Hurricane Sandy headed up the coast. The hurricane arrived on the same evening as the lecture, meaning that the campus was closed and the lecture had to be canceled. This lecture, “German Churches and the Holocaust: Assessing the Argument for Complicity,” now rescheduled for April 22, will then be
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Chambon, France, and I didn’t know the meaning behind that,” said Sauvage from his base in Los Angeles.“It was still a footnote in history when I started looking into the story,” Sauvage said. “There has been a sea change since then, and these stories are the flavor of the month. It wasn’t that way in 1989.” Sauvage credits several factors for the Le Chambon region successfully hiding 5,000 Jewish refugees during WWII, including his parents. Germans were spread thinly in France at the time, he said
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the summer and early fall, PLU Music faculty connected with peers and respected artists to arrange these unique connections. Our students had a whopping 63 opportunities this semester to listen to and collaborate with world class musicians and teachers. In this post we summarize just a few of the experiences for students involved in Wind and Brass, Trumpet Studio, Voice/Opera, Jazz Ensemble, and Music Education. As it looks like online learning will continue into Spring 2021, faculty are
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