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By Genny Boots ’18 Almost a century of students have counted the Choir of the West as a part of their PLU story. For 90 years, Lutes have joined in the community, passion and song of Choir of the West. This fall during Homecoming weekend, generations of Choir of the West members came together to celebrate a program that has anchored PLU as a premiere music program in the Northwest.  The performance brought together 350 voices. It’s this part that Geoffrey Boers (who directed the Skones era

our classes, meet with student groups, and offer vibrant lectures that are open to the public.Past Lectures Éxodo Hondureño: Central American Refugees, Asylees and Migration in the 21st Century Éxodo Hondureño: Central American Refugees, Asylees and Migration in the 21st Century4th Annual César Chávez & Dolores Huerta Latino Studies Lecture April 4, 2019 Speaker: Dr. Suyapa Portillo Villeda, Associate Professor in Chicana/o Latina/o Transnational Studies at Pitzer College Dr. Portillo Villeda’s

. This engaging, timely history examines the unfolding implications of major climate changes; the impact of resource exploitation on the indigenous peoples; the current high-stakes game for control over the adjacent waters of Alaska, Arctic Canada and Greenland; the events, issues and strategies that have influenced claims to authority over the lands and waters of the North American Arctic, from the arrival of the first inhabitants around 3,000 BCE to the present; and sovereignty from a comparative

revolutionary, albeit simple, change in mentality that would make such efforts more sustainable, equitable, and just. I learned that my own projections of “peace” and “success” are shaped by my personal cultural understanding of such ideals and in order to be successful in this work, I must take a step back and embrace my role as merely a moderator and conduit for connections between the conflicted parties.  I was also impressed by the Nansen commitment to the “1,000 cups of coffee” rule which implies that

-standing human issues addressed in the civic traditions of the Greek city-state and in biblical Israel. Justice is not the right of the stronger nor the contemporary whim of global markets. Ideas that shape deep understandings of human being and doing, as well as social and civic betterment, must forever have critical free play in the pursuit of justice. The musical heritage of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, whose combined efforts inspired the Civil Rights Era from the late 1930s onward, continue

questions regarding composition auditions, please contact: Dr. Gina Gillie.JazzIf you are performing a jazz piece at your scholarship audition, here are some guidelines: ● Whether you are a jazz vocalist or instrumentalist, you should prepare a jazz “standard,” defined as a jazz composition (ex.: “Blue Bossa”) or a piece from the Great American Songbook commonly used as a vehicle for jazz (ex.: “All of Me”). These are readily available in commercially sold jazz “fake books” such as The New Real Book

The Gender, Sexuality, & Race Program is pleased to present the Spring 2024 Capstones. May 22, 2024 – Xavier Hall, Room 201 – 1:00-4:00 pm 1:00-1:05 pm - Welcome 1:05 pm - Cece Chan  The Gray Truths Behind the Flowers: Uncovering the Assumed, Invisible, and Exploited Labor of Hmong Flower Farmers at Pike Place Market 1:20 pm - Isaiah Lenard Complexities of Black Men’s Mental Help Seeking and Wellness 1:35 pm - Lindsey Clark A Culturally Sustaining Reimagining of K-12 Mathematics in the Era of