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America, including early research in government labs and universities; popular movements that emphasized coding; hobbyists and early personal computing; and the contributions of software companies such as Microsoft Corporation, where Halvorson worked from 1985 to 1993. Code Nation explains how our modern world of computing came to be, and the role of computer programmers (or software makers) in the process. Halvorson’s unique focus is on the social dimensions of coding in America: “Computer
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at LaGuardia High School where he was exposed to various forms of classical and jazz music. Ed later studied trumpet at Yale, the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Washington. As a fan of modern and early classical music, Castro has positioned himself between genres with additional deep interests in jazz and popular music, where these myriad styles influence his compositions. His trumpet instructors include Chris Gekker, Trumpet Professor University of Maryland, Former Member of
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at LaGuardia High School where he was exposed to various forms of classical and jazz music. Ed later studied trumpet at Yale, the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Washington. As a fan of modern and early classical music, Castro has positioned himself between genres with additional deep interests in jazz and popular music, where these myriad styles influence his compositions. His trumpet instructors include Chris Gekker, Trumpet Professor University of Maryland, Former Member of
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. Brown’s students have gone on to study at University of Arizona, Indiana University, The Juilliard School, University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory and Yale University and have performed on stages from the Metropolitan Opera in New York to Opernhaus Zürich. As Director of Opera at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, Brown follows a three-year cycle of repertoire with his students that includes the early baroque, standard repertoire, and modern repertoire. The director received a production
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English professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the nonfiction prize for their translation of the eighteenth-century text “Work on Women” by Louise Dupin (also known as Madame Dupin). Wilkin teaches in multiple academic programs at PLU, including French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, the International Honors program, and the First Year Experience Program. She is the author of Women, Imagination, and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France (Ashgate 2008) and of many
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travelled to Lhasa, Tibet, where he watched devout Buddhists make a pilgrimage to a city and prostrate themselves in a circuit around the temples with prayer wheels, especially at the Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites in Tibet to Buddhists. Prayer flags would snap against the wind, along with the Chinese national flag. Centuries old streets, would intersect with more modern boulevards. Smells of spices, dust and exhaust fumes would compete for dominance. “I was just transfixed by the place,” he
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view Buddhism objectively.” “I want to tear down the romantic notion of Buddhism,” he said, adding that the goal with any faith- based dialogue is to avoid pitfalls of extremes. He wants colleagues and students to think critically about the good and bad in all religions from an objective, scholarly standpoint. “It’s becoming far more important to get people to talk about religion,” he said, not suspend those conversations. “If we are living out the mission of PLU, we have to help students think
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social order. As stability returned in the Middle Ages and then growth in the Renaissance, this memory of Rome became the basis for education: the ideal citizen mastered what the old empire had bequeathed. In fact, the first universities based their curricula around the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy) as outlined by Plato and Cicero. The Early Modern, or Neo-Classical, period adopted Classical models even more closely, but with a
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, social and political philosophy, and business ethics, as well as courses in early modern philosophy, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, and the philosophy of race. His areas of scholarly interest include political philosophy, political economy, German Idealism, and phenomenology. In his free time, he enjoys watching films, playing music, reading literature and poetry, studying history and politics, and sampling beers from around the world. Interests Watching Films Playing Music Reading
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philosophy, and business ethics, as well as courses in early modern philosophy, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, and the philosophy of race. His areas of scholarly interest include political philosophy, political economy, German Idealism, and phenomenology. In his free time, he enjoys watching films, playing music, reading literature and poetry, studying history and politics, and sampling beers from around the world. Interests Watching Films Playing Music Reading Literature and Poetry
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