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  • reputation for success in a certain aspect of life, non-clan members may wish to sacrifice to the mask through the head of the clan. Every May, there is an annual sacrifice for blessing and good fortune in the coming year called suku or sigim-dam; it is celebrated with the brewing and drinking of millet beer (ram). – Adrian Mayoral ’15, History, and Molly Shade ’12, Anthropology and Hispanic Studies Sources: Christopher D. Roy. “The Art of Burkina Faso.” The University of Iowa. Art and Life in Africa

  • until he has completed the third step of initiation by demonstrating mastery of the secret language, generally between the ages of 25 and 30. Male initiation is particularly important for the transmission of important religious knowledge from one generation to the next and for maintaining the purity of Bobo traditions. – Megan Wonderly ’16, Anthropology & History Sources: Bravmann, René A. The Poetry of form: the Hans and Thelma Lehmann Collection of African Art. Seattle: Henry Art Gallery

  • cultures of study include the Olmecs, Teotihuacanos, and the Toltecs. Emphasis is placed on how these Mesoamerican societies were structured and how they changed over time. (4) ANTH 343 : East Asian Cultures - ES, GE A survey of the cultures and peoples of Eastern Asia, concentrating on China but with comparative reference to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Cultural similarities as well as differences between these nations are stressed. Topics include religion, art, politics, history, kinship, and economics

  • another university, and display information about buildings and events on campus. The user may use the app to learn the history and purpose of different locations on campus, and keep track of upcoming events and their details. It pulls information from the connected Firebase database and uses the phone’s location and orientation sensors to overlay images and information onto the user’s camera feed in the application. It was created for Android devices, version 4.0+, and requires an internet connection

  • Past Powell-Heller Holocaust Conferences 2022 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationTo be Jewish in Poland, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, meant experiencing both the highs of cultural life and the absolute low of persecution and discrimination, culminating in the world’s most notorious genocide, the Holocaust. If one looks at the long view of Polish history, one would find that Jews were first invited to come to live under the king’s protection in the 13th century.Learn more

  • for a short time forgotten, was introduced likewise. The name seemed to strike them all; and, after speaking to her with great civility, the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest, “How excessively like her brother Miss Morland is!” “The very picture of him indeed!” cried the mother—and “I should have known her anywhere for his sister!” was repeated by them all, two or three times over. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of

  • Standards. 2:00-2:25pm – Polynomial Rings and Connections with Common Core Math Standards Andrew Curran We begin by introducing the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and their history, as well as bringing in some examples of high school math standards. We then introduce abstract algebra concepts, defining terms such as rings, fields, and polynomial rings, as well as showing how arithmetic works in polynomial rings. Next, we introduce and prove the Division Algorithm. We conclude the paper by

  • , MediaLab at PLU shows how construction of the ALCAN Highway helped alter the course of history.

  • got me thinking about just the span of history that she lived through in the 20th century. A lot of very dramatic things happened during her lifetime. I became very curious about that juxtaposition between the small individual life against the background of large historical events. Obviously, that’s the case for any life, including ours, but for her, I started to wonder how her life was related to larger things like immigration, war and capitalism. So that really is what happened, that the

  • about COVID19: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus ORAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE The HRSA Health Center Program website has links to landmark information about oral health in primary care: https://bphc.hrsa.gov/qualityimprovement/clinicalquality/oralhealth/index.html The American Academy of Family Physicians has focused information, a list of questions to include in history and review of systems, and links to policy about clinical care: https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care