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  • Choir of the West news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    The Choir of the West takes to the road Performing in Washington and British Columbia The PLU Choir of the West will be on tour in Washington and British Columbia later this January and in early February. The repertoire for this year’s Choir of the West tour spans many stylistic eras and genres. Audience… January 21, 2013 Choir of the WestTouring

  • Unlocking the Secrets of Tutankhamun’s Gold Mask   Tutankhamun’s magnificent gold mask is surely the best-known Egyptian artwork in the world. Or is it? In fact, the piece preserves an astonishing secret: It had never been intended for Tutankhamun at all. Come listen to noted…

    curator at such institutions as the British Museum, the Freud Museum and with Egyptian collections housed at Eton College, Chiddingstone Castle and Highclere Castle. The event will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center, in the Anderson University Center on Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 7 pm to 9 pm. The event is free to the public. For more information, call the Division of Humanities at 253-535-7320. Read Previous Do you like cookies? Cocoa? Coffee? Music? Do you like Christmas and cool Christmas

  • No courses in music (MUSI) may be taken for credit by examination. First-Year Students Students intending to major in music should begin the major music sequences in the first year.

    ) MUSI 326: Class Composition II (2) MUSI 451: Piano Pedagogy (2) Elementary Focus (18) MUSI 247: Percussion Lab I (1) MUSI 321: Guitar Lab (1) MUSI 421: Functional Piano for the Professional Musician (2) MUSI 460: Elementary Music Methods (3) MUSI 462: Choral Repertoire and Rehearsal (3) DANC 301: Dance in World Cultures (4) Choose four credits from the following: DANC 252: Beginning/Intermediate Contemporary (2) DANC 255: Beginning/Intermediate Hip Hop (2) MUSI 241: String Lab I (1) or MUSI 242

  • 1:45-2:00pm, Rosemary Ireson Evolution of Debris Cover on Emmons Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington View final poster here 2:00-2:15pm, Calie Rose Plant Life on the Surface of Emmons Glacier, Mount

    View final poster here 2:00-2:15pm, Josh Hansel Analyzing the Snow Water Equivalent to Discharge Relationship Over Time in the Cascade Range, WA View final poster here 2:15-2:30pm, Mac Hiller Structural Characteristics of the Blue River Carbonatites in the Northern Monashee and Cariboo Mountains; British Columbia, Canada View final poster here 2:30-2:45pm, Emily Vignolo The Impact of Center Pivot Irrigation in the Snake River Plain Aquifer View final poster here 2:45-3:00pm, Kiersten Wilbur The

  • For students, faculty, staff, alumni, and interested persons, there are a variety of ways to engage in Lutheran Studies at PLU.

    Engaging in Lutheran StudiesFor students, faculty, staff, alumni, and interested persons, there are a variety of ways to engage in Lutheran Studies at PLU. For undergraduate students, a number of university courses support the study of the Lutheran tradition. They include but are not limited to: History of Western Art II; The Book in Society; German Civilization to 1750; Early Modern European History, 1400-1700; European Reformations; Modern Germany; Christians in Nazi Germany; Music History I

  • 9:55 a.m. | March 5 | Regency Room Click here to see a recording of Dr. Ara Norenzayan's talk! Who: Dr.

    Keynote SpeakersAra NorenzayanLoretta RossJamal RahmanDean SpadeSeth HolmesDenise DresserKwame Anthony AppiahMitri RahebAra NorenzayanReligious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation 9:55 a.m. | March 5 | Regency Room Click here to see a recording of Dr. Ara Norenzayan’s talk! Who: Dr. Ara Norenzayan Title: Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia; Co-director of UBC’s Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture (HECC) Bio: Ara Norenzayan, a social psychologist

  • Notched ladders are used by the Dogon people to access the upper levels of granaries, climb onto the flat roofs of houses, and bridge clefts in cliffs.

    art and sculptures on the market in order to survive. Today Dogon masks, figures, carved wooden doors, and granary ladders can be found in most African Art collections. – Megan Wonderly ’16, Anthropology & History Sources: De Grunne, Bernard. “Ancient Sculpture of the Inland Niger Delta and Its Influence on Dogon Art.” African Arts 21:4, 1988. Hidden Treasures of African Art. Griff Rhys Jones. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1995. VHS. Roberts, Allen F. “The Status of Dogon Visual Culture

  • A group of nine Computer Science and Computer Engineering students competed at an international computer programming competition Nov. 3. Team sets sights on next year By Jesse Major ’14 A group of nine Computer Science and Computer Engineering students competed at an international computer programming…

    .”  They were divided into three teams, PLU-3, PLU-2 and PLU-1, and took fifth, 11th, and 16th respectively at the University of Portland. Within the entire region, PLU-3 took 42nd, PLU-2 took 66th and PLU-1 took 82nd out of 111 teams. “I’m so proud of the job they did,” Kenneth Blaha, professor of CSCE The contest is held over five hours across six different campuses in British Columbia, Oregon, Hawaii, California, and Washington. Unlike sports, these competitors don’t need to be in the same room or

  • by Jenna Stoeber Christmas break is nearing, and with it comes a chance for faculty to catch their breath after a long and hard fall—before revving back up for another semester. The holiday break is ideal for exploring new methods of teaching, so why not…

    , invigorating the learning process for you and your students.   Contextualizing Location Our first example comes straight from PLU from History Professor Mike Halvorson, who created an interactive map of Ancient Egypt that overlaid modern-day Egypt for his course on Western Civilization. Students can zoom in on important locations and monuments, while still able to keep these locations rooted in a global context. Halvorson marks sites down the Nile River. Click to view larger. Bird’s eye view of the

  • Thinking about graduate study in history? Pacific Lutheran University history majors have an excellent track record when it comes to earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (or both) in history. I recently touched base with Carli Snyder, ’17, about her first year in grad school.…

    multiple trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (free admission for CUNY students!), visited the Statue of Liberty with her parents, and savored a slice of Joe’s Pizza in Washington Square Park. Taking notes in the New York Public Library Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with fellow PLU grad, Sarah Ameny ‘17 Fun as it is to be in New York, studying and making new academic connections are major (and rewarding) parts of the graduate school experience. Carli earned minors in