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Brice Johnson ’99 finds vocation in Red Cross leadership. Two neighborhoods in St. Paul, Minnesota share streets and a zip code. Interstate 94 runs down the middle, and since the freeway’s construction in the 1950s, the life expectancy between Summit Hill and the historically Black…
Elvis Dun-Dery at a community cleanup event. The question stuck with Johnson during his time in Europe, and when a volunteer recruiter role opened up at the Indiana Red Cross, despite being “slightly overqualified,” he jumped at the opportunity. Yet the transition wasn’t without its difficulties: right before Johnson and his family moved back to the U.S., the first case of COVID-19 was found in Germany, in a small town where Johnson had just coached a basketball game. Johnson’s first years at the
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PLU’s mission to support the education of our students and larger community on issues of diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
tragedy of the Holocaust. Students can see that marginalization of a minority group, such as the Jews of Nazi Germany, can lead to life-threatening situations culminating in one of the world’s modern genocides. Issues of distortion and denial make the process of reconciliation and healing less likely and serve as an insult to the memory of all those whose lives were destroyed in the Holocaust. 2021 Conference ScheduleCheck out this year’s conference schedule. Conference
Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 -
The College of Natural Sciences houses the Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology programs.
the modern world and participating in a democracy. Opportunities for close interactions abound, and the development of the whole person is a central concern. The College offers B.S. and B.A. degrees and minors in most programs, and it also provides supporting courses for other programs.Quick Links Assistant Professor of Psychology Job Announcement Tacoma South Puget Sound MESA Program STEM Education Minor Natural Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program NatSci Fellows Program Rachel Carson
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Hildahl Gallery: Our main exhibition space inside the Scandinavian Cultural Center. It consists of 6 bays equipped with special lighting, a flexible mounting system, security, and custom display
faculty.The Scandinavian Cultural Center also is proud to host traveling exhibitions and special exhibitions developed elsewhere in the United States and Scandinavia. Typically, these have been modern art exhibitions.Current Exhibitions Learn more about Current exhibitions at the Scandinavian Culture Center. Dolls and Daily Life – Curated by docents of the center, this exhibit shows off dolls, cooking utensils, musical instruments, clothing and more that would be used and seen in daily life. This exhibit
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
that strip away the always-nascent world of living. The focal point of this essay is that genocide’s ascendance in the modern world becomes more sensical when we understand how the structures of logic compel violence. My personal use of exclusive logic, joined with my implicit place in the world, has shaped how I engage with everyone and everything. From this foundation, I want to suggest that Raphael Lemkin’s contributions to a less violent world were defined by his willingness to reaffirm the
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
that strip away the always-nascent world of living. The focal point of this essay is that genocide’s ascendance in the modern world becomes more sensical when we understand how the structures of logic compel violence. My personal use of exclusive logic, joined with my implicit place in the world, has shaped how I engage with everyone and everything. From this foundation, I want to suggest that Raphael Lemkin’s contributions to a less violent world were defined by his willingness to reaffirm the
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7 courses, 28 semester hours distributed as follows: IHON 111 - 112: Origins of the Contemporary World 8 semester hours Normally taken sequentially in the first year.
sequence can be made for transfer students or for students who are accepted into the Honors Program during their first year at PLU. With prior approval by the IHON Director, an appropriate semester-long course abroad may take the place of one 200-level IHON course. Such a course must focus on a contemporary issue, be international in scope, interdisciplinary and require honors-level critical thinking and writing. One 301 modern language course intentionally designed to meet program objectives (Chinese
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Major in Theatre 44 semester hours, plus a minor THEA 160: Introduction to Theatre (4) or THEA 102: FYEP 102: DJS Seminar (4) THEA 225: Running Crew I (4) THEA 250: Acting I - Fundamentals (4) THEA
Theatre History (4) THEA 365: Theatre History: Modernism (4) THEA 385: Musical Theatre Performance: Golden Age (4) THEA 386: Musical Theatre Performance: Modern (4) THEA 425: Running Crew II (2) THEA 499: Capstone (2) Minors Theatre 16 semester hours of any THEA courses; at least 4 semester hours must be upper-division (300 or 400 level). Dance 16 semester hours, including: 12 semester hours of DANC courses plus 4 semester hours chosen from: additional DANC courses, KINS 277, 280, FTWL 223, 224, 225
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The PLU Computer Science department has small class sizes, dedicated and caring faculty, great facilities, and an excellent curriculum.
writing code for software simulations of proteins, creating the next big video game, or developing a social application that connects people in new ways. The possibilities seem limitless. Software is a fundamental part of modern life. Most of what we do runs on software, and the world needs quality people to create that software. At PLU, we strive to educate our students to be responsible citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and to value life-long learning. Employers value our
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Lecturer - Percussion | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | takekama@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Dr.
and Doctoral degrees in percussion performance from the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, where she was awarded the coveted Boeing Scholarship, among other honors. She is a sought-after performer in many styles of music, working with groups ranging from classical music (such as the Seattle Modern Orchestra) to Mexican banda music to steel band and West African drumming. She performs with Diego Coy Musica Colombiana, Pan Duo, and many other groups, and is a founding member of the
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