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. Moving Math Forward Dr. Ksenija Simic-Muller and collaborators received an NSF grant to work on improving math and statistics education. Why Study Mathematics at PLU? The PLU Department of Mathematics offers a broad choice of educational and career goals. Mathematics at PLUMany people think of mathematics as being an old subject whose rules were established by the Greeks, the Hindus, and by the mathematical heroes of the European Enlightenment – Newton, Leibniz and Gauss, who gave us modern calculus
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History Channel show Modern Marvels, called “Panama Canal Supersized,” which airs at 9 p.m. PDT on Saturday, April 11. (Check your local listings for variations.) (Watch the Modern Marvels trailer here.) The canal project will be “one of the engineering wonders of the world,” just like the original canal, Krause said. “It’s the largest civil-engineering project in the world today and will double the shipping traffic over the current level when complete.” Krause said the project also: includes the
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The Book in SocietyThe Book in Society surveys the history of print culture and discusses such issues as censorship, bestsellers, and the future of the book in the digital age. The course asks such questions as what exactly is a “book”? Who produces it, who reads it, and why? Students examine the ways in which books have been central to modern society—how they have informed, entertained, inspired, irritated, liberated, and challenged readers. They also look at the processes by which books are
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March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of
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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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’ Society meets every Friday at 3pm. At each meeting, we study an ancient piece of text written in a dead language. Members often volunteer to read the text aloud in the best way that we can manage, usually with help from Professor Brown. We discuss grammatical concepts of older languages such as Old English and Old Saxon, the origins of particular modern words and where they derived from, as well as translate these texts into modern English as best as we can. Brown’s path to creating the Dead
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Founded in 1982, the Elliott Press is a hands-on workshop for students in PLU’s Publishing & Printing Arts (PPA) Program and for others interested in the history and artistry of the printed word. Students in the Elliott Press focus on traditional typesetting, printing, and bookbinding techniques as they create broadsides, artist books, and ephemera. But with the evolution of technology and aesthetics, some students also choose to use modern graphic design techniques in their work. Work by
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Glean: Practices of Memory and Identity in Modern France – GE, IT This course is an introduction to French society from World War II to the present day with a focus on those who have been made invisible through the random violence of war or the everyday violence of extreme poverty. We observe how forgotten people collect, gather, and glean in response to trauma or as a means of subsistence. At the same time, we consider how writers and film-makers collect, gather, and glean to piece together the
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Marvel Deli may look somewhat average on the outside. But once you step through the front doors, you’ll find that it is anything but average. You are first greeted by the smell of warm, fresh pastries from the bakery just inside the entrance. Beyond the bakery is a deli that is unlike other delis you may have encountered before. This one transports us far from home as we experience foods from Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Germany, Italy, France, and so much more. The sound of foreign languages from
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The Student ExperienceStudent Study Away Videos J-term Uruguay 2023: Elijah SingletonStudy Away Alum Interviews IHON Oxford: Zackery GostishaJ-Term Bahamas: Becca AndersonJ-term Northern Ireland: Greyson HoyeJ-term Neah Bay: Richard OeunOslo Norway: Camilla SumnerIHON Oxford: Autumn JohansenJ-Term Austria, Czech Republic and Germany: Paige BalutJ-term Neah Bay: Camilla SumnerChengdu China: Thomas PiwonkaTrinidad and Tobago: Ayana Freeman2019 Jamie Rose McNeil - Aix-en-Provence, France Sami
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