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The Weathermons – Our Joyful Noise Donors https://www.plu.edu/professional-studies/weathermon-joyful-noise/the-weathermons-our-joyful-noise-donors/

Dr. Richard and Mrs. Helen WeathermonHelen Jensen arrived at Pacific Lutheran College in 1945 from h

Capstone Talks 2017 https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/capstone-symposia/capstone-talks-2017/

financially and to the health of the patient. Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 (Morken Center for Learning and Technology, Room 103)1:40 pm - Welcome1:45 pm - The Synthesis and Release Studies of Camptothecin Prodrug-loaded Microparticles Bryan Gutierrez, Senior Capstone Seminar Camptothecin (CPT) is a highly potent drug against cancer cells that failed clinical trials due to high toxicity and poor solubility. CPT makes an excellent candidate for chemical modifications/formulation in order to improve its physico

In Times Challenging and Uncertain: Plans Change – Values and Mission Endure https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2009/09/08/in-times-challenging-and-uncertain-plans-change-values-and-mission-endure/

support to these able and dedicated leaders. PLU is blessed in a special way each year by the work of our remarkable cadre of academic program leaders and deans. This year we will be searching for new deans for the School of Arts and Communication and the School of Education and Movement Studies. During these important transitions, Professor John Hallam from art, along with associate professors Mike Hillis from education and Karen McConnell from movement studies will be serving as acting deans. We

Mathematics https://www.plu.edu/academic-programs/program/mathematics/

models of nature, fair redistricting voting models, and more, while working with data has become central to our society. Whether your goal is to learn mathematics and statistics for an application – modeling problems in science, engineering, economics or finance; in preparation for a career in elementary or secondary education; or for further study in a graduate program, your studies will challenge, inspire and inform you about mathematics’ and statistics’ beauty and power, as well as their theory

2017 Dean’s Award for Excellence Recipients Announced – Acclaim 2017-18 https://www.plu.edu/acclaim/2017-18/01/18/soac-deans-award/

developed the groups social media at high levels of interaction, and developed and promoted the enormously successful events during Black History Month last year at PLU. Laura Hillis: BA in Anthropology & Global Studies Laura has the honor of being the first non-SOAC major or minor ever to receive the Dean’s Award. Laura was recommended for this award as one of the “finest student violinists” ever at PLU. Laura has performed a solo recital every year while at PLU – including the fall semester prior to

Learn More: Mossi Mask 1 https://www.plu.edu/africanartcollection/masks/mossi-mask-1/earn-more-mossi-mask-1/

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. http://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/topic-essays/show/37?start=01 Christopher D. Roy. “Mossi.” Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordartonline.com

Learn More: Urhobo Water Masquerade Staff 1 https://www.plu.edu/africanartcollection/personal-objects/water-masquerade-staff-1/learn-more-water-masquerade-staff-1/

roles of staffs and women in Urhobo culture it should be remembered that Nigeria is one of Africa’s most developed nations. It is unreasonable for anyone to believe that all members of Africa’s most populous nation practice, maintain, or ascribe to all the traditional beliefs of past Nigerian cultures. Furthermore, no one society in Niger Delta region is completely like another. However, we can still learn about one culture by looking at its neighbors. Because limited studies have been done on the

Faculty Feature: Meet Mare Blocker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2020/04/02/faculty-feature-mare-blocker/

minister at the church my family helped found in Seattle. I soon learned that wasn’t really a viable career path for a young woman in the 70’s, so I began down a social work path. Spring term, I took ceramics, Poetry and the Mystical Experience, and Lutheran Studies, and had an epiphany about my calling and became an art major. I ended up transferring to the UW to study with Patti Warashina and Howard Kottler, because I was more into handbuilding than throwing. While I was at the UW, I worked in fiber

Conference Archives https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-jewish-life-in-poland/about/conference-archives/

Past Powell-Heller Holocaust Conferences 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationThe 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education at PLU is proud to announce that this year’s conference will be the first collaboration with the world’s leading Holocaust center, Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem. This monumental event, Holocaust Distortion and Denial, will feature the foremost experts in Holocaust studies, Dr. Yehuda Bauer and Dr. Christopher Browning.Learn more about the “Holocaust

Scott Rogers https://www.plu.edu/itech/faculty-spotlight/scott-rogers/

Scott Rogers, PhDDepartment of EnglishWordPress for Blogs and Portfolios Scott Rogers at desk in office. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) WordPress Product Website: wordpress.com Cost: FreeScott Rogers is an assistant professor in the English Department and primarily teaches courses related to writing, research, and professional communication. Because Composition Studies is so closely tied to the classroom, he spends a lot of time thinking about pedagogy, especially the unique challenges presented