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When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…
on justice, I’m fortunate to be at PLU, an institution with a strong commitment to social justice,” Levy says. “Other institutions wouldn’t support expert witness work for faculty. But PLU does.” At PLU, Levy teaches anthropology courses that explore how Latin America studies inform anthropological theory, the impact of free trade policies; the state from an ethnographic perspective; and how international migrants build lives in more than one nation-state. Many of his students go on into migrant
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, and surrounded by blackboards that viewers can write upon. The overall work is a collection of multimedia vignettes illustrating mathematical concepts. Visitors to the piece will see a “knotical” (nautical) scene—featuring a bay, a boat, and a sea monster—exploring concepts in knot theory. A large handmade quilt composed of blocks depicts various forms of cryptography, while a soaring lighthouse is topped with a stained-glass dodecahedron. A dizzying variety of artistic mediums comprise the work
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willing to work with individuals and find a way to make it work,” said Daley, who earned his certification in 2016 and now teaches special education students at Mount Tahoma. He also works as an assistant football coach at PLU. Turning up for Saturday morning classes after a Friday night football game was challenging, Daley said. “It was chaos,” he said. “But I thrive in that kind of situation.” Ricky Daley FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE Jasmine Skipworth ’17 brims with confidence as she enters her second
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software can create the knots, giving Heath and his students the ability to see the knot in three dimensions and better understand the problem, Ebbinga explained. But that’s only the tip of the virtual iceberg. Ebbinga imagines the software being used for stage design, in the science department for digital imaging, by facilities to design landscapes or layout sprinkler systems, and by individual student for special projects. “What is really interesting about this program, is it’s not just big
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find a way to make it work,” said Daley, who earned his certification in 2016 and now teaches special education students at Mount Tahoma. He also works as an assistant football coach at PLU. Turning up for Saturday morning classes after a Friday night football game was challenging, Daley said. “It was chaos,” he said. “But I thrive in that kind of situation.” Ricky Daley FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE Jasmine Skipworth ’17 brims with confidence as she enters her second year of teaching at Fruitland
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this deeply-rooted religious sensibility, Luther offered a steadfast No. Rather, he argued, God freely and graciously offers life, health, and wholeness (the root meaning of the word “salvation”) without the need for human effort. Such a claim was and is intended to free a person from anxiety, from wondering if he or she had “done enough” to earn God’s favor or an eternal destiny. But if the “knot” of human striving to escape this world had been cut, what was one to do with one’s life on this earth
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Jennifer Rhyne Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory Full Profile 253-535-7058 rhynejl@plu.edu
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university's curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory“Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask when you’re bopping your head to “Single Ladies,” or “Partition,” or any of the other hundreds of hit songs that have made Beyoncé a worldwide music icon. But it is just one of the questions students will tackle in the Women’s and Gender Studies course titled “Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory.” “The general premise of the course is to think about Beyoncé
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Might Enjoy: Hiking Skiing Ultimate Frisbee Disc Golf Spikeball Knot-Tying Bird-Watching Gardening Biking Kayaking Outdoor Photography Fishing Nature Walks Swimming Outdoor Rec (OR) is more than a trip–it’s an experience. Lutes from all corners of campus come together to journey outdoors with one another. Whether it’s hiking in the Cascades, kayaking on the Puget Sound, or exploring states near and far, an OR trip is friendship, adventure, laughs, and memories all wrapped up into one incredible
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Jennifer Rhyne Associate Professor of Flute and Music Theory Full Profile 253-535-7058 rhynejl@plu.edu
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