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  • August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month; a time to highlight some of the incredible translated writings by women from around the globe. Only 30% of women who write and publish in languages other than English are translated in the U.S. and only 36% of…

    Wolf, New Voice in Chinese Women’s Literature Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang, translated by Karen S. Kingsbury Danish The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen, translated by Tiina Nunnally Dutch The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison French The Lover by Marguerite Duras, translated by Barbara Bray Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Caribbean Writers A Season in Rihata by Maryse Conde, translated by Richard Philcox (Guadeloupe) Memory at Bay by Evelyne Trouillot

  • Striking as it is, on its own the tere as it sits in the PLU collection is essentially a dead object. Only through being worn and danced in the proper context is it given life and power.

    the careful balance and pollute the world, as it did during French colonial days when enforcing private property and land ownership severely altered the Bobo way of life. Different types of Bobo masks are made of leaves, fiber, and wood and serve different purposes. Generally all of these masks are performed with a full body covering of loose kenaf fibers and are considered representations of Dwo that serve to cleanse the village, maintain the proper balance with nature, and integrate and

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    $10.50 per person | minimum 12 peopleZiti pasta baked with tomato sauce and five cheeses, served with a garden salad and garlic breadPulled Pork Sandwiches and Coleslaw$10.50 per person | minimum 12 peopleHouse made slow roasted pulled pork in tangy BBQ sauce, sliced white onion, pickle chips, house made coleslaw with a garden saladMac and Cheese$10.50 per person | minimum 12 peopleMolly’s® macaroni & cheese with green onions and bacon served with a garden salad and French rollsPav Bhaji$10.50 per

  • Spring, 2022 This issue marks an important transition for the Division of Humanities. As of this summer, the Humanities programs —English, Languages & Literatures, the Language Resource Center, the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, the Parkland Literacy Center, Philosophy, and Religion— will merge…

    insights into what monks and nuns have to teach the rest of us: the particularities of the places we live, the power of communal justice, and the importance of dedicating ourselves to the future. Barbara Temple-Thurston, Professor of English, served as Dean from 2001-2004. Photo from University Archives, 2018. In an essay from 2003, philosophy professor Pauline Shanks Kaurin responds to the then-likely war in Iraq by calling for a “conspiracy of goodness,” learning from French resistors who saved

  • By Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker It’s an especially busy—and newsy—year for PLU’s renowned Choir of the West, including the return of Dr. Richard Nance, Director of Choral Activities and conductor of the choir, who’s back from a yearlong sabbatical. During…

    Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • PLU Music Professor Gregory Youtz teams up with prominent Chinese poet Zhang Er, Professor at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, to create this new work around the life of an extraordinary woman poet of ancient China, Cai Yan. In this new opera, Fiery Jade:…

    Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Pacific Lutheran University presents the U.S. premiere of ‘Nordic Light Symphony,’ a multimedia production inspired by the Northern Lights The Aurora Borealis is the largest optical phenomenon in the Earth’s upper atmosphere; a spectacular event, that many only dream of seeing. For those that aspire…

    , PLU team up for free concert in honor of Music in our Schools Month LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

  • Annual Event Celebrates PLU’s Student Leaders By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communication PLU’s annual Celebration of Leadership, held in the Anderson University Center on May 12, recognized students who live lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care while empowering their peers to…

    their choosing sometime during the next academic year, such as conferences related to their leadership and academic interests. Jon Adams Olivia Ash Taylor Brunstad Taylor Christensen Samantha Cook Caitlin Dawes Grace DeMun Rachel Diebel Tyler Dobies Ariel Esterbrook Emily Everson Anne-Marie Falloria Gina Fioretti Ashley Gill Christina Hayes Amelia Heath Sam Horn Brittany Jackson Laura Johnson Evan Koepfler Ruth Kovanen (Professional Development Award) Jessica Lancaster Andrew Larsen (Professional

  • Free Summer Jazz Series Brings Stars—and the Community—to PLU A crowd enjoys the music at a 2013 Jazz Under the Stars concert at PLU. (Photo: PLU student John Struzenberg ’15) 16th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Kicks Off July 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU…

    audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer and has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle). Today, he leads the Dmitri Matheny Group, an all-star ensemble featuring some of the most accomplished jazz artists in the western states. July 24 Hilary Gardner In 2010, acclaimed singer Hilary Gardner was chosen by the Frank Sinatra estate to appear as the live, onstage singer in Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away. Gardner performs throughout New York City

  • The Lobi people live mainly in Burkina Faso, with smaller groups residing in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.

    Learn More: Lobi 2The Lobi people live mainly in Burkina Faso, with smaller groups residing in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. They are mainly farmers who sustain themselves growing millet, sorghum and corn, and cash crops like peanuts and cotton. They also raise livestock and will occasionally hunt. Traditionally, the Lobi lived in self-governing villages until 1901 when the French brought colonialism to the area. Despite the significant Islamic influence surrounding them, the Lobi have largely