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September 5, 2012 Researcher looks at how climate change leads to innovative science On Sept. 7, the PLU Chemistry department will host a seminar by Debra Rolison in Morken 103 from 12:30-1:35 pm. In her presentation, “How Subversion, Revolution, and Climate Change Lead to Innovative Science–Enhancing Electrochemical Energy Storage on the Macroscale via Architectural Design on the Nanoscale,” Rolison will share her passion for empowering women and minorities in the sciences, and will give an

play, the group will shuttle to the Dyea (pronounced DIE-ee) trailhead for a rise-and-shine 7 a.m. departure July 25. And they’ll have historic PLU memorabilia with them: University Archivist Kerstin Ringdahl said one of Bjug Harstad’s granddaughters stopped by recently to get a photo of the mukluks Harstad wore in Alaska. “Our family group of 15 ranges in age from 24 to 78 and is made up of a number of writers, historians and educators,” Carolyn Harstad said. “All 15 have college degrees, and

exhibited at the Tacoma Art Museum, Bellevue Art Museum, Whatcom County Art Museum and Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. She has been selected to participate in more than fifty juried exhibitions. She also received a CAP’S Creative Artist Project Award in New Jersey and winner of Oregon State Arts Commission Public Art Award. In 2007, Geller was selected for Pierce County Portable Works Award. Geller is also featured in many private collections. In her final exhibition on campus, Geller’s goal was

Chinese contemporary composer Tan Dun. Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of J.S. Bach, the work features soloists, chorus, and water percussion:  bowls and basins filled with water, manipulated by hand and amplified by contact microphones. Tan Dun’s music is a fascinating, refreshing blend of Western classical music and traditional Chinese ritual. PLU’s School of Arts and Communication is an associate level sponsor of the concert.TicketsTuesday, March 22 & Wednesday, March 23, 8 pm | Lagerquist

Bay, Wash., students focused on traditional and contemporary tribal culture. Understanding of this community is learned through traditional stories told by a Makah elder, working with local artists and cooks, helped prepare local foods, or even a hike in the rain forest and on the beach. NEW ZEALAND Tramping the Tracks New Zealand, with its ancient volcano craters, glacial mountain lakes and along sandy ocean beaches, is home to some of the most dramatic scenery in the world. Students will

, the Contemporary Church History Quarterly. Bob’s talk, “Church Historians, ‘Profane Historians,’ and our Odyssey Since Wilhelm Niemöller,” will appear in the spring of 2014, along with the rest of the conference papers, in a volume he will edit for the German journal, Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. Recent publications now in print include “Dietrich Bonhoeffer in History: Does our Bonhoeffer Still Offend?,” a paper Bob presented at an International Bonhoeffer Conference (see Green and Carter, eds

Bible, is required to select a passage from the Hebrew Bible and demonstrate its importance by re-creating the passage in a contemporary manner. “What I’m doing differently is, instead of writing a paper, I’m asking students to give me their arguments in a visual form where it could be understood in 2015,” Finitsis said. The Lutes write, direct, act, edit and shoot their films before premiering them in class. Finitsis then invites the students with the highest-quality videos to enter the Hebrew Idol

participating in the show. “We have seven women and six men to make up a cast of 13. Four of those are first year students, six sophomore and three seniors.” “One challenge we have faced is having to add in some sections and piece together music for some songs because some of the shows we selected are new and the sheet music hasn’t been released yet.” “This is also the first year we are doing this kind of show as a faculty production, so it is a little bit of an experiment!” “I am excited to be co-directing

and timely scholarship. “One of my goals at PLU is to promote early engagement of undergraduate students – especially for women and underrepresented students – in machine learning, bioinformatics, and the data science field,” he says. “I want to inspire students to pursue advanced STEM education and research careers.” Cao explains: “Not only is research interesting for the students, I think it’s truly an important part of their education in computer science. I liken it to the Chinese proverb, from

April 20, 2014 Take Back the Night at PLU Students attend a Take Back the Night rally at PLU. (Photo: PLU Women’s Center) Annual event aims to raise awareness about sexual assault By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s Women Center hosts the annual Take Back the Night march and rally, part of an international campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault, April 24 in Red Square. The event invites people to speak up and speak out about ending violence. Take Back the Night When