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focus on a historical perspective of Namibia from colonization to democracy Engage with indigenous people, cultures, and the country’s unique geography on study tours, through rural homestays in the villages of northern Namibia and visits to Namibia’s renowned national parks and game reserves Create your own batik art in a workshop in Windhoek Engage with the local community through an internship or volunteer work with community organizations Spend January enrolled in a context-setting, intensive

. Traditionally, the mapiko dances where performed by adult spiritual leaders to celebrate initiation rites that marked the entrance of young boys and girls into new stages of their lives where they were taught the skills of adulthood, traditional songs, dances, costumes, and cultural secrets (Bortolot). Additionally, they were used to honor the recently deceased. Despite the influences of the outside world, there are more mapiko now than ever before, however, like all cultures and rituals, these practices

, the mapiko dances where performed by adult spiritual leaders to celebrate initiation rites that marked the entrance of young boys and girls into new stages of their lives where they were taught the skills of adulthood, traditional songs, dances, costumes, and cultural secrets (Bortolot). Additionally, they were used to honor the recently deceased. Despite the influences of the outside world, there are more mapiko now than ever before, however, like all cultures and rituals, these practices have

, the mapiko dances where performed by adult spiritual leaders to celebrate initiation rites that marked the entrance of young boys and girls into new stages of their lives where they were taught the skills of adulthood, traditional songs, dances, costumes, and cultural secrets (Bortolot). Additionally, they were used to honor the recently deceased. Despite the influences of the outside world, there are more mapiko now than ever before, however, like all cultures and rituals, these practices have

, the mapiko dances where performed by adult spiritual leaders to celebrate initiation rites that marked the entrance of young boys and girls into new stages of their lives where they were taught the skills of adulthood, traditional songs, dances, costumes, and cultural secrets (Bortolot). Additionally, they were used to honor the recently deceased. Despite the influences of the outside world, there are more mapiko now than ever before, however, like all cultures and rituals, these practices have

, the mapiko dances where performed by adult spiritual leaders to celebrate initiation rites that marked the entrance of young boys and girls into new stages of their lives where they were taught the skills of adulthood, traditional songs, dances, costumes, and cultural secrets (Bortolot). Additionally, they were used to honor the recently deceased. Despite the influences of the outside world, there are more mapiko now than ever before, however, like all cultures and rituals, these practices have

Workshops and FestivalsEvery year, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Music hosts a variety of workshops and festivals. Many of these events bring high school students from Washington, Idaho and Oregon to the PLU campus. Members of the community have an opportunity to attend workshops and / or simply attend the beautiful performances these workshops provide. These workshops and festivals feature guest clinicians and PLU faculty clinicians and cover a wide variety of topics. The

Financial Support and Expectations for International Students Many international students at PLU qualify for a merit-based scholarship. However, in general, students should expect to pay at least a half or more of the annual tuition fee as well as the entire living cost and other miscellaneous expenses on their own through individual, family and/or government sources. A small number of endowed scholarships may become available in some years for an amount not exceeding $3,000 for students who

PLU HS Programming Tips and Sample ProblemsProblem FormatEach problem has a number, name, description of the problem, description of input, description of output, sample input, and sample output. Problems will have either no input or read input from a specified file. The solution for a problem should be written to standard output (i.e., the monitor).Tips Bring a hard copy of code (e.g., code to declare variables, use an if statement, write a for/while loop, read data from standard input (i.e

. Gerhardstein makes his home in Tacoma with his wife, Jerilyn, an elementary teacher librarian in the Bethel School District.Asieh MahyarPassionate about performing music from different cultures, Prof. Asieh Mahyar is the interim Director of Orchestral Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where she conducts the PLU Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Mahyar is a candidate in Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting at Michigan State University, where she studied with Octavio Más-Arocas and Katherine Kilburn