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this central text – which had become the charter of religious and social reform – was absolutely necessary. In order for Germans to read it, however, he insisted that city councils establish public schools for boys and girls, financed by a public tax, in which they would be taught to read. This insistence on literacy gave rise to the kindergarten (the “children’s garden”) and the gymnasium (the secondary school), the first founded in 1528. For the first time in human history, public schools were
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PLU Presents Its First Spring Spotlight Series: “… and Justice for All?” Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 15, 2015 January 15, 2015 Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus with the inaugural Spring Spotlight Series, four months of events
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Tournaments and Trophies Students took home two semi-finalist trophies to start the season at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. Angie Tinker ‘16 and Brendan Stanton ‘16 beat their open-division quarterfinal finish from the previous year and first-years Megan Bowen ‘18 and Tori Sullivan ‘18 showed their strength by winning a semi-final award in the novice division. Breaking an old record, the team took home the greatest number of world’s style debate awards at one tournament in the program’s history
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February 22, 2011 PLU students spend 96 hours figuring out halfpipes and VHF signals By Chris Albert Pro snowboarder Shaun White is entering a halfpipe going for maximum vertical air. For hours Dan Case ’11 and his team study the YouTube video of White during a 96 hour Mathematical Contest in Modeling. “We’d pause it over and over again to see how to make a model out of it,” Case said. Four teams, totaling 11 PLU students, spent 96 hours competing in the Math Modeling Contest. (Photo by John
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Five Guys, One Basketball and Fifty Years Five Guys, One Basketball and Fifty Years https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Logan Logan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df88b9152697d03169d961f6b1582ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 10, 2019 June 13, 2019 By Bob Ericksen, ’67 First, about those five guys and one basketball. I arrived at PLU in the fall of 1963, thinking I might play a little basketball. There I met five guys who were bigger
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him. Even when, as a second-year Lute, it led him to rethink plans to follow his parents into medicine and toward a major in communication. Even when it nudged him out of a burgeoning early career in public relations and into the world of corporate internal communications.Zeebuyth’s curiosity eventually led him to join the communications team at Starbucks, where he served in six different roles over a 10-year span, starting as a project manager and departing as a director of communications. It’s
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Nursing major sees value in studying and investing in health services Posted by: Silong Chhun / July 21, 2022 Image: Parker Simpson ’24 next to the PLU sign on Park Ave (photo courtesy of Parker Simpson) July 21, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsParker Simpson ’24 is spending his summer working at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. He comes from a family of healthcare professionals and has always wanted to help people. We sat down with him to
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Amy Spieker ’09 on community health advocacy, service and building relationships Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 18, 2020 Image: Former PLU basketball student-athlete Amy Spieker ’09 is now the director of Community Health and Analysis at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center’s Institute for Population Health in Wyoming. (Photo courtesy Amy Spieker/Janelle Rose Photography) February 18, 2020 By Lisa Patterson ‘98Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 18, 2020) — If you’ve
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suburban Washington, D.C., he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in composition from the University of Michigan. As a composer, Mr. Robbins has created works in a wide range of genre and style, including orchestral works, chamber music, film scores, and music theater. Specializing as a conductor of 20th century chamber ensembles, he produced a nationally-recognized series of programs at PLU featuring recent and classic 20th century music. As a performer and clinician, he remains active as
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