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interacts with these families. The Diversity Center, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is a place for people of all identities to feel safe and cared for. It’s been a special space for Lucas since before he even knew he was going to be a student at PLU. “I was doing a student tour and visited the campus and I went to the Diversity Center. There I met Angie Hambrick, who was at the time its director, and she started getting me connected immediately.” His initial tour of the Diversity
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, special guest Sarah Shartis and choreography by McGill. Inspired by the theme of Military loss, McGill‘s choreography is driven by her latest book, Baby It’s You, Messages From Deceased Heroes. The book is a collection of real experiences from military widows, mothers, family members, friends and surviving heroes. In many of the love stories in the book, the other side brings messages of hope and inspiration, demystifying death and after-life experiences. The book will be released this summer by Ozark
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with a choir is a connection like no other. Mozart’s Requiem has a little bit of everything—joy, sorrow, fear, and ultimately, peace—and I think that’s what makes it so special. Melissa Dier ’12 Singing in Choral Union is like coming home: coming home to a community of people who live and breathe music, coming home to profoundly moving musical masterpieces, and coming home to this beautiful place, PLU. Amanda Kelly ’02/’16 There is something so powerful about singing Mozart’s Requiem. Knowing you
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Wang Center’s Peace Builder Award was first given to Sidney Rittenberg, visiting professor of Chinese studies, in 2003. In 2005, award recipients included Tom Eric Vraalsen, Norwegian special envoy to Sudan; polar explorers Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft, who use their expeditions to promote understanding; and the Namibia Association of Norway, which responds to poverty and injustice by helping Namibians build skills. Last year, the award was given to Peter and Grace Wang, founders of the Wang Center
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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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as the 1,100-seat outdoor Elizabethan stage. Whereas Comins has performed – and enjoyed – all of the stages, he finds there is a special appeal to the New Theatre. “In the New Theatre, a slight twitch of the eye is all you need to communicate what you want,” he said. “In the Bowmer [Theatre], it is that, plus raising an eyebrow. In the outdoor theater, it is a slight twitch of the eye, a raising of the eyebrow, AND a cock of the head.” Playing a lead role in “Julius Caesar” is a professional full
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proud,” Finitsis said. “We should claim it. It’s our own work and it works here.” The PLU Idol Finale takes place at 6 p.m., starting with a Red Carpet appearance of contestants, guest judges and Finitsis as host. Then a screening of the final three videos will follow, along with special award show entertainment. This year’s top three videos are Absalom: True Confessions, Samson: With a Hero like this Who Needs Villians?, and Jephthah’s Daughter. The celebrity guest judges will be The Rainbow
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academic programs, student scholarships, improved academic and athletic facilities and operating support and special projects. The focus of the final year of the campaign will be on Rieke Science Center and athletic facilities enhancements. Rieke Science Center requires upgraded equipment and reconfigured internal space to meet the demands of scientific inquiry, teaching and learning in the coming decades. The development of two all-weather fields on lower campus will enhance the athletic and
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be updated with the energy usage of individual halls every week. Day to day use will be posted on the windows of the Old Main Market. During the competition, the Sustainability Department is also hosting two special events. On October 11, it will host a presentation from the CEO of Bonneville Power Administration, which distributes power to the co-op that PLU buys its energy from. On Sept. 25 the department hosted Hour of No Power in which students turned off their power and hung out by the fire
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-Athlete Advisory Committee President, spoke about the leadership lessons and opportunities gained through PLU athletics. She pointed to partnerships with Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity as programs that allow student-athletes to give back to their community and learn from those experiences. Wooten mentioned that PLU student-athletes have volunteered more than 2,000 hours in the community during the 2013-14 academic year. One student-athlete from each of PLU’s varsity sports attended the
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