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  • Course DescriptionsThis list is intended to be an overview of our class offerings, so that you can get an idea of what to expect when enrolling in Economics at PLU.  For a complete list of course offerings and concentrations see the PLU Course Catalog. ECON 101 : Principles of Microeconomics - ES Introduces the study of economic decision making by firms and individuals and analyzes the effect of public policies on these. Economic tools and concepts such as markets, supply and demand, efficiency

  • conversation by acknowledging pandemics of Covid, racism and environment that have impacted our collective, familial and personal lives. We are faced with mortality, grief, trauma and loss individually and collectively. This short talk invites us to consider sources of resilience, hope or joy that accompany us and help us survive. 12:45-1:45pm At the Beside of Covid: An Interfaith/Intercultural Panel – This panel offers us the opportunity to hear from religious and medical leaders who have been with the

  • November 13, 2014 Lutes See The World During J-Term Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Environmental Studies Claire Todd on an earlier research trip to Antarctica. Students and Professors Will Travel to and Study on All 7 Continents By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 14, 2014)—This January, while the temperatures drop and the rain falls in Tacoma, Pacific Lutheran University students will disperse all over the globe for education, culture

  • Richard Nance Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1992-2023 Education D.M.A., Music, Arizona State University, 1992 M.A., Music, West Texas State University, 1982 B.M.E., Music, West Texas State University, 1977 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Choral Conducting Choral Composition Accolades Choirs under Nance's direction were selected to perform for conferences sponsored by the National Association for Music Education in 2009 and 2016. 2016 NWACDA

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  • Richard L. Nance Professor Emeritus Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Term of Service: 1992-2023 Education D.M.A., Music, Arizona State University, 1992 M.A., Music, West Texas State University, 1982 B.M.E., Music, West Texas State University, 1977 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Choral Conducting Choral Composition Accolades Choirs under Nance's direction were selected to perform for conferences sponsored by the National Association for Music Education in 2009 and 2016. 2016 NWACDA

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  • PLU Archaeologist Visits Some VERY Old Friends Posted by: Zach Powers / May 1, 2015 Image: Left, the shaft of a tomb is opened for investigation by the PLU archaeological expedition. Center, Ryan near Tomb 60. Right, the expedition works outside a tomb under a canopy. (Photos Courtesy Denis Whitfill, PLU Valley of the Kings Project) May 1, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 1, 2015)- Howard Carter may have discovered King Tut’s tomb in 1922, but the Valley

  • Veterans Day at PLU Posted by: Thomas Krise / November 11, 2014 November 11, 2014 Today we are here to celebrate and honor, to commemorate the dead and the living, the men and women who, in every war since this country began, have demonstrated loyalty to their country and great courage. In a world tormented by tension and the possibilities of conflict, we meet in quiet commemoration of an historic day of peace.  We join together to honor those who made – and make, to this day – our freedom

  • February 1, 2008 Conference unites art and religion Artists, musicians and scholars will gather on campus for PLU’s second “Art, Religion and Peace Conference” Feb. 12 and 13.Last held in the spring of 2005, the conference explores ways in which the visual and musical arts of religious communities promote justice and peace.“The arts have been an integral part, and remain an integral part, of religious traditions, both historically and today,” explained religion professor Samuel Torvend. Visual

  • September 20, 2012 The Reinhold Neibuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York, Larry Rasmussen gives the keynote address during the Lutheran Perspectives on Political Life. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Voices from empty chairs By Chris Albert The human species’ role in today’s global economy is one of using the Earth as a commodity, said Larry Rasmussen. To sustain the Earth, including human life, a shift must occur to an ecological economy, where humans

  • Welcome to the Irene Creso HerbariumThe Irene Creso Herbarium serves as both a teaching resource for biology classes at Pacific Lutheran University, and as research goldmine of taxonomic and distribution gems chiefly from Pierce, Chelan, Kitsap, and other western Washington counties. The collection holds over 10,000 specimens, over 9,000 of which are digitized and accessible to researchers anywhere via the PNW Herbarium Consortium database. In addition to a good representation of vascular