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musical styles: from classical to popular music, from traditional Christian hymns to Brazilian jazz, from folk to jazz fusion. I received a Bachelor of Music degree from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, where I studied Brazilian Popular Music and arranging. After years performing, recording, and composing in Rio, I moved to the U.S. in 2009 to attend Western Oregon University, where I received a Master of Music degree. In 2014, I moved to Greeley, Colorado, to pursue a Doctor of Arts

product of a very specific European cultural foundation. The problem, though, is that we are trained to pretend that these culturally specific ways of knowing have somehow moved beyond the limits of the culture that produced them. What this really means is that Western tradition ends up being seen as universal, and all other systems of knowledge are seen as lesser, as culturally-specific exceptions to the norm. Professor Troy Storfjell during a panel discussion on Sámi culture in 2013 Seen from my

Western Michigan University in 2005. During her time at Western Michigan, she received a Down Beat Student Music Award as an Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, and was featured on an honors recital with pianist Fred Hersch. In the summer of 2005, she was a featured soloist in a piece composed and directed by legendary bassist Rufus Reid for the International Society of Bassists Conference. In the fall of 2007, Ms. Kendrick was accepted to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, a Graduate program

2015; he’ll serve as president-elect in 2015-16, president during 2016-17 and past president from 2017-18.Grahe is a passionate advocate for undergraduate participation in crowd-sourcing science opportunities and a supporter of open science. He currently serves as a councilor in the Psychology Division of the Council for Undergraduate Research, is the managing executive editor for The Journal of Social Psychology and has been the Psi Chi Western Regional Vice President since 2011. “This is an

April 16, 2012 Visiting Writer Series: Melinda Moustakis PLU’s Visiting Writer Series continues with Melinda Moustakis with a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 in the UC Regency Room. Moustakis was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and received her M.A. from UC Davis and her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from Western Michigan University. Bear Down Bear North (University of Georgia Press 2011), her first book, won the 2010 Flannery O’Connor Award in Short Fiction and the UC Davis Maurice

of Captain Cook and western colonizers, the once prevalent cultivation of kalo dwindled dangerously while Native Hawaiʻians were killed by Western diseases and their land was stolen and repurposed. Sharing Passion through ScholarshipEnvironmental Ethics at Holden Village Read Previous Revisiting the Visiting Writer Series: the 15th Anniversary Edition Read Next Environmental Ethics at Holden Village LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in

Chinese for 25 years in Tacoma, and that I just happened to be in the right role as Chair at the right time to welcome the president of China. It is nice to know that, after 25 years of studying a country and civilization, I actually have learned some things and put them to good use in the world. It is also proof that learning does not end with graduation from college—many things are learned beyond college and can turn into second careers. My only concern, and I will take this up with the cosmic

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capitol. Along with fellow panelists Todd Donovan of Western Washington University, Nicholas Lovrich of Washington State University and Washington State Senator Hans Zeiger, Chavez discussed findings on the political culture in Washington, elections, the state legislature, and demographics and immigration. The four panelists are all contributors to a forthcoming updated book from WSU Press on the politics of Washington State titled Governing the Evergreen State: Political Life in Washington

Mike Hudema, the Greenpeace environmentalist featured in the film. Daniel Schwartz, Ph.D., University of Washington Schwartz is a science professor at the UW, and teaches chemical engineering courses. He has researched fuel cells and energy technologies. Frank Holmes, Western States Petroleum Association Holmes is the Manager for the Northwest Regional office of WSPA, which is an advocacy organization for the oil industry. He will speak to the industry perspective. Read Previous Learning