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  • The Choir of the West is comprised of undergraduate majors from a wide variety of academic disciplines. The choir rehearses four days each week, ninety minutes per day.

    three years of teaching at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Under Sparks, the touring tradition of the Choir of the West continued with notable tours of the East Coast in 1986 (concerts in Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., North Carolina, and Florida), England in 1988, Japan and China in 1991, Scandinavia in 2001, and many tours down the I-5 corridor and in the Northwest. One of the first big productions under Sparks was the first performance in the northwest of

  • How to have fearlessly curious conversations in dangerously divided times 1:45 – 3:30 p.m. | March 7 | Chris Knutzen, Anderson University Center Who: Mónica Guzmán, Bridge-Builder, Journalist,

    bestseller that Barack Obama named as one of his favorite books of the year, How to Do Nothing resists categorization, touching on everything from ancient Greek philosophy to birding to labor strikes to performance art. In it, Odell argues that our attention is our most valuable (and scarce) resource, and we must actively and continuously choose how we use it—instead of letting the forces of capitalism choose for us. Instead, we can use our attention to reimagine and reconnect with our environments and

  • Emily Bond, Senior Capstone Seminar When facing a nonlethal selective pressure, cells are in a state of growth arrest, meaning that they are not able to divide.

    substrates resulting in a shorter botryococcene chain and ultimately, a higher percent yield of fuel. Homology models and ligand docking results were used to study the active site of the enzyme to determine the amino acid residues that would be mutated. Four residues were selected for mutation: Val187Phe (V187F), Leu210Phe (L210F), Gly211Leu (G211L), and Gly211Phe (G211F) based on their location with respect to the substrate. These residues lie near the base of the cavity where the substrate chains end

  • Made of a soft and lightweight wood (ntene from the tree  ricinodendron rautanenii) and decorated with pigment, this makonma face mask (also called lipiko) is given a more authentic look by the

    Mueda Plateau, named for the large Portuguese administrative post built near its center during colonial times” (Bortolot, Language). The Cabo Delgado province is characterized by mango trees, dirt, sandy soil and steep escarpments and dense forest scrub, and food crops consist of maize flour, rice and beans with a large concentration of cattle raising. “A largely agrarian people with a kin-based system of land stewardship traced through matrilineal clan affiliation,” in which ancestry is traced

  • Sources: Christopher D. Roy. “The Art of Burkina Faso.” The University of Iowa. Art and Life in Africa. http://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/topic-essays/show/37?start=01 Christopher D. Roy. Mossi.

    Learn More: Mossi Mask 1On this mask, the flat crest is slightly longer than the mask itself. It is structured around a central post that erupts into an inverted triangle with thin fringes on either side. Two downward sloping horns on either side that are covered in hide, sit below a hollow diamond shape. Two protrusions invade the negative space between the diamond and the post. It is covered in triangular designs of faded red, white and blue pigment. The wood is split in two places near the

  • A diverse and dynamic artist and educator, Mare Blocker has been teaching at PLU since 2014. Her classes include Art of the Book and Typography among others. Read more about Mare in this extended interview. What is your educational background? I have a BFA in…

    Institute, The National Museum of Women in the Arts and the PLU University Special Collections. The Seattle Art Museum Gallery shows my work locally. Why did you want to teach at PLU? I love teaching in small liberal arts schools, it was near my family, and it felt like a circle that needed to be completed. What is your favorite class to teach and why? Picking a favorite class is like picking your favorite child isn’t it? No one wants to admit they do that… My favorite is probably the Capstone series

  • QFC (closest, short bus ride or 1.2 mile walk) Marvel Food and Deli (short bus ride or 1 mile walk) Saar’s Marketplace (short bus ride or 1 mile walk) Fred Meyer (moderate bus ride) HK (Hong Kong)

    假期时间有限)。学生可以在The Commons用LuteBucks购买餐点。Old Main MarketCalled “OMM” by people on campus, this is a coffee shop and small market located in the Anderson University Center near The Commons. It’s a good place to get a coffee or sandwich and to buy grocery items when you can’t get to the store. 被校园里的人称为“OMM”,这是一个咖啡店和小市场,位于安德森大学中心里(The Commons附近)。当你无法到超市购买杂货时,这里是一个不错的选择。同时,这里也是一个购买咖啡及三明治的好地方。Lute CafeA coffee cart in the Hauge Administration Building that also serves deli sandwiches and pre-packaged

  • Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and

    patient files have been lost or destroyed, while German privacy laws have ensured that the bulk of these records remained inaccessible to researchers. Utilizing patient files from the Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, formerly a notorious “euthanasia” facility near Augsburg, this presentation will offer a much-needed perspective to a field in which the analysis of process and perpetrator often precludes important questions about the victims themselves.Dr. Patricia Heberer-RiceDr. Heberer Rice is one of

  • An African Grey Parrot takes stock of a photographer. (Photo provided by PLU Prof. Charles Bergman.) Free as a bird  — at last PLU Professor and Student Journey to Jane Goodall’s Famed Sanctuary for First-Ever Release of Rescued African Grey Parrots By Barbara Clements, Scene…

    other. “I think they were saying, ‘We know you are still there,”’ Bergman says. Finally, nine hours later, the first parrot cautiously emerged. More carefully followed—and flew. “I don’t think they realized how free they really were,” Bergman says. Granum agrees. “These parrots had been in dismal captivity for the past three years. This parrot on the branch,” says Granum, pointing to a photo of a parrot near the enclosure, “flew out as the sun was just beginning to set. Imagine what it is seeing

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 15, 2016)- Kate Deines ’16 is a natural on the soccer field and has a long résumé to prove it. She played at the local, college, national and international level, garnering recognition until her retirement from the sport in 2015. When Deines…

    ,” Deines said. She said she felt she had already achieved everything she wanted to achieve in soccer, and she was drawn to finance because it focuses on long-term goals. She said soccer, on the other hand, focused on what needed to happen each day. “I’m a competitive person, and I was ready for something else,” she said. “As I near graduation and get ready to work for a firm, the idea that I am hopefully working my way up to the top motivates me. I enjoy thinking about what climbing that next rung