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past dean of the Tacoma Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is past president of the Westfield Center for Keyboard Studies. Prior to his appointment at PLU, he taught at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. Tegels has performed extensively in solo and ensemble concerts in the United States, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. He has performed at National Conventions of the Organ Historical Society, and has played some of the most significant organs in the US. As a lecturer, he has presented

, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas spent nearly 21 hours in seven debates. The proposition was slavery, the stage was Illinois, and the voting population was their panel of judges. Lincoln scholar David Zarefsky explained the relevance and historical significance of the debates in “Lincoln, Douglas and Slavery” on May 14 in the final event of the 2015 School of Arts and Communication Focus Series on perspective. The event explored the capacity to master multiple perspectives, a central tenet of

specific title designated by the academic unit. (1 to 4) EDUC 391 : Foundations of Learning Investigation into theories of learning and development and into historical and current practices, values, and beliefs that influence efforts to shape learning in educational settings. Topics include: self as learner, theories of learning, others as learners, exceptionalities, technology, values literacy, and factors influencing learning and literacy. Limited to music and health and fitness education majors

Gateway program in Telemark. She was the first recipient of the Svare-Toven Endowed Professorship, through which she promoted a contemporary focus on Scandinavian migration, peacebuilding and gender equality. Claudia’s research focuses on the Norwegian author Sigrid Undset. She has published several articles on Undset’s historical novels and is now researching Undset’s life in exile in the United States during World War II. She also works as a translator, primarily of literature of new immigrants to

Kishaba’s swim team schedule kept her from traveling to Montevideo, she conducted historical research and wrote the interview questions. Her presentation, “Situating the Stories: History of Jewish Migration in Uruguay,” explored the forces shaping the interviewees’ lives. Watching their video testimonies afterwards, Kishaba found their personal perspectives especially meaningful, drawing parallels with her own grandparents. Being part of a team suited Kishaba. “I learned to trust my own instincts,” she

exploring your calling? I’m at a spot where I’m self-reflecting on my skills and, through that, trying to best utilize them. I’m also working on self-exploration. How do you see yourself applying information from these seminars into your daily life? I think being self-aware and perceptive to the needs of others. The readings that we’ve been doing have been very informative to provide a historical context for America as I’m Canadian. Getting the cultural and societal context has been interesting and

little bit slower and it’s a little bit more authentic [Music] [Applause] [video: a shot follows a lift up the side of a mountain, greenery on either side.] [Music] [video: A shot of an old Chinese building overlooking a large waterway.]   [video: Return to Devon sitting outside.] Devon: we’ll study tour at the beginning of the trip [video: Devon’s voice continues over more clips. A historical building with intricate gold paintings on blue-green panels. Mountain scenery. A server ladles soup into a

, etc.). In each unit, you will expand your vocabulary and knowledge about social, historical, cultural, and political issues through conversational activities. Prerequisites: HISP 202, 252, or the equivalent, or permission of instructor. (4) HISP 301 : Hispanic Voices for Social Change - VW, GE HISP 301 is a content-based intensive reading and writing course that offers an examination of diverse texts from different times and places in Spanish speaking countries, to focus on how people establish

design and book arts while managing the Elliott Press at PLU. Since 2008 she has collaborated on a series of Dead Feminists broadsides, and is co-author of Dead Feminists: Historical Heroines in Living Color , published in 2016. Mare Blocker Mare Blocker has been making limited edition and unique books since 1977 and established the MKimberly Press in 1984 when she bought her first Vandercook 219. Her work can be found in more than 85 public collections and museums, including the National Museum of

result of her historical documentary work, the university’s Archives and Marketing and Communications departments developed an online project to further document the Black experience at PLU. Searching for a way to communicate what it’s like to be a Person of Color on the Autism Spectrum, Watts wrote and produced a play, “Spectrums of Color.” “I think my years at PLU helped me realize what it’s like to be a Person of Color at a predominantly white institution,” she said. “But it’s important to me to