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November 11, 2009 Poetry helps explain a complex world Rick Barot wasn’t looking for how to address worldly issues when he began writing poetry. “I think, like a lot of poets, I started in poetry having very self-serving reasons,” the PLU professor said. In college, it was therapeutic and very much an emotional release. But as he learned the craft and honed his own skills, the complexity of it and how poetry can be used in addressing ethical, even moral values became clear. “These days, I think
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PLU students present ‘The War of the Worlds’ Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 1, 2022 Image: PLU students Zivia Rich ’24 (left) and Fulton Bryant-Anderson ’23 (right) are recording the independent production ‘War of the World’, which will premiere on Sunday, Nov. 27, on LASR. (PLU/Photo Sy Bean) November 1, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTheatre major Zivia Rich ’24 loves a good story. She is especially fond of them in the form of a radio show or podcast. Growing up, the
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have taught in the University for a cumulative of 71 years. The collective 100 years represents each artist/teacher with more than 50 years of devotion to the visual arts, which began in high school, intensified in undergraduate work, became truly refined in graduate school, with MFA’s in studio art and continued for 30+ years of exhibiting and teaching. Dennis Cox’s career has involved drawing, printmaking and watercolor; his work focuses on the human figure, people and the human condition with a
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March 27, 2008 New dean of the School of Business named An expert in marketing, management and organizational behavior has been named dean of the School of Business. James L. Brock, 63, has had a distinguished career in higher education administration, teaching and writing. He has been the dean of business schools in Pennsylvania and Montana and has been a corporate marketing executive. PLU Provost Patricia O’Connell Killen announced the appointment. “Jim Brock brings just the expertise we need
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Highlights of the King of Norway’s PLU Visit Posted by: Sandy Dunham / May 26, 2015 May 26, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (May 25, 2015)—It’s not every day a king comes to Pacific Lutheran University, but on May 23, an especially special one did—and hundreds of Lutes put together an exceptionally warm, royal welcome for him.Here are some of PLU photographer John Froschauer’s photo highlights of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway’s visit to PLU and the 2015 Commencement ceremony: From the excited crowd
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By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…
What Game of Thrones Teaches Us About Innovation Posted by: halvormj / May 26, 2019 Image: A scene from Season 8 of Game of Thrones. Photo: HBO. May 26, 2019 By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler warning for the
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On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…
Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Deliver Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2019 July 31, 2019 On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University Center. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches the history
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science themselves.” Physics faculty members will lead the demonstrations with the assistance of student volunteers from the PLU Physics Club. Michelle Zhai, one of the executives from the Physics Club, said she is very excited for the show. “It is a fun, visual treat that doesn’t really require much knowledge or skills in science,” Zhai said. “I really hope there will be a lot of people showing up.” Hoping to catch the kids before they move on to college, Hay said she wants to reach out to the
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published as an “occasional paper” by the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. Ericksen also was invited by the Kaplan Center for Jewish Studies to speak at the University of Cape Town in August. He and his PLU predecessor, Chris Browning, were there. Susannah Heschel, Doris Bergen, and Michael Marrus – all former speakers at PLU Holocaust Studies events–were also among the nine scholars asked to speak on “Personal Trajectories and Professional Interpretations” in Holocaust
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Christianity” that have shaped the meanings of much of Christian language and can explain why it’s becoming increasingly unfamiliar. These features are the literalization of Christian language and an understanding, or misunderstanding, of Christianity’s core message. Literalization of the Christian language—believing that all or even just some of the Bible is literally and absolutely true—is neither ancient nor traditional, Borg said. “Biblical inerrancy and insistence on the literal interpretation of the
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