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Brues put ‘exclamation point’ on their time at PLU In his words, former Professor of Economics Professor Stan Brue, along with his wife Terri, wanted to “put an exclamation point” on their long association with PLU. This past May, the university accepted their gift of…
August 23, 2010 Brues put ‘exclamation point’ on their time at PLU In his words, former Professor of Economics Professor Stan Brue, along with his wife Terri, wanted to “put an exclamation point” on their long association with PLU. This past May, the university accepted their gift of $500,000 that will endow annual scholarships and offset study-away expenses for several students in the Social Sciences. Stan and Terri arrived in Tacoma in 1971, he as a new assistant professor and she as a
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News for Pacific Lutheran University.
The Evolution of Behavior Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,”… November 12, 2021
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Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science | alexandra.bacula@plu.edu | 253-535-7523 | I am a former ballet dancer turned roboticist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and technology and exploring how each practice can inform the other.
, Timing, and Spacing."." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 14 (9),, November, 2022: pp. 1965-1993. Bacula, Alexandra, Amy LaViers.. " "Character Synthesis of Ballet Archetypes on Robots Using Laban Movement Analysis: Comparison Between a Humanoid and an Aerial Robot Platform with Lay and Expert Observation"." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 13, 2020: pp. 10471062.. Biography I am a former ballet dancer turned roboticist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and
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Auburn Symphony Orchestra is a local professional symphony orchestra in Auburn, WA. MediaLab has produced two videos for them in recent years and is currently producing photography work for Auburn
MediaLab's Current Client SpotlightAuburn Symphony OrchestraAuburn Symphony Orchestra is a local professional symphony orchestra in Auburn, WA. MediaLab has produced two videos for them in recent years and is currently producing photography work for Auburn Symphony Orchestra’s social media and other promotional purposes. The Grand CinemaMedialab has partnered with the Grand Cinema to create a series of advertisements, highlighting the local movie theater. On top of that, this year, Medialab ran
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Hall in the Anderson University Center. Dean Douglas will speak from her book, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (Orbis, 2015). “Stand Your Ground law signals a social-cultural climate that makes the destruction and death of black bodies inevitable and even permissible. . . . This book is an attempt to untangle the web of social, cultural, and theological discourse that contributes to stand-your-ground culture as well as to provide a theological response.” The lecture is free
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One of the unique aspects of life at PLU is the opportunity to join the University Scholars Association — known to most as the “University House.
Welcome!One of the unique aspects of life at PLU is the opportunity to join the University Scholars Association — known to most as the “University House” or “Uhouse”. Members enjoy a common place to gather for lunch, lunch speakers, special events, and weekly social hours. Our main purpose is to let collegiality grow among faculty and staff and strengthen the sense of community at PLU. University House membership is open to all PLU employees (faculty and staff) To join, fill out our form at
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Philosophy involves inquiry about the most basic and compelling questions of life. German philosopher Immanuel Kant once summed up these questions in this way: “What can I know? What should I do?
-authored with Greg Hibbard PLU ’15) Philosophy in the Contemporary World 2016 Greg Johnson: The Situated Self and Utopian Thinking. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (Summer 2002) On the Importance of Reversibility in Deliberative Democracy. Social Philosophy Today (Fall 2004) Pauline Shanks Kaurin: The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles Goes Asymmetric (Routledge 2014) Paul Menzel: Strong Medicine: The Ethical Rationing of Health Care. (Oxford University Press) How
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“The massacre of innocents in Orlando prompts us to pray for those who grieve, to resist homophobia and Islamophobia, and to work diligently for an end to the easy purchase of deadly weapons. A Lutheran university, inspired by the non-violent life and inclusive love of…
gun than a car, yet buying a gun does not require providing a social security number, vision test or a competency test (such as a driver’s test) in most states. Wireless carriers will deny you a cellphone contract if you don’t provide a social security number. Most credit card issuers also require a social security number, yet you are not required to give your social security information to purchase a gun. The least we can do is require training and licensing, as we do with cars. Furthermore, we
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…
about details for this year's graduation ceremony.Jonathan Adams, sociology major Jonathan Adams '16. (Photo: Hansel Hai Doan '10) By Zach Powers ’10 Jonathan Adams, a sociology major from Tacoma, is passionate about people. His contributions to campus throughout the past four years are a testament to his love of collaboration and his penchant for connecting individuals with community resources. “The core of my involvement at PLU is centered around social justice, diversity education and providing
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Building a relationship with God based on openness When Mycal Ford discusses his faith, his story is that of a classic Christian conversion. He was an all-star athlete. He was, and remains, handsome and popular. In high school, success came easy. And with it, so…
assumed that, to be Christian, you had to be against this or for that. Against abortion. Against gay rights. My religion was not going to be contingent on social issues.” When he stepped into that Sunday-morning church service, he came to understand that living a spiritual life did not require stumping for a set of predetermined social issues. “God is more concerned about our heart than those social issues,” Ford said. “What he’s after is our heart.” Ford now attends church every Sunday, but it is
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