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nationally to perform pieces showcased in Dance 2018: Storytelling. Allison Zakharov, Sade Moffett, Amanda Enz, and Ivory Turner represented PLU and performed the guest artist piece at the American College Dance Association Northwest Conference at the University of Boulder, Colorado during spring break. Rachel Winchester’s faculty repertory choreography piece entitled, GIRL POOL (an adaptation), a piece loosely based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, won the Northwest ACDA conference in 2014 and was
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May 11, 2009 New endowed chair created A new endowed chair has been created in the School of Education and Movement Studies – The Jolita Hylland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education honors Jolita Benson. It has been funded by Dale and Jolita Benson through The Benson Family Foundation of Portland, Ore. The inaugural appointment to the Jolita Hylland Benson Chair is Leon (Lenny) Reisberg, professor in the Department of Instructional Development and Leadership in the School of Education
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presidential election: American forces were there to help provide security for voters and to protect the election process from disruption by Taliban fighters. “We would always joke on a regular basis, ‘Oh, we are going to preserve democracy today,’ but on that day, I really felt like we had,” Shumaker said. “That was a really special day for me.” While he was deployed, Shumaker’s second daughter was born. “It was harder on my wife, but she got through it,” Shumaker said. “She was one of my heroes.” Second
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non-profit organization called Citizens for Affordable Energy and is working to inform the American public about energy issues, and advocate for politicians to mobilize and implement a solution to the energy crisis. It was encouraging to the students that a person who regularly speaks on national news channels about energy issues would meet and talk with them candidly. “I was so excited to to talk to him because right before he talked to us he was live with CNN and right after talking to us he
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Battle of Gettysburg: Eisenhower’s Fight with the 1918 Flu Pandemic By Jack M. Holl ’59 In 1918, Dwight D. Eisenhower, while in command of the Tank Corps at Camp Colt in Gettysburg, PA, played a key role in the US Army’s fight with the 1918 influenza pandemic that ravaged US troops near the end of World War I. Before the pandemic ran its course, the 1918 flu killed almost as many American soldiers as died in battle during Europe’s savage war. While the deaths of young soldiers at Camp Colt were
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future PLU generations. The large collection focuses on typography and calligraphy. The collection includes type and design journals from Boge’s era, like Emigre magazine, that still convey groundbreaking type and graphic design. He was particularly active when digital type design grew exponentially (alongside the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984). The collection also includes treasures such as the 1923 American Type Foundry Type Specimen and Catalog. Weighing in at seven pounds, the exquisitely
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PLU Digs into the Merits of Meat Posted by: Todd / October 1, 2014 October 1, 2014 What goes into the production of a quarter pound burger? According to J.L. Capper in The Journal of Animal Science, 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of drinking water, 74.5 square feet of grazing, and the equivalent amount of energy it takes to run a microwave for 18 minutes. The average American eats approximately 271 pounds of meat a year—or three, quarter pounder burgers a day. Meat is a tasty part of culture
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award-winning science journalist, microbiologist, and author of Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure. As a science writer at Newsday from 2000 to 2007, Nelson wrote frequently about the Human Genome Project, gene therapy, stem cell research, conservation, global warming, ecology, and the West Nile virus. As a freelance writer, Nelson has written for the New York Times, Wired, Scientific American, CNN Travel, Nature, New Scientist, The Guardian, ENSIA, and bioGraphic. Among his
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noticed, leading to her becoming an organic lab teaching assistant in the fall of 2020 and 2021, and an invitation to be a student guest of the American Chemical Society at the Linus Pauling Award Symposium Banquet. “Yaquelin impresses you with her work ethic, diligence, and academic abilities,” Craig Fryhle, chemistry professor, said. “She is a very personable, earnest, and talented young woman who has a bright future ahead of her.” As Ramirez wraps up her time at PLU, she reflected on the most
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appointment of James Brock as dean of the School of Business. Additional board action: The board was treated to a luncheon program that recognized the Regency Advancement Award winners, those named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, as well as student leaders of ASPLU, the Residence Hall Association and student media. The candidates for degrees at Spring Commencement were approved, pending satisfactory completion of all degree requirements. The university was authorized to
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