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Froschauer/PLU) By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 5, 2014)—More than 250 Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty, staff and community members gathered Dec. 4 in the Anderson University Center to engage in dialogue and express concern regarding recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. “This program was the result of a wide variety of campus groups expressing a desire to come together as a university wide community and reflect on these emotionally
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community to know: “Lancelute is here to stay.” PLU’s mascot has been a knight since Fall 2009, when the PLU community voted to name him “Lancelute.” In 2010, the Athletics logos were revamped and rebranded to their current form. Last year, the Athletics department decided the mascot needed to reflect this new brand. After receiving a grant from the Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU), the department completed designs over the summer and had a mascot ready to premiere at the
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of the top 10 “value added” colleges in the United States.Featured on the front page of the Business Day section, the column details a recent study by the Brookings Institution that analyzes shortcomings and alternatives to traditional college scoring systems, including the recently-introduced College Scorecard endorsed by the Obama Administration, and influential media rankers like U.S News and World Report. Brookings’ findings indicate that most college ranking scales follow a long-standing
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and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most
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Associate Professor Emily Davidson receives 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 25, 2024 Image: Emily Davidson smiles as she receives the 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching. (PLU Photo / Emma Stafki) January 25, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & Communications The Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching recognizes a member of PLU’s faculty who embodies a commitment to excellence in their ability to communicate knowledge and inspire students
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to resources that could lessen their impact. We are multi-generational: our youngest participant is 12, our oldest, 90. All the decades in between are represented. We all support the arts and education, but our professions vary: we are musicians, playwrights, small business entrepreneurs, teachers at every educational level, and administrators in government, education, and non-profits. Our commitment to resist homophobia and the silences it imposes has driven some away and given others a site
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Guest Artist Eric Marienthal - SaxophonistEric Marienthal is a two time GRAMMY Award winner and has been nominated 9 times. After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone professor, Joe Viola. By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school. In 1995, Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for
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“You assume just because I hate something I don’t want to do it?” Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do , this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The… September 12, 2022
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“You assume just because I hate something I don’t want to do it?” Following Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay about why nobody can seem to agree on what the 2022 adaptation of Persuasion is supposed to do , this essay explores another question: why do we all keep watching Austen film adaptations, even when we don’t like them? The… September 12, 2022
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Let’s Gaze At the Stars Join members of the PLU Physics Department and the Tacoma Astronomical Society (TAS) starting at 8:30pm on Thursday, August 15th, 2024 to take a tour of the observatory, learn about the stars, and look through telescopes (if there are clear skies)! Dress warmly. Follow the… June 24, 2024
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