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2021 Benson Research Fellows Announced May 2, 2021 Halvorson Delivers Homecoming Lecture on Programming and Social Movements September 30, 2020

northwest’s brightest young choral teachers In profundum maris by Dr. Richard Nance, conductor of the choir Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds, who recorded an album with the Choir of the West that was released in early 2020 Descend to Earth by British composer Ken Burton Hope (Ring Out, Wild Bells) by PLU music department chair Dr. Brian Galante Conductor Richard Nance noted, “Being selected to perform for any ACDA conference is a great honor, and it feels especially

PLU senior Daniel Hachet leaves a legacy of green on campus Posted by: Marcom Web Team / May 11, 2020 Image: (Photo courtesy Daniel Hachet.) May 11, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterDaniel Hachet ‘20 might be graduating this spring, but his green initiatives will continue on at PLU. On-campus restaurants now recycle thousands of cereal bags—and are even getting paid to do so. Residence Halls now offer recycling during summer camps. Reusable dishes and compostable straws

PLU course examining the COVID-19 pandemic open to students, alumni and the community Wang Center Executive Director Tamara Williams discusses the exciting new interdisciplinary course. Posted by: Zach Powers / August 25, 2020 August 25, 2020 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsEarlier this month Pacific Lutheran University announced a timely new course titled “COVID 19: A Global Crisis Examined.” Open to PLU students, alumni, faculty, staff and the public, the one-credit/no

Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 discusses his new memoir about international adoption and belonging Posted by: Zach Powers / October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Guest Writer for Marketing & CommunicationsIn a 2017 issue of PLU’s ResoLute magazine, alumnus Jacob Taylor-Mosquera ’09 shared about his experience as an adoptee, finding and reconnecting with his biological family in Colombia, and the tension he still navigates today as a citizen of two countries and a member of two

Professor Samuel Torvend on Martin Luther’s teachings during the plague Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 9, 2020 November 9, 2020 By Lisa Patterson '98Marketing and Communications Guest WriterThe trials, tribulations, and big questions that confounded 16th century Europeans as they faced the bubonic plague are eerily similar to what we are facing right now with COVID-19 and other social issues. German professor and priest, Martin Luther, had a lot of ideas of what people, and their political

II was called VisiCalc, by VisiCorp, which became the first major spreadsheet for personal computers. This app would be single-handedly responsible for the sale of many Apple II’s. Before VisiCalc, the Apple II was probably behind its main competition in the Commodore PET and TRS-80. But the spreadsheet helped turn the personal computer from a tool for enthusiasts into a serious productivity technology that could be used for business. A 1980 review from the computer magazine Compute! simply

every kid in the Parkland area from here on out a better school experience,” he said.   At the conclusion of their project, Christy, Johnson and others in the group will gauge their project’s success and present their results to representatives from the Franklin Pierce School District. But the goal extends beyond a grade for the business students, as illustrated in a column they wrote for the cause: “Nothing motivates kids more than big kids who believe in them.” Below: Watch a behind-the-scenes

while continuing to meet basic human needs. Sometimes that’s quietly working behind the scenes with families in the aftermath of a mass shooting; sometimes it’s working with a family after a home fire or a hurricane; sometimes it’s buying a refrigerator to support a food pantry in the South. The need is increasing, but whatever the crisis, the American Red Cross remains rooted in the 19th century mission born on the battlefields of the U.S. and Europe: to help people who are hurting. Sometimes that

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