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paper. Edgar received the grant for the research and recruited Ball and Juda to assist. “He was really working with us,” Ball said. “It wasn’t like he knew all the answers, which I thought was really cool.” The three researched a more specific ordering of natural numbers. The journal abstract reads, in part: “This paper provides an overview of the b-dominance order over the natural numbers, ℵ, using the base b expansion of natural numbers. … Here we discuss many ideas in order theory, including the

emotions, events and concepts. The stories describe the highs and lows of life in unique ways that pertain to each of them. In contrast to previous years, the choreographers attempted to stray away from conventional styles of dance and incorporate not only their abstract thoughts, but attempt to communicate to the audience their stories in their most raw form. The show will have a variety of pieces – some with smaller groups of dancers, as well as two pieces performed by the entire team. The dancers

emotions, events and concepts. The stories describe the highs and lows of life in unique ways that pertain to each of them. In contrast to previous years, the choreographers attempted to stray away from conventional styles of dance and incorporate not only their abstract thoughts, but attempt to communicate to the audience their stories in their most raw form. The show will have a variety of pieces – some with smaller groups of dancers, as well as two pieces performed by the entire team. The dancers

the culmination of a series of creative expression workshops co-taught by Collis and PLU Professor Jennifer Smith. The group of 10 students in the International Honors program visited WCCW four times over several weeks. The class, “IHON 253: Gender, Sexuality and Culture,” will be offered again in the spring.  “This class provides opportunities for students to explore identity in complex ways that are connected to their everyday lives,” Smith said. “We theorize out of experience and apply theory

, and surrounded by blackboards that viewers can write upon. The overall work is a collection of multimedia vignettes illustrating mathematical concepts. Visitors to the piece will see a “knotical” (nautical) scene—featuring a bay, a boat, and a sea monster—exploring concepts in knot theory. A large handmade quilt composed of blocks depicts various forms of cryptography, while a soaring lighthouse is topped with a stained-glass dodecahedron. A dizzying variety of artistic mediums comprise the work

March 19, 2012 Kjell Thompsen, Jr. ’94, ’97 is the president of the PLU Scandinavian Alumni group. The group is active in keeping Scandinavian’s connected with PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) Building relationships, seizing opportunity By Chris Albert As an MBA student Kjell Thompsen, Jr. happened to sit right in front of his future wife – Isabelle (Juillard) ’96. “It was tough on my neck,” Thompsen joked because he was constantly looking behind him to steal a glimpse of her. It’s just one of

November 12, 2012 A group of nine Computer Science and Computer Engineering students competed at an international computer programming competition Nov. 3. Team sets sights on next year By Jesse Major ’14 A group of nine Computer Science and Computer Engineering students competed at an international computer programming competition Nov. 3. First time competitor, Ben Landes ’14, described the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest as “sports for nerds

PLU Faculty Members to Present at TEDx Tacoma Posted by: Zach Powers / March 6, 2015 Image: (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 6, 2015 By Zach PowersPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 5, 2015)— On Saturday, March 21, a diverse and distinguished group of speakers will present “ideas worth spreading” at the fourth annual installation of TEDx Tacoma.Among that group will be three Pacific Lutheran University faculty members representing a variety of PLU’s academic divisions