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at the “New York Academy of Art,” a figurative graduate school in Manhattan that teaches traditional techniques in figurative drawing, painting and sculpture. The residency started in the beginning of June and lasted a month. There were 11 residents, mostly juniors from all over the world. During the residency we had classes in figure drawing from live models and lessons in painting the figure. We also had several guided tours to the major museums and galleries in the city. What has the
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. They are really interested in learning about the new things that are going on. Then they think about giving back,” she said. The student callers are also learning some valuable lessons about their own giving in the future. “I think that we now understand, more than most, how important it is to give,” said Alicia Hinckley, a sophomore. “Those Q Club scholarships are received by a lot of us here on the TelALute team and we know how important they are. We see it and live it every day.” Read Previous
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many life lessons from retired head coach “Frosty” Westering. “I learned humility from him,” Wolfe said. “That was a huge lesson. At that time in my life, it was very easy for me to get full of myself.” One such lesson occurred during Wolfe’s junior year when he was asked to switch positions. He initially balked at the idea. But Westering and Paul Hoseth, an assistant coach, told Wolfe something he says he will never forget. “They shared with me that it’s not about what I need,” said Wolfe, “but
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the Holocaust must be studied, its victims must be remembered, human rights and dignity must be honored through our daily beliefs and actions, and yet the search for “lessons” drawn from the Holocaust and genocide is a never-ending process. “You sometimes get students saying, ‘Oh, this again,’ when they see Holocaust in the syllabus,” said Kadden. But the minor will push students to look beyond the pat answer or assumptions, he said. An interdisciplinary group of eight faculty members worked
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-Athlete Advisory Committee President, spoke about the leadership lessons and opportunities gained through PLU athletics. She pointed to partnerships with Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity as programs that allow student-athletes to give back to their community and learn from those experiences. Wooten mentioned that PLU student-athletes have volunteered more than 2,000 hours in the community during the 2013-14 academic year. One student-athlete from each of PLU’s varsity sports attended the
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. The PLU students saw the need to help fill that gap, and armed with their own experiences of taking music lessons, they devised a plan to bring the camp back to life. “While growing up, my sister and I went to a lot of free music camps, and I remember having so much fun,” Ely, a native of nearby Buckley, Washington says. “I wanted to create a place where kids could come and have a lot of fun and also learn all these cool musical things.” In addition to offering the kids a chance to participate in
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piece and might include it, he added with a smile, in a guitar instruction book he is currently working on. After junior high and guitar came piano and pestering his teachers to help him learn more about composition. He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and then studied composition for his graduate degree at the University of Southern California. About 20 years ago, he moved to Washington and continued composing and teaching lessons. He arrived at PLU in 2002 at the invitation of
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to an event that may yet be defined as the greatest crime in modern history,” Kurt Mayer wrote. “I am telling my story because we must continue to learn from the lessons of the past.” Mayer was the first person of the Jewish faith to serve on Pacific Lutheran University’s Board of Regents, serving from 1995 to 2005. He was instrumental in the development of the university’s Holocaust Studies Program. Mayer’s family was one of two prominent Tacoma area families who funded a $1 million endowed
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managed to gain class approval would be the first act of due diligence readying them for business.” Read Previous Survivor accounts paint picture, provide lessons Read Next Back to Guatemala COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden
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students, faculty and staff — some with tears in their eyes — that now is a time to reflect on where to go as a nation amid Tuesday's election results.“Here we are the day after one of the most rancorous and hate-filled elections this country has ever witnessed,” Krise said, stressing that in order to rebuild a shattered body politic everyone must understand all people at the center of the divisiveness. “Perhaps a place to start is to look at what lessons we can glean from other nations that have gone
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