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Associate Professor of Biology Jacob Egge works with students during a summer semester research project. (Photo by PLU Photographer John Froschauer) Faculty-Student Research Provides a Cornerstone of the PLU Mission By Pacific Lutheran University Marketing & Communications and the Office of the Provost This year’s…
decision to rebrand as the “Y,” notably dropping both “men’s” and “Christian” from the organizational acronym. In order to narrate the Y’s transformation from muscular Christian outpost to multicultural gym, we draw on a rich trove of YMCA documents, collected during three week-long visits to the YMCA Archives in Minneapolis. This paper contends that the YMCA leaders decided to move away from single-minded focus on developing “muscular Christian” men because they increasingly prioritized service to
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In April 2023, PLU religion professor Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen , Ph.D., attended the Natural History Museum Late Night with PLU students at the University of Oxford. At Late Night events, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum host tours and various evening activities offered…
whose behavior seemed to deviate from the norm or those who were intellectually disabled. “The physical harm or emotional harm that is done to one person can also disable entire families and households and communities,” she says. One of her works’ broader themes is “how we harm or cultivate community, what do we do to each other, and how does that play out?” A second case titled “Votives” examines how votives provide insight into ancient experiences of pain and suffering and how various conditions
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TACOMA, 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…
Foundation, where he is responsible for facilitating business-driven strategy for IT solutions through the integration of Project Management and Organizational Change Management. He has previously worked at Enstar Group/Paladin Managed Care Services, the City of Tacoma and Russell Investments. He teaches Information Systems courses to undergraduate and MBA students at PLU.Can you share a very brief synopsis of what you talk will be about? Chavez: I’m going to talk about the 5 million undocumented Latino
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By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 21, 2014)—All over the world, Pacific Lutheran University alumni are serving in a wide variety of roles in hospitals, clinics, research centers and public-health agencies, sharing a steadfast commitment of delivering world-class medical care, treatment and…
it allowed me the quickest, easiest and most efficient route to get to therapy, but even in that statement, it’s obvious my heart lies in psychology. Unfortunately, post-graduate careers with an advanced psychology degree are harder to come across. I am very passionate about industrial and organizational psychology, as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if my future career eventually led me in that direction. Over the years, I have learned the my biggest passion lies in focusing on a career that
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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…
Jarvis) behavior after a ball at the Uppercross Great House and exclaims “Love me you idiot! Love me or kill me now! I can’t bear it!”. Mary overhears her, and Anne explains it away as a Shakespeare recitation. This shows that Mary is oblivious, but it also complicates the role of Anne’s private conversations with the audience. The scene highlights how the breaking of the fourth wall in Persuasion is merely a gesture. To contrast this, in Fleabag, the Hot Priest (Andrew Scott) is the only one who can
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JBLM’s Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz Speaks Feb. 17 as Part of PLU’s “…and Justice for All?” Spring Spotlight Series By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—Lt. Col. Celia FlorCruz has blazed such a major trail in the military that…
perpetrator behavior and empowering bystander action,” she said. In the military, reports of sexual assault increase when soldiers return from deployments and/or training—FlorCruz calls that “operational tempo”—and one of her SHARP staffers says that concept applies to colleges, too. “There’s an initial decompression when people tend to act with less discipline,” said 1st Lt. Katherine Rowe, deputy program manager. “It’s event-driven, and people are more vulnerable (in these situations). There’s no
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Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…
small groups in which the quieter students feel more comfortable and may participate more freely, but the dynamics are once again significantly altered by the presence or absence of men. Men dominate small groups even more effectively than the class as a whole; small group projects usually reflect male interests, and the women almost always defer to male leadership. A significant problem in foreign language classes is the issue of authority for women teachers. Nurturing behavior is almost
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Melodramatic, selfish, pouty Mary Musgrove is the only Persuasion (2022) character who says anything meaningful about Regency womanhood that is congruous with gender expectations today. Her lines in Carrie Cracknell’s adaptation are like Reductress captions, with just a little less of the same satirical punch.…
middle-child, yet many critics have pointed out that in Persuasion she is wise by principle of Austen-canon rather than in terms of what is caught on camera. Anne’s dignity is made shallow by slapstick humor, but Mary’s surface-level concerns dig deeper. Entertainment journalist Elisa Guimaräes sums this up in her article (Collider, 2022) by depicting Mary’s behavior as a nuanced family trait: 2022 Anne is just as childish and vapid as the rest of her close family. Her constant sarcastic glances
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Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence , racked up some serious…
their own lives. This behavior is also true of adult readers: Some want spy thrillers, some want romance, some want cozy mysteries, some want lyric poetry. When it comes to reading, there’s a place at the table for everyone. I find that to be a very democratic and comforting way of looking at books. In terms of content and theme in YA literature, we must remember that there are a lot of kids who are living lives that aren’t rated PG. There are a lot of kids who are living lives that are generally
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Jenna Serr in her kindergarten class at James Sales Elementary. (Photos by John Froschauer) A calling to teach By Chris Albert Jenna (Steffenson) Serr ’06 ’10 takes account of her flock of kindergartners. Her eyes assessing every corner of the room, she sees her students…
created the “12 Days of Hope.” The staff at James Sales collected donations from the community to give each and every student something for 12 days leading up to winter break – from toys to winter coats. “Here at James Sales the teachers take ownership of all students,” said Teri Soholt ’02, an extreme behavior disorder teacher. “It’s all about building their image of themselves that they can do it.” The idea of hope to make the holidays a bit more manageable for students has grown to create more
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