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Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort Posted by: Todd / November 19, 2012 November 19, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an impressive set of credentials, with a bachelor’s of general studies from American University in Washington
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matters of our time.” 35:00 Barot and Pancake reflect on the cultural climate of the publishing industry and publishing paradigms that affect minority writers as well as writers from nontraditional places. 42:00 Discussion about PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop. Specifically, the backgrounds, goals and writing styles of the students who seek out the program. 46:20 Barot and Pancake share the writing projects they are working on. [READ MORE: Rainier Writing Workshop Begins Aug. 2—Along With Free Public
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From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest Writer Recently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and the
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beautiful Benaroya Hall on Dec. 5! Premier seating and reception options are available. More information available at plu.edu/christmas. (Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliates OPB and KCTS 9 (Seattle-Tacoma) will broadcast last year’s Christmas Concert ‘A Christmas Invitation) during primetime hours on Christmas Eve. Both stations will also re-air the broadcast three additional times, including at least once on Christmas Day.) Julegudstjeneste: Annual Norwegian Language Advent Service Dec. 7 | 7
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that recently was made into an award-winning movie. “At the time I was actually thinking of doing a different show called ‘Over the River and Through the Woods,’” Wallace said. “But ‘Fences’ came out, and I was like, I think this is something I can do that’s feasible, I think it’s the right time. When I was reading it and when I watched the movie, it just really hit home.” Creating an all-black production brought with it a certain amount of pressure and outside interest, Wallace said. He sat down
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long offered a pre-law advising program, but continued interest in the program prompted the university to create a formal minor to meet student needs. The curriculum utilizes the American Bar Association’s guidance on undergraduate preparation for law school.“That event was so cool, and it went quite smoothly,” Whalen said. “A lot of the representatives were like, ‘yeah, we’ll definitely do this in the future,’ and one of the law schools even offered to come down and do one in-person.” Whalen also
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good at one-on-one talks and working with individual students, was just great,” he said. Kop’s interest in science grew when he took science courses through the Running Start program while he was a student at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. As part of Running Start, Kop attended Tacoma Community College, where he majored in astronomy and took courses that interested him. But by the time he got to PLU as a transfer junior, Kop was ready to take on a challenging schedule as an upper-division
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may want to consider using video feedback to engage student interest. The blog post Could Video Feedback Replace the Red Pen? from the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus explores this very topic. If you need assistance rethinking your strategy to assess student learning, please contact teaching@plu.edu. Sometimes simply talking through an idea with faculty and staff peers can help to clarify and confirm the best path forward. *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous Engaging
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in Health and Fitness Education.I first became familiar with PLU’s master’s in kinesiology during my junior year in undergrad when there started to be more talk that this program would begin in 2020. The faculty were all really excited, which piqued my interest and made me want to look into and apply to the program. Eye-opening or valuable aspect of the programI had an idea before entering the graduate kinesiology program of how vast the field of kinesiology is, but during the program, I became
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you to join the MSK program at PLU? I did not want to end my time at PLU during the COVID-19 pandemic. I was determined to end it on a high note and thus decided to pursue the MSK program! However, I am thankful for the time away from school because it gave me the time to rethink my options. I was planning on taking a gap year and do something related to Occupational Therapy. However, I was not finding anything that really sparked my interest. Then I said to myself why not continue your time
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