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sexual orientation. It seeks to challenge the culture of locker rooms and spectator areas by focusing only on an athlete’s skills, work ethic and competitive spirit. Universities, professional sports organizations and celebrities alike have joined the You Can Play movement via video contributions that let athletes and fans know that LGBT athletes are welcome on their teams, in their locker rooms and in the stands. PLU’s SAAC took the You Can Play message one step further, including in its video. To
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their degree. And after proving successful as a program limited to students graduating from PLU, Fast Track is expanding to students with undergrad degrees from other AACSB-accredited universities. “With Fast Track, the students can explore their areas of interest and know that with just one additional year, they can now take their idea of what they’ve learned within their major and bring it to market,” Reed said. “When you have someone that’s majoring, say, in English, and they put together some
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last week’s Power Paddle to Puyallup and in everyday life. “It’s really powerful,” she said. Hall grew up on traditional Samish lands, ancestral areas around Anacortes, Washington, and the San Juan Islands. She first connected with her tribe in 2003, but for a long time didn’t embrace all that came with her Native American identity. It wasn’t until a decade later, through her studies at Pacific Lutheran University, that Hall reconnected with the Samish on a deeper level. A class on myths, rituals
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we’ve been able to share it with some of our Aussie family and friends who have all enjoyed seeing the final product after waiting so long since filming. The response from our family and friends in America has been a little overwhelming. I’ve had people reach out from all areas of my life saying they have seen the episode. All of the feedback has been really positive, but I truly didn’t believe that many people would see it or even have an interest in seeing it. However, I’ve been proven wrong. Paul
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coasts. In Manhattan, Lopez is part of NYU Langone’s Nurse Resource Team — which was created by the hospital as a way to address the nursing shortage. There, she has the opportunity to work in a different unit every four to six weeks. “I wanted to become a well-rounded and knowledgeable nurse in all areas and I felt that the position would give me that, especially as a new graduate,” she says. “I can float to medical-surgical units, organ transplant units, clinical observation in the emergency
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with inquiry. Students and faculty have question(s) they want to pursue and the DHLab is eager to help. Collaboration, Dr. Ramos explains, is the nature of the digital humanities. Everyone working in the Digital Humanities is an expert in certain areas. As such, it is necessary for different people to be working together: “Dr. Rogers or I have the technical expertise and the faculty member or the student that comes to ask for help has historical or theoretical expertise. Therefore, it is always
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be cast. A significant hurdle in teaching these processes is the cost and amount of waste generated when a mold doesn’t perform as intended. It means that the original attempt needs to be successful for the most part, and doesn’t allow for a lot of tests and trials like you might find in a ceramics course. 3D digital modeling and printing are quickly replacing a lot of casting in art and industry as a method of replication, but the lessons are still relevant and provide a wide range of knowledge
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come to see me, it’s like wanting to become a poet, they may want to have a backup plan,” Youtz laughed. “Like teach or maybe drive a forklift.” Of the 700 students involved in PLU’s music program each year, maybe 160 of those are actually music majors. Within that group, there are maybe five composition majors. Many go on to attain master’s or doctorate degrees and end up teaching at universities. Or some may decide to keep the degree as a hobby. For Youtz, composing has always been in the
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been rewarding teaching our craft to a bunch of other people who are interested in it,” said Mooney. Andrew Tinker ’16, left, discusses debate with a team member. (Photo: John Struzenberg / PLU student) For Barker, Mooney and Tinker, debate has played a major role in their lives through high school and college. “I think it’s a great supplement to my academic work at PLU,” said Tinker. Speech and Debate has given Tinker the opportunity to see new perspectives and debate styles, leading to an
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, Associate Professor of Communication and faculty advisor to MediaLab since its inception, has been appointed Director of the new Center for Media Studies. Wells says outreach, engagement, teaching and learning will be the top priorities. “MediaLab will continue to exist and will simply become part of the new center,” Wells explained. “The real intent here is to increase the overall capacity of our programs and do an even better job of integrating our campus with surrounding communities. We can help and
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