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  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 7, 2020) — No matter what field or industry you work in, the COVID-19 pandemic has probably dramatically reshaped the way you do your job every day. For Kari Plog ‘11, a digital journalist for local NPR affiliate radio station KNKX, telling…

    station, it was difficult in the beginning to keep up. This story didn’t just change daily, it changed hourly. That creates logistical challenges when writing and producing for broadcast, to keep your coverage relevant and up-to-the-minute. As a digital journalist for our station, I leaned heavily on social media sharing and web-first reporting in the beginning. As numbers of COVID-19 cases grew, and the scope of those affected changed, we adapted to take a big-picture approach. Our top priority now

  • Aminda Cheney-Irgens is a smart, driven, and globally-minded Pacific Lutheran University senior who, like her peers, spent her spring adjusting to a new way of doing college. She’s learned to record Zoom lessons, sharpened her Google Docs skills, and misses the real-life campus interactions. She’s…

    citizen of our world and put many aspects of life into perspective. There’s nothing quite like living in another country for four months. Through Environmental Studies, I’ve also really learned about the importance of collaboration and kindness in advocating for change. We’ve got to be informed on the topic of concern, and then work together to solve it! You are getting your master’s degree next at the University of Washington. Tell us more about that. I’m excited to be attending UW Seattle for

  • Lizbett Benge ’11 describes her educational journey as “a long and winding road.” It began with her immersion into foster care and deeply influenced her time at PLU, where she grappled with a set of life experiences few of her peers could understand. Benge felt…

    statistics, it’s important to craft a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of life in (and after) the system.  “Not that all of that wasn’t my experience necessarily,” Benge said. But she believes it’s unfair for foster youth “when those are the controlling images and things you have to ‘live up to.” Benge stressed the importance of finding new perspectives. “Let’s change these deficit narratives,” she said, and instead highlight the strength and resilience of current and former foster

  • PLU mathematics professor Jessica Sklar is one of 23 collaborators creating a notable work of art, soon touring the nation. Called Mathemalchemy, the installation celebrates the beauty and creativity of mathematics. The finished piece will be about 16 x 8 feet in area and 9…

    electronic game “Lights Out.” This January, she’s teaching a general education math course focused solely on cryptography. For one project, students in the class may choose to write music containing a cipher or a short play about what they’ve learned—a true intertwining of math and the arts. “A lot of people just haven’t seen math that appeals to them,” she says. But Sklar’s lifetime of work—and a bit of Mathemalchemy—may just change that. Read Previous Looking Outward: Mark Carrato ‘94 leads the U.S

  • Awardees are nominated for their exceptional contributions, accomplishments, leadership and service to the university and its community members. Each December, during the university’s annual Christmas celebration, the President’s Council recognizes up to five employees for their outstanding contributions. Employees are nominated to the President’s Council…

    addresses for $1.2 million. Not only did this cash infusion come at a critical time for campus, but the network improvements will continue to benefit PLU for years to come.   Seth Carlson is the Assistant Director for Campus Safety. Seth began his career with campus safety back as a student officer in 2014. In the nine years Seth has been with Campus Safety there has been a lot of change, and Seth has not only embraced the changes but has been instrumental in leading those changes. He has always kept an

  • Learning perspectives About a dozen students silently sit in a semicircle around a Makah woman, as she shows them how to make a cedar bracelet. Students mimic her as she holds several foot-long strands of cedar bark strung out from her mouth to her hands.…

    .” “It’s (the course) really about providing an opportunity to see what really is happening,” he said. But they need to be prepared because there isn’t much down time for the 12 days at Neah Bay. “We keep them really busy,” Huelsbeck said. If they aren’t learning how to make anything and everything out of cedar, the students are helping out on service projects, learning about the Makah through stories and artifacts, and learning about the Makah heritage and culture in whatever way they can. “A lifetime

  • Originally published in 2016 As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do…

    search until I find the spot where my code and the tutorial differ. It takes about an hour. The error is one line. In fact, it’s one piece of one line. A colon instead of a semicolon. By now, the class has largely departed to enjoy the evening sun. My patient instructors have kept the classroom open so that a few of us with a higher pain threshold can stick around to fix our projects. They laugh when they see my error because it’s one they’ve made a thousand times. I correct the mistake and run the

  • In the movie Jerry Maguire , the lead character is an incredibly successful and charismatic sports agent. Jerry has a crisis of conscience one night, after the young son of one of his injured players curses him out. Jerry realizes he’s come to value his…

    around Garfield Street, we may need to figure out how to limit parking or charge for it. *Note: All comments are moderated How are our marketing efforts tied to revenue and how are we measuring marketing impact?Our general marketing campaigns (PLU’s first ever started in fall 2014) are designed to raise awareness of PLU. They complement our recruitment efforts, and respond to other universities’ marketing efforts. Our campaigns also aims to establish a sense of what PLU stands for and what makes it

  • By Damian Alessandro ’19. In most popular histories of computing, the Apple II personal computer (1977) stands out as a pathbreaker among early devices in the PC Revolution. But how innovative was Apple’s first mass-market computer, and what design features and ideas helped it stand…

    significant sums of money, and they were often synonymous with big business and government operations, including the Vietnam War. The Apple II helped change what computers could be, and this was largely because Stephen Wozniak, or “Woz,” was afforded the opportunity to create a computer that he wanted to use himself. This opportunity was created when Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Computer and incorporated the business in 1977. Cutting Costs in Design First, the new PCs hardware was

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 14, 2020) — In a parking lot outside Stony Brook University Hospital, two tents allow physicians to triage up to 100 patients per day. They discern between the “worried well” and those showing more severe symptoms of cough, fever and low oxygen…

    Yorkers increased right alongside the numbers of COVID-19 cases. At the 7 p.m. change of shifts, New Yorkers come outside to clap, while fire stations run engine lights and play sirens. Free meals from local restaurants feed the medical staff, and hotels offer rooms to house medical workers. Children chalk sidewalks with colorful messages of appreciation, and last week, a stranger insisted on buying Chrissy’s groceries at Trader Joe’s. “It’s cool to see people understand what we’re putting ourselves