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Entebbe. After about a week in the country, Kennedy quickly realized that the bike idea was a bust.. “I’d never seen anything like it,” he said, recalling his first visit to the bicycle repair shop. “They were using technology that was generations before my time, using means I’d never used before.” So with two months left on his visa, what was he going to do? A random conversation with an Australian in a youth hostel gave him an idea. What about setting up a soccer tournament in the poorest areas of
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top tier,” she said. It’s part of a pattern at PLU. Over the past 15 years, the campuswide, long-range facilities master plan has led to revitalization and renewal across campus. Now the focus of attention includes enhancements in recreation and athletic facilities. The university’s commitment to maintaining first-rate space on lower campus can be found in the Athletic, Recreation and Physical Education Master Plan. It calls for a broad menu of improvements that will meet the facilities needs for
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Interactive debate on drone policy shifts audience opinions Posted by: Todd / December 30, 2013 December 30, 2013 “Is U.S. drone program fatally flawed?” This was the question debaters from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) and University of Puget Sound (UPS) focused on during the first annual Ruth Anderson public debate on Wednesday, December 4. More than 100 people attended the debate on the PLU campus with more than 80 scoring the debate electronically. Debate participants included Pauline
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featured a few theatre classes, so Sarah could continue earning credits towards her major while improving her French. The specific focus of Sarah’s program was language immersion, a program in which students were expected to speak entirely in French with other students in their program, and preferably for all four months. Sarah took classes on French Romantic Literature, Theatre Performance, Art History, and Sociology of Art. She also taught four English classes to middle and high schoolers through an
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January 18, 2008 T-shirts make a splash in Brazil It’s a simple T-shirt, black cotton with silk-screened words. The white “Sojourner” across the chest identifies the PLU students as temporary guests in another country. The phrase “global citizen,” screened in Portuguese, English and Spanish on the back, represents the countries the students are visiting – Brazil and Argentina. The students are investigating the impact of globalization on South America. They are one of 27 groups currently
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Paid Engineering Internships with Tacoma Power – Summer 2024 Posted by: nicolacs / November 22, 2023 November 22, 2023 Tacoma Public Utilities Power division is currently recruiting for internships! This opportunity is for engineering students to apply their engineering studies, receive hands-on experience, and work side-by-side with experienced professionals on challenging and fun engineering projects. We have opportunities for Electrical Engineering internships in our Generation, and
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his responsibility to pursue his interests with passion to find his purpose. He grew up in Wisconsin where he was a standout student — an Eagle Scout who played the viola and oboe, along with tennis and other sports. He took a lot of AP courses. His mom gave him those early pushes and set a foundation to always seek knowledge. “She pushed on me the importance of academia,” Bell said. “She was a woman without a college degree, but she asked a lot of me.” Bell was a PLU Regent Scholar, earning four
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TACOMA, WASH. (January 14, 2016)- The fifth episode of ‘Open to Interpretation’ features a discussion of the word ‘gender’ among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Women’s Center Director Jennifer Smith and Associate Professor of Biology Mary Ellard-Ivey. Mary Ellard-Ivey, Amy Young and…
Powers/PLU) “Open to Interpretation” is a new podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Previous OTI topics include “climate,” “violence” and “advocacy.” Episodes of OTI are released once per month. If you have feedback, comments or ideas for episodes, please email producer Zach Powers at powerszs@plu.edu.Previous Episodes ``Violence``Guests: Professor of Psychology Michelle Ceynar and Associate Professor of
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 24, 2016)- The eighth episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “civility” among host and Communication and Theatre Department Chair Amy Young, Assistant Professor of Politics and Government Kaitlyn Sill and Marriage and Family Therapy Department Chair David Ward.…
” is a podcast devoted to exploring the meanings and implications of words commonly used in the news, on social media and on college campuses. Previous OTI topics include “Climate,” “Gender,” “Violence” and “Advocacy.” Episodes of OTI are released once per month. If you have feedback, comments or ideas for episodes, please email producer Zach Powers at powerszs@plu.edu. Conversation Highlights 1:30: Kaitlyn’s summer binging of the Pokémon television show. 6:30: Defining “civility” – unwritten rules
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The globe is Charles Bergman’s classroom and research lab, and he’s collected many colorful stories as souvenirs along the way.
souvenirs along the way. Bergman, professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, has gone undercover to bust illegal wildlife smugglers. He’s released parrots into the wild. And, as many students who traveled with him know, he’s talked to penguins. In this video, adapted for a past conference on resources and strategies in Lutheran higher education, Bergman discusses his firsthand experiences learning about the beloved birds in the arctic and other animals around the world. He describes the
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