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January 7, 2008 Senior studying in Tanzania discovers self As a philosophy and classics major, senior Lindsey Webb always planned to spend a semester studying away in Greece. However, a student-faculty research project with philosophy professor Erin McKenna changed her plans. McKenna and Webb studied great apes and ethics last year. During the project, Webb completed an apprenticeship at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. After
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” initiative. I was really drawn to the vision of the film series—the idea that filmmakers would partner with communities to tell important stories that otherwise would not get covered. As director, what were your duties for this documentary? My job as director was to help set up and shoot interviews, gather b-roll footage, establish a storyboard, and aid in the editing and post-production process. I had an amazing assistant director and lead editor, 2021 PLU alum Hallie Harper, and it was so great to be
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Olympic Games in 16 years. “It’s exciting to teach PLU students the same skills and strategies,” Hacker said. “One of the great joys for me is being a PLU faculty member.” Read Previous PLU profs and pastry professionals pack a presentation profoundly full of pickles Read Next PLU prof tells why editing organic chemistry textbook is actually fun COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private
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their attacks. To prove his point, Hrivnak pulled out a 10-year-old log, noting that the casualty and wounded levels treated by his unit skyrocketed. He poured out his frustration to his family via emails, who unbeknownst to him, sent the emails to a local paper, The Tacoma News Tribune, where his thoughts were published. “I started receiving emails saying “great job,” and didn’t know what they were talking about,” he laughed. He still has the April 2003 article. That article lead to some of
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embrace the change and embraced learning about the different representations on campus. “Being introduced to and learning about different cultures has been really great,” she said. “It’s also easy to branch out and meet a lot of people. It was easy to build a network of people I enjoyed hanging out with.” PLU’s small campus gave Gutierrez and Temple the opportunity to find their people. And Temple has some advice for students from Yakima who may be considering going away to school. “It’s easiest just
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. Currently, most lithium-ion batteries use an organic liquid (made of compounds that contain carbon atoms) to move ions, and they work well in smaller electronics, as well as new electric vehicles, but can become dangerous. Study Chemistry at PLUThe Department of Chemistry has an outstanding curriculum, excellent faculty, great facilities, and is accredited by the American Chemical Society. Its faculty and staff will be happy to help if you need more information about the department or PLU.These liquids
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Washington State, here’s what you need to know about the field.Tip: Passionate about the sphere of education? Download PLU’s resource: How to Become A Teacher – A Guide to Teaching in Washington State.Understanding the shortage of teachers in Washington state (and beyond):The field of teaching promises you great opportunities for employment and professional growth. There is a national shortage of qualified teachers across disciplines, and the shortage is especially acute in STEM fields. That said
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel tasked Bannon with revitalizing the 140-year institution. Chicago, Bannon quickly discovered, was a city still reeling from the Great Recession, desperately in search of innovative solutions to complex problems related to violence, education, food insecurity and housing. The myriad challenges meant that the library system was under fire from other city departments hunting for additional funding. “I learned relatively early in my tenure that the passion and belief I had in the
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History majors chose John Kelly’s The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (2006) as their parting gift from us. Had the state of the world degraded so badly that our students had developed morbid obsessions? Or did they see a connection, as Beth (who specializes in 20th Century US History) did, between global anxieties about AIDS, Ebola, and flu pandemics, and the devastating bubonic plague, which wiped out 25 million people in Asia and
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Classroom Technology Updates – Fall 2016 Posted by: Jenna S / August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 by Layne Nordgren Reike Science Center – Leraas Lecture Hall Over the summer I&TS User Services teams upgraded several classrooms to include smart podium technology, added new computers to some classrooms, upgraded computers in some classrooms to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016, and upgraded TurningPoint 5 clicker software to TurningPoint Cloud 7. Read on for more details. Classroom Podium
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