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she didn’t like acting or auditioning. So, she spent a year at her community theatre doing everything else — building sets, hanging lights, painting, stage managing and making copies. Those experiences, hard work and camaraderie inspired her to study to be a lighting and scenic designer. “In scenic design, I create the world the characters inhabit, and in lighting design I convey the emotion of moments, often without the audience ever noticing.” In 2012, she moved from the busy Chicago theatre

Suit Up for Senior Year: The College Search Process Posted by: vcraker / November 30, 2022 November 30, 2022 How do you choose a college? How do you pick the right type of school? What questions should you be asking to narrow down your search, and how to decide where to apply? These questions and more are common ones we hear at the beginning of the college search process. The search process can be overwhelming and daunting, and our goal is that after you join this webinar, you will know where

students from pursuing four-year degrees. With the help of higher ed researchers, educators and students across the continent, the film shows the personal, professional and societal effects of higher education in the 21st century. Four PLU students comprise the production team for These Four Years. Communication major Natalie DeFord ’16, Art and Design major Jasper Sortun ’16, business major Grace Takehara ’16, and communication major Evan Heringer ’16, began working on the project last fall. MediaLab

topic of the Holocaust with their students. Through our efforts, Yad Vashem encourages young scholars to further research the multifaceted nature of the Holocaust.” PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students studying Holocaust questions, and more. Collectively, these programs and opportunities reflect PLU’s prominence as the home of internationally

, invigorating the learning process for you and your students.   Contextualizing Location Our first example comes straight from PLU from History Professor Mike Halvorson, who created an interactive map of Ancient Egypt that overlaid modern-day Egypt for his course on Western Civilization. Students can zoom in on important locations and monuments, while still able to keep these locations rooted in a global context. Halvorson marks sites down the Nile River. Click to view larger. Bird’s eye view of the

New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna Posted by: Kate Williams / March 14, 2019 March 14, 2019 By Mackenzie Cooper '19PLU’s music faculty welcomes their newest hire, Cassio Vianna. The native of Brazil brings with him an extensive resume of teaching, composing, and performing jazz music. This year, he’ll begin a new journey channeling his passion into educating and inspiring PLU students as director of the University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos, as well as teaching History of Jazz