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MediaLab explores issues of diversity with premiere of documentary series, ‘A World of Difference’ Posted by: Todd / February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By Helen Smith ‘19Contributing writer, Marketing and CommunicationsTwo episodes of a new four-part MediaLab documentary project is set to premiere this spring. The series, titled “A World of Difference,” explores issues of diversity, including gender, race, immigration and social class. The first two segments, about immigration and gender
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October 27, 2008 ‘Souls of Black Girls’ When filmmaker Daphne Valerius flipped through magazines as a young girl, she rarely, if ever, saw anyone that looked like her – then a shy young black girl growing up in Rhode Island.“You looked through the magazines and didn’t see one woman of color,” the 26-year-old mused. “And you think, ‘Well, damn. And you ask yourself – am I pretty, am I beautiful, am I good enough?’”This push and pull of the media barrage with the self worth of young girls
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Venice Jakowchuk ’23 travels through time, a dancer’s journey toward archaeology Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Venice Jakowchuk ’23 is a history and anthropology double major and a dance minor. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterFor Venice Jakowchuk ’23, a single general education class sparked a passion that has since taken her—literally and/or metaphorically—from Herefordshire, England and Aberdeen, Scotland to the
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“Last Call” Senior Art Exhibition shows emerging artists’ work Posted by: Kate Williams / April 10, 2018 April 10, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerPacific Lutheran University’s soon-to-be Art and Design graduates will be featuring artwork in the upcoming senior exhibition, “Last Call,” opening April 25 in the University Gallery. Art admirers and families are invited to join the artists and faculty for a free opening reception, April 25th from 5 to 7 p.m. A total of 17 seniors will be
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MediaLab’s 2021 Documentary Premiere: Turning The Page Posted by: Reesa Nelson / May 10, 2021 May 10, 2021 MediaLab students at Pacific Lutheran University will premiere their latest documentary virtually on Thursday, May 13 at 6:00 p.m. Turning the Page: The Story of Next Chapter explores how local nonprofit Next Chapter is tackling the issue of homelessness in greater Pierce County, Washington. Co-founders Monique Patterson and Kathryn Hedrick, as well as Next Chapter clients, share their
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Math Enthusiast Series: “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023 “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” is part of the UWT Winter Math Enthusiast Series which takes place Thursdays from 4:40-5:40pm at the UWT Campus in Joy 117 or virtually via Zoom. In 2020, during the COVID lockdowns, Seattle-based mathematician Jessica Sklar and New Jersey-based artist Bronna Butler began a synergistic collaboration over Zoom. In this
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observance and the sponsorship of student service-learning projects. “Students throughout the country are passionate about sustainability and community improvement, which makes Pacific Lutheran’s emphasis on well-maintained and healthy trees so important,” said John Rosenow, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “By achieving Tree Campus USA recognition, Pacific Lutheran University will continue to set an example for other colleges and universities and give students a chance to give back to both
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April 25, 2012 VWS: Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken Washington State Poet Laureate, and MFA alum, Kathleen Flenniken ’07 is the next guest in PLU’s Visiting Writer Series Wednesday, May 2. Her visit starts with The Writer’s Story: Q&A at 3:30 p.m. at Garfield Books and concludes with a reading at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Flenniken’s first book, Famous (University of Nebraska, 2006), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was named a Notable Book
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‘Because We’re Lutheran’: A new PLU podcast Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / July 16, 2018 Image: Pacific Lutheran University Pastor Jen Rude, left, sits down for a conversation about Lutheran higher education and faith journeys with PLU graduates Matthew Salzano and Alaa Alshaibani on the first episode of a new PLU podcast, “Because We’re Lutheran.” July 16, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (July 16, 2018) — A new Pacific Lutheran University podcast is being
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PLU community members help welcome Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma Posted by: Zach Powers / August 31, 2023 Image: PLU students, staff and alumni at Foss Waterway Seaport to welcome the Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma. (Photos by PLU/Emma Stafki ’24) August 31, 2023 A group of PLU students, staff and alumni joined the Puyallup Tribe, members of the South Sound's Hawaiian/Polynesian community, and other locals at a gathering welcoming the Hōkūle‘a to Tacoma yesterday.A 62-foot-long traditional voyaging canoe operated by
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