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can be applied to many areas of social life and policy.Tell me about your experience as a non-degree-seeking music student. That was the first time I ever sang in choir [after voice lessons in high school]. I was in chorale. This year, I’m ending my time at PLU as a member of Choir of the West. How did serving as a Wild Hope Fellow affect you? It changed the way I view my engagement with the world. It gave me tools for vocational discernment and helped me clarify a lot of things. The reason why
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. “This semester represents a commitment to naming what is, to collaboration across divisions and departments, and showcasing the many events that challenge each of us to live more thoughtfully. These programs hold us accountable to live our stated values and invite us to reflect on justice issues on our campus, in our local community and around the world.” Topics covered in the coming semester include sexual assault, sex trafficking, environmental justice, the removal of indigenous children from
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University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty
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Internship Fair, Oct, 29, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (Private business, corporate, hospital/healthcare, and military) This fair will provide PLU students, alumni and employers a comprehensive opportunity to meet in person. Students and alumni may expand their network of employer contacts and learn about professional openings, full-time, part-time, and internship career related opportunities. School District Fair & Interview Day, Oct. 29, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. This is an outstanding opportunity for PLU teaching
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nationality, most of the children never saw their parents again. Brade first became interested in this subject while working on her capstone (senior) projects at PLU. In her research she came across a book written by a Kindertransport survivor. After eventually finishing up her masters, Brade plans to continue into doctorate study at Chapel Hill. And after that? “Teaching history,” she laughed. “And I’d really like to do it at PLU.” Read Previous PLU ROTC awarded prestigious MacArthur Award Read Next
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the life of the mind and teaching people like you is their ‘Wild Hope,’” Krise said. “In the end, PLU is all about you – the students,” he said. “PLU’s strong commitment is for you to realize your ‘Wild Hope.’” Krise reminded the class of 2016, there are many alumni who have found a passion and carrying on that tradition in the world today. Like Brian Bannon ’97, who now heads the Chicago Library system, the second largest library system in the country. And there’s William Foege ’57, who this year
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award is given each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. According to the report, the president hopes to use the prize to advance the objectives of the Hifikepunye Pohamba foundation, which helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue higher education. Read the full BBC News story here. Read Previous 11 PLU Students Attend Amazon’s First Annual PNW Career Day Read Next Lutes Show Passion for Vocation with National Teaching Achievement
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maybe also what it is NOT, and to understand that to participate in a discussion about America, you absolutely have to be able to talk about race.” The purpose of this conference is to provide a supportive space for discussions that examine the truths and misconceptions in order to provide a complete understanding of the content and context for teaching CRT. “WSECU is delighted to sponsor this People’s Gathering convening because we feel there must be supportive spaces created for public, private
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, music composition theory and conducted the Concert Chorus. “The music department in those early days was small and my father brought his teaching skills to composition classes, choral conducting and other diverse classes,” Fritts said. Fritts founded the Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders in 1979, and says he has been dedicated to the design and construction of high-quality pipe organs ever since. His company was commissioned by former music professor David Dahl to develop the Lagerquist Hall organ
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degrees in education from PLU before teaching in Tacoma Public Schools. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for her Nisqually people and other Salish tribes, focusing on Indigenous education, preserving Indigenous history, and revitalizing Nisqually culture, spirituality, and arts. Svinth Carpenter’s work was deeply rooted in this region, located in the watershed of Mount Tacobet/Tahoma/Rainier — the Mother of All Mountains — which also served as the inspiration for one of her books, Where the
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