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PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion Posted by: nicolacs / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 By By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics. She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s definitely not
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Andrew Schwartz’s journey from PLU sociology major to environmental justice advocate and eco-ministry leader Posted by: Zach Powers / April 15, 2021 Image: Andrew Schwartz ’07, the director of sustainability and global affairs at The Center for Earth Ethics, walks through Mount Tabor Park in Portland, Oregon. (photos and video by Silong Chhun/PLU) April 15, 2021 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterWhen we first catch up with environmental advocate Andrew Schwartz ‘07, he's
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PLU senior Allison Sheflo discusses her triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion Posted by: Zach Powers / April 24, 2023 April 24, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Senior Allison Sheflo will graduate this spring with a triple major in geosciences, environmental studies and religion and a minor in mathematics. She forged her own trail at PLU, welcoming the adventures that piqued her curiosity and let that lead her way. “It’s definitely not
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
gallery is filled with artifacts representing spring, summer, fall and winter. Building the structure and the narrative was the easy part, Arnold said. Writing the copy to describe all the artifacts was most challenging. The years-long process resulted from creative tension between academics and the Makah people, who wanted to share their history in their own words. “This is our people’s museum,” Arnold said. “Out of Ozette came all this evidence that verified what our elders were telling us
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 28, 2016) – The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Languages and Literatures will host the Tournées Film Festival this fall for screenings of nine recently released films representing a wide variety of cultures and historical periods. (Film trailers and descriptions below.) A…
chose six films out of 27 on offer from the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) Foundation. Our criterion in making the selection was to bring a diverse set of films to campus that would not only feature the languages and cultures studied in the Department of Languages and Literatures, but also would speak to issues of interest to many on campus: migration, human rights, environmental degradation, collective memory. We reached out to faculty members from art history, nursing, marriage and
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NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Posted by: bennetrr / February 9, 2021 February 9, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful
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The Rainier Writing Workshop 2017 Summer Residency Evening ReadingsFriday, July 28, 8PM: David Allan Cates, Jenny Johnson Saturday, July 29, 7:30PM: Oliver de la Paz, Greg Glazner Sunday, July 30, 7:30PM: Rigoberto González, April Ayers Lawson Monday, July 31, 7:30PM: Brenda Miller, Jason Skipper Wednesday, August 1, 7:30PM: Barrie Jean Borich, Fleda Brown Thursday, August 3, 7:30PM: Camille Dungy, The 2017 Judith Kitchen Visiting Writer Friday, August 4, 7:30PM: David Biespiel, Ann Pancake All
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The Rainier Writing Workshop2019 Summer Residency Evening ReadingsFriday, August 2, 8PM: Jennifer Foerster, Jason Skipper Watch livestream recording Saturday, August 3, 7:30PM: Greg Glazner, April Ayers Lawson Sunday, August 4, 7:30PM: Jenny Johnson, Renee Simms Monday, August 5, 7:30PM: Adrianne Harun, Keetje Kuipers Wednesday, August 7, 7:30PM: Fleda Brown, David Allan Cates, Kent Meyers Thursday, August 8, 7:30PM: Carl Phillips, The 2019 Judith Kitchen Visiting Writer Watch livestream
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The Rainier Writing Workshop2018 Summer Residency Evening ReadingsFriday, July 27, 8PM: Geffrey Davis, Scott Nadelson Saturday, July 28, 7:30PM: Kevin Clark, Marie Mutsuki Mockett Sunday, July 29, 7:30PM: Suzanne Berne, Justin St. Germain Monday, July 30, 7:30PM: Rigoberto González, Maurya Simon Wednesday, August 1, 7:30PM: David Biespiel, Sherry Simpson Thursday, August 2, 7:30PM: Paisley Rekdal, The 2018 Judith Kitchen Visiting Writer Friday, August 3, 7:30PM: Barrie Jean Borich, Rebecca
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For some, summer is a time for play. For others, it’s a time for work. But for many at PLU, it’s a time for a little bit of both — through science.
starts with an algorithm and then learns and adjusts on its own. Machine learning is an integral part of the modern technology world, used by companies such as Facebook and Google — and now, Renzhi Cao’s summer research at PLU. “We want to create a technique, where instead of telling the machine what to do, we want to give the intelligence to the machine,” Cao said. (Video by Rustin Dwyer, PLU) Cao and his team are working on applying machine learning to bioinformatics. They are writing an algorithm
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