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, Bea Geller, Steve Sobeck, Jessica Spring and Michael Stasinos. The artworks in the exhibition range from ceramic vessels, sculpture, digital photography and paintings to printmaking and letterpress. JP Avila, associate professor of art and design, will be debuting a new body of work titled “Held Memory” using methods of cutting and folding, a technique used by several cultures for decoration, celebration and narration. The title, “held memory”, represents the piece in two ways. When paper is

Just a spark: Student-faculty research explores technology and argument Posted by: Todd / September 28, 2016 September 28, 2016 Student writes of her student-faculty research experience By Kaitlyn Hall '17Kaitlyn Hall is a senior  Communication and Spanish major.  We study the past and the present to inform the future. Student-faculty research offers one of the university’s most valuable opportunities for collaboration and innovation, bringing together academics of diverse experience and

Welcoming First Cohort: Kyle Drugge Posted by: Catherine Chan / May 14, 2020 Image: Kyle Drugge (Photo/golutes.com, 2017) May 14, 2020 Kyle Drugge, the Head Men's Golf Coach at PLU, is excited to be a part of the first cohort of the new PLU's Master of Science program. Amazing faculty, the scope and style of the program, and an opportunity to coach at the university, were all strong reasons for him to choose the PLU MSK program.He shares about himself, goals and insights about starting his

A cross-culture band exchange teaches both student and teacher Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerEvery other year the Tamana All Girls’ High School Band travels to Washington state for an exchange with the Graham Kapowsin High School and a friendship concert at PLU. The eight-year long relationship has created bonds that stretch across the ocean. This year, three Graham Kapowsin students traveled to Japan with Assistant Professor of

Lutheran University helped prepare her for.Funded by a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, PLU’s Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher Program provides funding for students earning their Master of Education (MAE) at PLU that plan to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects at the middle or high school level. Scholarship recipients — like Anderson — attend monthly meetings to learn about equity in education and culturally sustaining classroom practices. The

Timely Research PLU faculty members engage in research critical to today and tomorrow Posted by: nicolacs / November 1, 2021 November 1, 2021 By Veronica CrakerResoLute Assistant DirectorTranslating the EnlightenmentThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little

January 3, 2008 Transfer students enrich campus Each year, PLU admits anywhere from 250 to 300 transfer students to campus. It’s a diverse mix of students from all walks of life. Some are in their 50s, looking to complete a degree they’d left unfinished. Some are a year or two out of high school. Some are first generation college students. Others transferred from a four-year university looking for something more to their liking. “There is no typical transfer student,” explained Joelle Pretty

October 28, 2009 PLU alum works to close state’s achievement gap Growing up, Erin Jones ’01, had no desire to become a teacher. In fact, she planned to become an international lawyer. But after visiting an economically disadvantaged, inner-city school in Philadelphia, Pa., Jones’ life plans changed dramatically. “I had been given so much (growing up) and these kids had nothing,” Jones said.  “Forty percent had no running water.” Jones charted a new professional direction, and for her students

, who this semester moved to Tingelstad Residence Hall – or T-stad as it is called by students – for a residence advisor position. Normally that’d be no big deal, except that Ordal faced Tingelstad head-to-head in the second round of the UnPLUgged tournament. The tournament is a yearlong challenge in which eight campus residence halls compete to see which is using the least energy – with the loser knocked out of the competition. After the first round last fall, the entire campus shed nearly 48,000

series of quarterly business reports, relying on each other to get the job done. It paid off with first place finishes in multiple categories of the competition. “I wasn’t too surprised,” said Kory Brown, assistant professor of business and the group’s advisor. “The six individuals we sent are just outstanding students.” For more than four months, the six PLU seniors worked toward making the decisions as an executive team of a corporation. Collectively, they spent nearly 2,000 hours working on the