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fertility’s promise and, it follows, motherhood.The meaning of the woman-rabbit relationship is familiar: then as now, rabbits are associated with sexuality, fertility, and spring. The famous natural historian, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), qualified rabbits’ “fecundity” as “astonishing,” noting that a pair might produce as many as 1, 274, 840 offspring in the span of four years. Bewick also notes that rabbits begin reproducing at five months, which might further explain why this quadruped is companion to a

scene to join the PLU faculty, because she realized she wanted to teach others her art. She now has contributed to 31 shows at PLU and has taught numerous students through coursework and hands-on experiences. As the chair of the theatre and dance program, she has found yet another “theatre family” in the Pacific Northwest, and is looking forward to the next curtain rise.What is the theatre experience like at PLU? PLU’s theatre program is very hands-on, and students are highly involved. We work with

top 10 percent have really pulled away from the rest of us.” And this pulling apart of the economic classes hasn’t been repeated in other developed countries, he noted. It’s an American phenomenon. Globalization and the rise of the economies in Southeast Asia hold some of the answer, he said. But not as much as you might think. Much of the change of socio-economic conditions can be traced to the money following those with the highest technical skills, Lindert said in a recent interview

mine because I wasn’t really happy with the job I was doing. I sat down and thought: what is going to make me happy? When I started teaching as a graduate student, I found a purpose. I was terrified at first, but that anxiety and nervousness were secondary to the joy I felt being a teacher. Being in a classroom felt very natural. Patrick Moneyang: My dad was a teacher, an elementary school teacher, so right away I was exposed to it. When I went to university, I decided to become a medical doctor

benefit from using the OSF as our shared workspace. In the classroom, the OSF provides a platform for students to share their work easily and privately with their partner; they can also include the instructor or the public. The OSF is not limited to psychology, or sciences. My 16-year-old daughter is using the OSF to conduct her own independent art study by uploading a weekly activity and seeking feedback from mentors. She can even share her artwork with her grandparents just for their own enjoyment

, marketed and sold a wide variety of products including a fantasy football themed board game, a stacking game similar to Jenga, t-shirts raising awareness about natural disasters and a cooking paste for Latino food. Every group was enrolled in the “Online Venture Challenge,” a nationwide program that requires student teams to start real online businesses that compete for 30 days to raise money for charity. Composed of Jillian Stanphill ‘16, Freddie Fisher ‘16, Liandra Daniels ’16, Bree Watkins ’16 and

Island at the edge of the Canadian border. For one week over the summer, Roche Harbor served as a site of discovery for a handful of Lutes interested in archaeology.A group of Pacific Lutheran University students ventured into the woods as part of an archaeology field method workshop, facilitated through the Seattle-based Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Amanda Taylor, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, runs PLU’s side of the project and leads students in the research component

. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your professors, you get to see

Michael Diambri Receives Gilder Lehrman History Award Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2018 Image: Michael Diambri receives award in New York City, June 2018. July 31, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18, a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and Literature. Like

Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 By By Zach Powers '10Director of Marketing and Communications The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him on the first day of class to discuss the