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Media Literacy J-Term Projects Posted by: Reesa Nelson / April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 By Holly SennResident Assistant Professor, Virtual Reference Services LibrarianOriginally published on the PLU Library blog. Reposted with permission.During J-Term 2021, students in Assistant Professor Kate Drazner Hoyt’s Media Literacy COMA 388 explored topics such as: the role that the press plays in sustaining democracies; the different forms of online misinformation and disinformation; the rise of

September 17, 2008 Exchange program enriches campus living and learning Six years ago, Candice Hughes ’08 realized that, despite her ambition, college just wasn’t in the cards. As consolation, the Trinidad and Tobago native dreamed of figuring out a way to go back to school part-time in a few years. Her opportunity emerged just two years later with the advent of a unique exchange program, forged between PLU and the Trinidadian government. For more than a decade, PLU has been sending students

March 19, 2009 Senior capstone: ‘the toughest class they will ever take’ If Tosh Kakar has his way, James Crosetto, Jeremy Ellison and Seth Schwiethale will have spent most of their senior year trapped in a project room just off Morken 212.It is a state-of-the-art room adjacent to the electronics lab. This room is theirs for the year, where they will study and experiment – as well as nap on a beat-up couch, and work into the wee hours of the night, fueled on carbonated caffeine drinks and

having a facility now that can showcase not only a plant collection but also give students the best place to be able to carry out experiments that involve plants,” said Associate Professor of Biology and Dean of Natural Sciences Matt Smith. The state-of-the-art greenhouse will use an innovative, closed-loop geothermal energy system, which means that no greenhouse-gas-producing emissions will be used to heat and cool the building, and it also will fulfill curricular needs in the Biology Department

Matthew Conover ’19 explains how PLU helped prepare him for a career in software engineering Posted by: Zach Powers / November 16, 2021 Image: Matthew Conover ’19 senior software engineer at Rainway, a Seattle-based video game streaming service. (Photos by Ed Carlo Garcia) November 16, 2021 By Lisa Patterson '98PLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterWhen Matthew Conover ’19 was a student at PLU, he recalls someone telling him there were two types of software engineers: the ones who chose to

The Key to Innovation Innovation Studies program director Michael Halvorson discusses how understanding the past can unlock the future Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Zach PowersResoLute EditorMichael Halvorson ’85 was a technologist before he was a historian. His PLU undergraduate degree is in computer science and he worked at Microsoft for the first 10 years of his career. He spent the next 15 years writing books about software and emerging technology. He went on to earn

Summer Internships: Theater major learns from the best at a Seattle Theatre Company Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 12, 2022 Image: Theater major Peyton Noreen ’23 learns from the best at a Seattle Theatre Company (photo courtesy of Peyton Noreen) August 12, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsIn high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific

Paul O. Ingram Lecture announced Posted by: hassonja / January 19, 2018 January 19, 2018 The Paul O. Ingram Lecture is scheduled for February 20, 2018 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University. Guest lecturer Dr. Michelle M. Jacob will present Indigenous Environmentalism as Spiritual Responsibility. Dr. Jacob is a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Director of the Sapsik’ʷałá (Teacher) Education Program at University of Oregon. She is an enrolled

PLU Media Lab students win Emmy for documentary Posted by: vcraker / July 1, 2021 July 1, 2021 The documentary Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred Land was produced, filmed, and edited by an all undergraduate team of students. The students recorded footage in early 2020 and edited it remotely during the pandemic. Eyes Above: Militarization of Sacred Land explores how the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona grapples with the encroaching surveillance technologies implemented on their land

Dynamic Compression Summer School Posted by: nicolacs / January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 The Dynamic Compression Summer School has been established to provide an overview of dynamic compression science appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students. The four and a half days of activities will introduce students to the scientific fundamentals, contemporary research activities including informal discussions, and career opportunities within this exciting field. The