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B.A. in Communication Studies. Upon graduation, she worked for IBM as a Client Representative, managing executive relationships and consulting on technology and business decisions with clients in the public sector in Tennessee.  Read Previous MediaLab receives three major recognitions for “Waste Not” film Read Next Communication faculty publish paper exploring the rhetoric of food LATEST POSTS Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in

. “Where we are right now in our nation’s history and our national rhetoric, we need to learn how to talk about race. Most of us learn about race on our own, and that can be really difficult.” “At this 12th convening of The People’s Gathering, participants will be challenged to  double down on their sense of outrage and speak to it,” Cunningham said. “Double down because it’s too late in the day, to be stuck in the same old place. Fighting the same old battles, around power and privilege and wickedness

. Calcagno found most people knew bits and pieces, but that most of their information was colored by the media or political rhetoric. “What we get from the media or politics is not always right,” she said. “We need to educate others about the truth … to change the language so they can comprehend it and encourage them to change their life.” Currently, the ambassadors are working to ways to educate the community and motivate them to take action. Projects in the works include a documentary film, YouTube

dive into difficult conversations about race relations in the United States.“The consciousness of this country is shifting,” says Cunningham, who works in the PLU Campus Ministry office and partners with the university’s Center for Graduate and Continuing Education to produce People’s Gathering events. “Where we are right now in our nation’s history and our national rhetoric, we need to learn how to talk about race. Most of us learn about race on our own, and that can be really difficult.” Each

the 49 other Teachers of the Year, at the White House and meeting President Barack Obama? One of the constant challenges of teaching is being passionate in a career that is immersed in negative rhetoric. Often teachers feel under appreciated, overworked and unsupported by their administration, districts or communities. When I attended the White House events and met President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and Secretary of Education John King, I experienced my profession being

discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on campus and studying away in Oxford June 12, 2024 PLU welcomes new Chief Operating Officer and VP Shalita

school. She hopes to be accepted to the Johns Hopkins University public health MD/MPH program.Core Crew Elizabeth Larios says she owes a debt of gratitude to her PLU professors, i particular Miho Takekawa (music), Julie Smith (biology), Patricia Dolan (biology), Jan Weiss (education) and Carmiña Palerm (Hispanic and Latino studies). Read Previous WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie discusses surveillance, rhetoric and media Read Next International Complexities: Mycal Ford ’12 discusses how he

reason. [2] PLU students at work in 2012 Since Plato, the Beautiful, the True, and the Good—these words and the ideals they express—have been significant in humanistic study. Aristotle, Plato’s student, added searching logical analysis in the Politics, Ethics, and Poetics. In the medieval trivium of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, words reigned supreme. But these three are far from trivial! Out of the love of words, Erasmus produced the first printed Greek New Testament (1516). Based upon the

Hispanophobia Oct. 13 | 5:00 p.m. | Xavier 201 A discussion of how hateful rhetoric directed at immigration, Muslims and Latinos is shaping the 2016 election. Confirmed panelists include Associate Professor of Politics and Government Maria Chavez-Pringle, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Katherine Wiley, and Executive Director of Tacoma Community House Liz Dunbar and Washington State DACA Program Manager at 21 Progress Wendy S. Martinez Hurtado ’14. Sponsored by the Department of English, Hispanic

important to help them understand that the idea of the liberal arts is rooted in ancient Greek and Roman culture and the term describes those skills and subjects that were deemed necessary for the education of free people—libera being the Latin root for liberty. In the medieval period, those arts were identified with seven subjects—grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. I like to refer to these by name to emphasize that the liberal arts have always included the sciences