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trip to a debate tournament as anything more than an extra-credit opportunity until I was there, crammed in a small classroom while we cheered for our team completing at finals. Five months later, I began to a position working for the debate team as a public relations specialist. October came, and a spark of inspiration appeared at the Ruth Anderson Public Debate. We wondered: Can technology improve the quality of deliberation over local issues? It can, and it does. Eckstein and I began considering

fall 2021, and through the Wang Center’s Gateway Program, she traveled to Oaxaca in spring 2022.At Oxford, a class on forced migration and refugee studies spurred Jackie to apply for the Wang Center grant, and in Oaxaca, a literature course on United States-Mexico migration relations showed her another side of migration. They’re the kind of experiences Jackie might not have had without the benefit of a PLUS Year, a year of free tuition for undergraduates studying during COVID. “I used it to be able

need help.” The campaign officially kicked off Feb. 27 during HUMP. In an effort to become ingrained in the community, the campaign is collaborating with campus organizations on programming that promotes safer communities, such as last Monday’s “Can I Kiss You?” presentation about sexual assault. “What’s cool about this is that students are saying, ‘we want to do this,’” said Kate Fontana, ASPLU religious relations director. Fontana is spearheading the development of a peer education and training

degree of hypothermia, but I loved every moment of that historic day. Morgan Root is a senior at PLU. She is a communication major with an emphasis in journalism and a minor in political science. The photos were also provided by Root. Read Previous Explore! offers first year students a chance to bond. Read Next Diplomat explores Jewish-German relations 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

specific focus is to think about what we eat and the impact that has.” The event is co-sponsored by the PLU Office of Congregation Relations, the PLU Admission Office, Southwestern Washington Synod, Northwest Washington Synod and Thrivent for Lutherans. Allison Ramsey, the office manager for the Southwestern Washington Synod, said this event was inspired by a regional program promoting the ethics of eating. Ramsey said the event will serve to educate people from all literacy levels, from beginners to

complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe. Berkowitz also studied the Jewish reaction to the propaganda machine, including organizing legal defense funds, creating committees to help Jews immigrate to Palestine and launching a public relations campaign of their own, Ericksen said. Berkowitz also has researched on how Jews define themselves as well as following the careers of several well-known Jewish boxers in the early 20th century, Ericksen said. Berkowitz received his

we have accomplished,” said Baumann, a senior producer of the film. Along with the film awards, graphic designer Taylor Cox  also won a Bronze Award in the 27th International Mercury Competition for her design and brand work. The Mercury Awards honor excellence in fields of public relations. Cox was awarded a 2014 Mercury Excellence Award in the Non-Profit/Public Affairs Campaign Designs category. Since its establishment in 2006, MediaLab has received more than two dozen national and

From First-Year Communication Student to Election Night Reporter With the Pros Posted by: Sandy Dunham / November 26, 2014 November 26, 2014 By Matthew Salzano ’18 PLU Communication Student TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 26, 2014)—I woke up at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 7, 2014, to an email from Michael Bartanen, Chair of the Communication department, with the subject, “You’re famous.” I came to PLU intending to focus my Communication degree on public relations and advertising. By the end of October, passionate

, English 301: Shakespeare and English 324: Freelance Writing. While Bergman teaches English courses, he possesses the uncanny ability to attract students of any major. Amy Wooten ’15, a Communication major with a concentration in Public Relations and Advertising, decided to enroll in one of Bergman’s courses. “I’m not an English major, but I decided to take his English 301: Shakespeare class, and he is definitely one of the best professors I have ever had,” she said. “I have never had a teacher make me

from the grant, but will also help PLU STEM students and those at other institutions in the years to come,” Auman said. Auman teamed up with PLU’s Foundation Relations team in November 2017 to lead a brainstorming session with all division faculty that led to the grant proposal. The proposal was submitted in March 2018 and approval was announced in January 2019. Read Previous “Witness Uganda” comes to PLU, explores complexities of caring Read Next PLU President Belton, Admission’s Franco talk