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November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an
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Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my! Posted by: Thomas Krise / May 13, 2015 May 13, 2015 Blog Post: Caps and gowns and tassels … Oh, my!Dear Class of ’15: We heard you. My thanks to those students who have reached out to share concerns about graduation caps being distributed at the Tacoma Dome, separate from gowns and hoods. Rest assured that you will receive your complete cap-and-gown package on Tuesday, May 19. I’d like to explain why we thought of taking this action in the first
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district like Franklin Pierce, a public school system with nearly 70% students from low-income families, we’re addressing educational and economic inequities faced by the next generation. Disrupting these inequities at their earliest stages means increasing economic opportunities that will impact life expectancies and community wellness. Our faculty are working with community members, K-12 teachers, students, and administrators to design high impact programs like the Parkland Literacy Center where PLU
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around two common goals: preparing students to become local health care leaders and improving health outcomes in Pierce County. Read Previous President Belton joins discussion about college-employer partnerships at economic development event Read Next Elijah Paez ’24 developed passions for environmental justice, mathematics and bird watching during his PLU years COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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traditional age students will not change dramatically, but their composition will, as the new cohort becomes more diverse in learning experience and style, in their economic situation, in their ethnic heritage and in their educational expectations. I believe that both more non-traditional age students and more first generation students are headed our way. The implications for the schedule and the calendar, as well as the campus and the classroom, are many fold. Second, the wise and effective use of
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://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pride-50-audre-lorde-activist-author-n1007551 Featured Here: Sister Outsider “Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. Many of Dean’s videos, articles, interviews, book chapters, and syllabi can be found on his website, deanspade.net.” – from deanspade.net/about Featured Here: Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans
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Radiochemistry and Isotopes Intern Posted by: nicolacs / April 21, 2017 April 21, 2017 Intellectual Ventures and TerraPower Innovation are seeking a Radiochemistry and Isotopes Intern. This paid internship position will participate in activities related to the chemistry of radioelements and their resulting compounds. The TerraPower laboratory has a range of characterization tools including; thermal gravimetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetry, powder X-ray diffraction, inductively
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August 15, 2012 Blue (and green) heaven By Steve Hansen Back in high school, Erica Boyle was on her way to a soccer tournament in Alaska when she looked out the window of her plane. “That’s a lot of water down there,” she thought to herself. “I should check that out.” Below was Puget Sound. For someone who loved to hike and explore the arid slopes of the Rocky Mountains near her hometown of Lakewood, Colo., the lush green mountains and the shimmering blue water had an undeniable appeal. Erica
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October 5, 2012 In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents in Washington D.C. when something caught his eye by the door. “One of the first things you saw was an IBM punch card system,” he recalled. “No one knew what it was for. IBM and the
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March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of
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