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spirit of social justice lives on through a legacy scholarship established in his memory. Read More Going Places Kristina Walker ’02 first discovered Copenhagen and its hundreds of kilometers of bike routes as a PLU study-away student. When she returned to Denmark more than a decade later, it was as executive director of Tacoma’s Downtown on the Go. Read More The Reboot of Outdoor Rec Back in the 1990s, campus outdoor recreation programs were roughing it due to a lack of organization, leadership and
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Selectant: 2019 The Scratch In-Pencil Staged Readings New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Regents Professorship (2016) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Exemplar Award (2012) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Retention and Advising Award (2011) New Mexico State University Arts and Sciences Outstanding Faculty (2008) New Mexico State University Social Justice Award (2008) Robert J. Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting (Drinking Habits) ATHE PlayWorks Winner (for
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elected President. This, alongside her longstanding personal and scholarly commitments to social justice, motivated her to help found Indivisible Gig Harbor. The group, which has a Facebook page with more than 500 members, began as a meeting of like-minded people at a coffee shop. That initial group formed separate local organizations, one of which was Indivisible Gig Harbor. The group nominated co-chairs and began holding regular meetings at the Gig Harbor library. Indivisible Gig Harbor’s mission
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. Robinson-Bertoni says, “I am interested in the way that people are taking care of each other and the ways that people are creatively addressing social problems. Using poetry. Using theatre. Using singing. Using these things that bring out so much of a human experience that is bigger than just the empirical measurements. They’re immeasurables.” At the heart of this, for Robinson-Bertoni, is connection. Religion is all about connection. A connection with God, a connection with oneself, a connection with
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students through tutoring. The Assistant Directors all study different disciplines, but they were originally drawn to the PLC for a lot of the same reasons. In particular, they observe how the PLC provides an opportunity for them to invest in the community by supporting student learning and by creating a comfortable social space where students are encouraged to learn. PLU is vocal about its engagement with the community and the PLC is a visible point of contact with our immediate neighbors. Susan, a
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ready communication to pursue a career in media, strategy and campaigns, public relations, advertising, social media, journalism, filmmaking, marketing and more. In fact, you will be many steps ahead of the competition. Concentrations: Film & Media Studies Strategic Communication Graduates from the last 5 years: Their jobs Sr. Public Relations Specialists, External Communications, BECU Interior Visualization Artist, Emerald Home Furnishings Creative Services Producer, KDRV-TV | KDKF-TV Website
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knowing that my financial aid could go with me. Studying in Trinidad & Tobago: While in Trinidad & Tobago, I went to the University of the West Indies, and was able to take any classes I wanted. I decided to take dance classes, because dance was my minor and Trinidad is huge into performing arts and social activism through dance and art, which is something I was really interested in. I took a Caribbean festivals class and a ballet class, which was really useful to see how ballet was taught in
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through the ways in which they act or conduct themselves toward others. My analysis of the novel’s free indirect discourse alongside the speech and behaviors of the upper class characters, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and the aspirational, William Collins, in comparison to their social inferiors, show how their sense of pride, obsession with social distinctions, and belief of superiority satirize the 19th century’s belief of how propriety and civility should be displayed. By
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visible part of the global health scene for the past quarter century. But the AIDS pandemic exists in its own category, with a unique set of political and social circumstances that have guaranteed this particular infectious disease a high level of public attention and concern. In a way, AIDS both helped educate people about the global nature of disease, while also overwhelming the story line. Why wasn’t tuberculosis or malaria just as big a deal as AIDS? Together, they have been killing at least as
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downfall of a regime for the second biennial Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture. Screening 5 p.m.; lecture 7:30 p.m. Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Friday, Feb. 20: Tunnel of Oppression. This daylong, annual interactive event seeks to creatively address social injustice by leading participants through exhibits that depict issues of oppression in society. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Chris Knutzen Hall, Anderson University Center. Wednesday, Feb. 25: Dr. Margaret Jacobs: A Generation Removed. Jacobs
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