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January 12, 2011 Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 worked on many of the Gollum scenes in the second Lord of the Rings movie. How Todd Sheridan rose from PLU to become one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects wizards By Barbara Clements Remember the scene in the “The Lord of the Rings – Two Towers,” where outraged forest guardians, called Ents, descend on the tower where the evil wizard is trapped? The walking, talking and very large trees tear down a dam, and floodwaters surge into the valley

had voluntarily committed to compost most food waste – a program that has diverted nearly 70 percent of dining waste from the landfill. A snazzy new lighting system goes beyond simple sensors that turn off lights when a room is unoccupied. This system has an internal, perpetual calendar. It controls what lights turn on and when, based on the rising and setting of the sun, or the percentage of daylight infiltrating a space. Additionally, building occupants received “task lights.” The fluorescent

Summer Internships: Economics Posted by: vcraker / September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do after graduation. But when he took a microeconomics class, he says it all clicked, and he knew what he wanted to study. Through The Alumni & Student Connections

Boeing Company STEM Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / December 17, 2018 December 17, 2018 The Boeing Company is a worldwide leader in airplane and aerospace design, engineering, and manufacturing and is also one of the most generous donors in the history of Independent Colleges of Washington (ICW), having provided more than $9 million to Washington’s independent colleges and universities during ICW’s first half-century of service. To help celebrate the 50th anniversary if ICW in 2003, the

-grade, so her work-from-home transition was not only a break from her routine but to the routine of all of her students.When it’s not COVID-19 season, what’s your job like? I’m a special-education teacher working with kindergarten kids all the way through fifth grade in a learning resource center. Most students will get pulled out of class throughout the day, depending on what services they receive. For my younger students, I go into the general-ed classroom to assist and support them. I have 21

February 24, 2012 Rick McKenney, Executive Director, Water for Humans, speaks about water issues in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Photo by John Froschauer) Suffering from Water in Oaxaca By Katie Scaff ’13 We all need water, said Rick McKenney, executive director of Water for Humans. McKenney kicked off the second day of the Wang Center’s Water Symposium with a talk about the challenges and opportunities with water and sanitation in Oaxaca. “Suffering from water – this is what Mexicans say when they are

Student. A Q&A session and book signing will follow her lecture.“Erin’s lecture speaks to the fundamental need of being seen, a necessary topic at a critical time,” said Wendy Gardiner, Ph.D., PLU’s Jollita Hyland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. “Less than 7 percent of children’s books published in recent years were written by authors of color. This is another area of invisibility that Erin’s work addresses–creating vivid characters, writing about  friendship, family, adventure, bravery

come to see me, it’s like wanting to become a poet, they may want to have a backup plan,” Youtz laughed. “Like teach or maybe drive a forklift.” Of the 700 students involved in PLU’s music program each year, maybe 160 of those are actually music majors. Within that group, there are maybe five composition majors. Many go on to attain master’s or doctorate degrees and end up teaching at universities. Or some may decide to keep the degree as a hobby. For Youtz, composing has always been in the

techniques pioneered by the team, and bring together researchers with diverse capabilities, strong accomplishments, and a record of collaboration. Additional Summer Research Fellows in related areas will also be available. During the program, all REU students will also be involved in workshops, visits to local industry, recreational activities, a symposium of presentations by students, and other activities. It will include training in: laboratory practices and safety; shared materials characterization

August 9, 2011 Knight-Lutes logo unveiled for athletic gear By Chris Albert As Lutes well know, the conversation of exactly what is the logo and/or mascot for the university can be a bit of a circular conversation dotted with long pauses. We all know it well, and it goes something like this: “So what’s your mascot? Ours is a dog.” “A Lute.” (Pause.) The Lutes use a knight to bring athletics under one banner. “A what?” “So what’s your logo then?” More silence. This confusion will end this fall