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the Middle East. We chose the topic of “Islamophobia” and in June 2012, three of us set out on a two-week trip to the East Coast. But our most exciting breakthrough in our formation of the story behind Islamophobia came right here on PLU’s campus when we met two students, Bashair Alazadi ‘12 and Carlos Sandoval ’13. We ran across a 2010 TIME Magazine poll that reported that 62 percent of Americans claim to have never met a Muslim. Through the story of Bashair and Carlos we are able to create a

paper, “The Unacknowledged and Underfunded Fight for Women’s Empowerment in Indonesia,” covers her research and interviews on domestic violence, sexual assault, and abortion within Yogyakarta, Indonesia. While researching, she also interned at a women’s interfaith organization through the School for International Training (SIT) study abroad program.The Person Behind the ProjectBeeson is an experienced traveler, having spent most of her summers with family in Taiwan. Beeson formed a bond with an

was broadcast into more than 65,000 homes regionally. Relive the memories with the photo recap below with onstage, and behind the scenes photos of Benaroya and the 125th Anniversary Concert! Read Previous J-term adventures: Keep up with music students around the world Read Next PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending

to lead the team.So when Pacific Lutheran University dedicates its new baseball-field press box to Kittilsby on May 3, he’s pretty sure he is not being honored for his athletic prowess. Jim Kittilsby ’60 “I’m humbled and elated and extremely honored to be recognized,” Kittilsby said. “But it’s got to be for my behind-the-scenes work, if anything, because I certainly wouldn’t be recognized for my coaching record or my batting average as a three-year-starting Lute outfielder in the late 1950s. To

, program development, tour-guiding, international relations and eventually a handshake with the President of China. Here’s the tale.By Dr. Gregory YoutzPLU Professor of Music and ComposerTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 29, 2015)—The late September sun was hot as we crowded in through a narrow door into a lobby full of metal detectors and federal security agents. Behind us Vietnamese and Falun Gong protesters waved flags and signs. Police were everywhere, as the whole neighborhood around Lincoln High School had

Math Enthusiast Series: “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” Posted by: nicolacs / January 26, 2023 January 26, 2023 “Creative Collaborations in Mathematical Art” is part of the UWT Winter Math Enthusiast Series which takes place Thursdays from 4:40-5:40pm at the UWT Campus in Joy 117 or virtually via Zoom.  In 2020, during the COVID lockdowns, Seattle-based  mathematician Jessica Sklar and New Jersey-based  artist Bronna Butler began a synergistic collaboration over Zoom.  In this

Why The Digital Humanities Lab Impacts Us Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Carol Quigg presents a Quigg award to Adela Ramos and Scott Rogers during the PLU faculty and staff lunch, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2020 By Yisel Morales '22English Major“Inquiry. Collaboration. Development. Those are the three words we choose to define the work we do at the lab.” - Dr. Adela RamosThe Digital Humanities Lab, or DHLab, is a creative space at Pacific Lutheran

Act Six scholar and social work major Georjina Soliai ’23 thrives at PLU Posted by: Silong Chhun / December 14, 2020 December 14, 2020 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsGeorjina Soliai ‘23 of Lakewood, Washington grew up less than a 15-minute drive from Pacific Lutheran University. The Clover Park High School graduate was always aware of the university, but she never really considered it an option for herself.Soliai’s family moved to the United States in 1998 from Samoa. Her parents

The Parkland Literacy Center Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 Image: PLU’s Parkland Literacy Center, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Photo/John Froschauer) May 7, 2020 By Grace Rowe '20Political Science MajorThe Parkland Literacy Center (PLC), created in 2018 by English Writing Professor Scott Rogers and Hispanic Studies Professor Bridget Yaden, is located on the western edge of PLU’s campus.The PLC, as it’s called, offers after-school tutoring in all academic subjects to Keithley Middle School and

to meet that need and just figure it out as I go. My life has always been doing the next thing that comes my way.” The clinic was hugely successful, with four ARNPs, a child/adolescent therapist, a MSW who specialized in substance use disorders and a full-time office manager. Moller notes that over almost 17 years more than 2000 patients were treated. Over those years, there were fewer than 10 psychiatric hospitalizations. But in late 2008, the state was significantly behind on Medicaid payments