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Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released Dr. Liu Explored the Legacy of Adam Smith's Writings on Capitalism in America Posted by: halvormj / November 21, 2023 November 21, 2023 By Michael Halvorson ’85 On Thursday October 19, 2023, the PLU community welcomed Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University to present the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture took place in the Regency Room of the Anderson University Center. There was also a pre-lecture
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worth telling.Designed to provoke conversations and build connections over social issues in a world that’s growing more and more divided, Noltner’s traveling multimedia art exhibit “A Peace of My Mind” is a response to this question: “What does peace mean to you?” Through the portraits and personal accounts of everyday people, he has been searching for an answer since 2009. Humanity’s common experience and communal instincts are displayed and celebrated through the exhibit’s striking posters, which
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look like in the distant future—at, say, our sesquicentennial in 2040, or our bicentennial in 2090. Do we want to continue with exactly the current mixture of programs, degrees, enrollment figures, and so on? If not, then in what direction should we go? And how shall we decide? … One way we might proceed is to look back at our history and see if our founders might give us some guidance. The first president of Pacific Lutheran University, the Rev. Bjug Harstad, wrote in the first issue of The
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with this experienced, but they weren’t interested. It was routine for them. It was then that I understood that water and the form it takes in all societies represents normality, and therefore not considered important for reflections on society or human history. At the same time I was studying the history of the Nile. Since then I’ve been interested in water and society. Q: You deal with society and water in your documentary “Future of Water.” How long did it take to shoot and what can you tell us
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. Each student also has an overall theme to their work. Jasmine Graeber ‘19 a BFA painting concentration from Olympia, WA explains, “My capstone project is centered around the interaction of trauma and femininity. I am focusing on materiality, symbolism, and representational portraiture as a way to convey my personal narrative.” More information can be found on the show’s Instagram, which features bios from each artist, and behind the scenes shots. The exhibition will be on display April 24 – May 25
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wider worlds of business, economics, and technology. For your program, Marc, there were faculty from History, Sociology, Economics, and Anthropology involved!” Michael: “Matt, can you tell readers how you got started with your business history project?” Matt: “Sure—It began with my shared interests in History and Economics. In this case, you were my faculty adviser, Dr. Halvorson, so when you described your current research on the early history of personal computing, I was intrigued. The topic that
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January 22, 2013 Mycal Ford ’12 has spent the year teaching in Taiwan on a Student Fulbright Fellowship. Mycal Ford ’12: A journey of discovery leads this Lute to China and Taiwan By Barbara Clements University Communications Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at arm’s length in front of him and knew he had a decision to make. Was he going to hold true to his promise to himself – “Say yes to everything?” He had come to Chengdu, China, one of six PLU Gateway programs, with
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New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna Posted by: Kate Williams / March 14, 2019 March 14, 2019 By Mackenzie Cooper '19PLU’s music faculty welcomes their newest hire, Cassio Vianna. The native of Brazil brings with him an extensive resume of teaching, composing, and performing jazz music. This year, he’ll begin a new journey channeling his passion into educating and inspiring PLU students as director of the University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos, as well as teaching History of Jazz
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the main tool she utilizes in both her professional and personal life. Giovanna Urdangarain, Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies Over the pandemic, Professor Urdangarain’s courses have focused on issues of migration, loss, language, justice, vulnerability and discrimination as related to LGBTQI and other minoritized communities in Latin America and in the U.S. She says that her classes have been able to maintain the integrity of in-person discussions, despite being online
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PLU School of Nursing professor to be inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 15, 2022 Image: Kathy Richardson instructs a class on suturing at PLU , Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. (PLU photo/John Froschauer) August 15, 2022 By Veronica CrakerMarketing & CommunicationsTacoma, Wash. — Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce that Kathleen Richardson, assistant professor of nursing, has been selected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of
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