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– cared about these diseases. They afflicted the billions of invisible poor in Africa, Asia and the rest of the developing world. What finally made the health of the developing world appear on our radar screen was not some new political movement or mass enlightenment. What happened, very simply, is that some powerful, high-profile people took an interest in these neglected diseases. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Bill Gates, at the time the richest man in the world, his wife Melinda and his father Bill

that decision came from the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, with unanimous support of the Faculty Assembly. I could see movement toward more multi- or inter-disciplinary programs (e.g., “pre-approved” double or triple majors, like Philosophy, Politics & Economics, or dual degree programs like DNP-MBA), which might or might not involve changing our current majors. These kinds of curricular decisions need to be undertaken by the faculty committees and deliberated and voted on

and made me realize I have so much to learn,” Hofrenning said. “I can’t overestimate my role in the movement, but I can’t underestimate it either.” Through his involvement in The Collective, Hofrenning has worked closely with Nicole Juliano and Angie Hambrick — assistant director of the Diversity Center and assistant vice president of diversity, justice and sustainability, respectively. Both of them, Hofrenning said, helped him learn the value of navigating within PLU’s political system to build

support to these able and dedicated leaders. PLU is blessed in a special way each year by the work of our remarkable cadre of academic program leaders and deans. This year we will be searching for new deans for the School of Arts and Communication and the School of Education and Movement Studies. During these important transitions, Professor John Hallam from art, along with associate professors Mike Hillis from education and Karen McConnell from movement studies will be serving as acting deans. We

in Spain. Diana Sellers – Bachelor of Science in exercise science Diana Sellers ’12 is from Kent, Wash. Why PLU? Upon deciding to continue to get my bachelors degree, my first interest in PLU began with the movement studies department, as I knew I wanted to pursue a degree in health and wellness. Along with my interest in movement studies, I also considered PLU because of class size and location. Being a single mom of twins, I didn’t want to move too far from where my children and I have already

Katherine Voyles’s essay outlines, this place of questioning is also one of learning. Isolating stills from their context can hide larger narratives in Mary-memes, yet memes can open up new avenues for thought even without context. For example, this @savedbythebellhooks post does just that: "Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure that women will have equal rights with men; it is a commitment to eradicating the idology of domination that permeates Western culture

defensible answers here. The vicious circular explanation is that hardly anybody cared about these diseases because hardly anybody – in the industrialized world anyway – cared about these diseases. They afflicted the billions of invisible poor in Africa, Asia and the rest of the developing world. What finally made the health of the developing world appear on our radar screen was not some new political movement or mass enlightenment. What happened, very simply, is that some powerful, high-profile people

software. U.S. consumers were seeing products that they had never seen before. Productivity applications like spreadsheets and word processors really changed what people could do with computers, and to study the origins of the movement I looked at how companies like Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, and Microsoft contributed to the U.S. economy.” Michael: “How did this competitive marketplace take shape, Matt? Weren’t Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in a battle-to-the-death over these new software products?” Matt

as it appears in our various discourses. There are various versions of the academic animal, but these abstract versions of the animal are I believe major barriers in our abilities to understand animals more fully and realize more clearly our obligations to the other creatures with whom we share this wonderful life. It should be clear that the animal movement has penetrated much more deeply into the popular imagination that it has into the academic mind. I say this as a person who writes

prompts our commitment not only to vocation but also to issues of diversity, justice, and sustainability. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which is credited with sparking the environmental movement in which PLU has been such a dedicated player. As much as Carson’s call to environmental action warned of danger, she also inspired us to care for the beauty of the earth, not merely its utility, when she noted that: “Those who contemplate the beauty