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November 11, 2009 Poetry helps explain a complex world Rick Barot wasn’t looking for how to address worldly issues when he began writing poetry. “I think, like a lot of poets, I started in poetry having very self-serving reasons,” the PLU professor said. In college, it was therapeutic and very much an emotional release. But as he learned the craft and honed his own skills, the complexity of it and how poetry can be used in addressing ethical, even moral values became clear. “These days, I think
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
Training Goals Training Goals https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/01/shelby-daly-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Christian Caple Christian Caple https://www.plu.edu/resolute/fall-2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2017/09/christian-caple.jpg January 30, 2017 September 25, 2017 Shelby Daly ’13 knew something was wrong. It was the summer before her junior year at Pacific Lutheran University, a few weeks before the start of preseason soccer practices. During a workout
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Greetings from the Dean 2018 Posted by: Matthew / May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 By Kevin J. O'BrienDean of HumanitiesEach year, the PLU Division of Humanities puts together a collection of stories into Prism, offering a few reflections of the great work our faculty do in classrooms and beyond. This year’s stories will introduce you to a new Philosophy professor, a Nordic Studies professor who returned to teach at his alma mater, and our new Director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center. You will get
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The Prologue The Prologue https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/05/malia-oshiro-cover-prologue-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Kari Plog '11 Kari Plog '11 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2018/04/kari-plog.jpg May 1, 2018 May 21, 2018 At the start of each school year, Malia Oshiro ’13 proudly introduces herself as a first-generation college graduate. It’s the prologue to her career as an English teacher, a pivotal piece of her story
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Lutes are dedicated to global education, and student athletes are no different. This fall, two Lutes who studied in Norway managed to balance their studies and training abroad, while PLU welcomed
at PLU, all of them said they noticed the American players prioritized competition over fun. Prioritizing the latter is a key value in the Norwegian sporting world. “Building fun around the team, that’s important,” Arentz said. “People are very serious here. It’s more fun to play when it’s not so serious.” Askildt agreed, adding that the training also was more intense than he was used to. He suspects it may be one reason he injured his hip flexor and quad, which kept him out for the season. Still
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September 21, 2007 New device will probe the world of the atom Four professors over at Rieke are still pinching themselves. After applying for a National Science Foundation grant in January, on a hope and a prayer really, the chemistry faculty found out last year that they had been awarded a grant totaling $743,000 to purchase a powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. “We were floored when we learned we had received it,” Fryhle said. “We didn’t expect to get it the very first time (we
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The Choir of the West is the premier choral ensemble of the Department of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, located in Tacoma, Washington.
Sven-David Sandström’s Matthauspassion (2016). In April of 2018 the choir spent a week with Ešenvalds in residence at PLU, collaborating to record a new compact disc of his unaccompanied works entitled There Will Come Soft Rains, which was released on the Signum Classics label in January of 2020. This album has received accolades in numerous reviews. The Choir of the West is comprised of undergraduate students from a variety of academic disciplines. The choir performs several concerts each year
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her tears changed from sadness to joy. “That was just the sort of person he was,” recalled Paul Bradshaw, his father. “He was always reaching out to other people.” Lt. Brian Bradshaw, died from wounds suffered when an improvised bomb went off near his vehicle while deployed in Afghanistan. In 2009, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, died from wounds suffered when an improvised bomb went off near his vehicle while deployed in Afghanistan. It would be the end of his life, but not the end of his impact on the world
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Carl Petersen wrote, produced and starred in a short film titled “All The Marbles,” which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France as well as the Gig Harbor Film Festival.
Carl Petersen ’04 Carl Petersen ’04 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/carl-petersen-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Brooke Thames '18 Brooke Thames '18 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/brooke-thames-e1464106633496.jpg January 12, 2018 May 15, 2018 In a lively yet ominous steampunk world, a boy and a bully clash in the classic struggle of good and evil. The stakes: bravery and freedom. The battle: a simple game of
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Saving the World with a Starship Mathematics professor Daniel Heath’s Starship Design class uses interstellar travel as a lens to focus on issues here on Earth. Posted by: nicolacs / November 3, 2022 November 3, 2022 By Anneli HaralsonResoLute Guest WriterOn day one of PLU Professor of Mathematics Daniel Heath’s Designing a Starship class, students have no idea what they have signed up for — and that’s exactly how Heath wants it.The course is part of PLU’s International Honors Program (IHON
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