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the city and we became fast friends. In the program we had artists from India, Dublin, Norway, US, Cuba, Mexico and Turkey. This eclectic mix of people contributed to very interesting conversations about different techniques, philosophy and artists that inform our work.Through the classes at the school, I gained a deeper understanding about proportions and strategies for translating a model from life to page. As well as teaching technique, the teachers also shared art philosophy and theoretical

emphasizes options; students are usually given more control over the path and pace for learning key concepts. This also requires the professor to differentiate instruction, considering different learning preferences and abilities. Homework and Practice In the flipped model, homework and practice are largely completed in-class, where students can work with others and get immediate help from the instructor. Assistance is provided just-in-time, preventing students from languishing at home when confusion

created in 2017 to help students become creative and entrepreneurial in the world of work–no matter what their major is. My name is Sarah Cornell-Maier, and I am a junior at Pacific Lutheran University.  I’m a legacy Lute, with two alumni parents and many more in my extended family.  If you look closely you can find my name in a couple different places on campus- I’m the News Editor for The Mast newspaper, and I work in the Athletics department. But what has me pretty excited this month is a new minor

award at the 5th Annual Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival in Linz, Austria. The Choir sang in churches and venues in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Prague and the Brucknerhaus in Linz. They sang in Martin Luther’s home church in Wittenberg, Germany, as well as the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where J.S. Bach worked for 37 years. “All these experiences were unforgettable, but the highlight of course was winning the Grand Prize at the Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival,” Choir of the West

played with our kids,’” he said. After seeing his family off, Wilkens didn’t leave his home for three weeks due to curfew laws. Once he could finally move about and received passes from the Hutu extremists now in power, Wilkens drove around to see what he could do. He found 400 children at the Gisimba Orphanage desperate for water and began scavenging supplies for the group. One day, Wilkins arrived with barrels of water to find 50 militia surrounding the orphanage, intent on killing the children

of the victims of domestic violence for a candlelight vigil in Red Square. Each T-shirt had the statement “Ask Me Why I’m Wearing Purple” written across the front. The T-Shirts and the statement seemed like an easy way to bring to light that one in five women face abuse in their lifetime, Coch said. The 900 people on campus represented that statistic within the PLU student population. “Often times it’s the easy things that make a difference,” said Jennifer Warwick, victim’s advocate at the

experience for them. The MFT program extends beyond what some might think. In addition to couples and marital issues, the student therapists help in addressing family, parenting, depression, anxiety, divorce, trauma, communication, anger management, sex and sexuality, grief and loss, and drug and alcohol issues. Being able to address such a large spectrum of needs over the last two-plus years has been a benefit to more than 500 people who have sought therapy at the program’s East Campus location at the

the second day, other speakers will include PLU alums, such as Matt Kennedy, ’07, who had started soccer tournaments in a Ugandan slum, SeattlePI.com sports columnist Art Theil, ’75 and Jason Edward, ’84, ’89, who has summited Everest four times. Topics include the use of steroids, soccer in Seattle, sports and its effect on nationalism and identity in China, video gaming and marketing football to the world. This will be the fourth such symposium hosted by PLU’s Wang Center for Global Education

August 5, 2010 BUSA 201: Value Creation in the Global Environment Name: Steven Mattich Hometown: Olympia, Wash. Major: Undeclared, leaning Business or Economics Professor: Carol Ptak, distinguished executive in residence Steven’s advice to first-year students: “If you want to check out a class that you are thinking about taking in the next semester, I don’t think there’s a teacher at PLU who would mind if you sat in on their class for the day.” When Steven Mattich heard about the exams he would

September. Renovations on Eastvold Auditorium continue, with Phase 1 of the project  on schedule to be completed this August. The fully-funded $4.93 million  project includes construction of a new studio theater and set construction shop in the north wing of the building. Groundbreaking for phase 2 is scheduled for spring 2012. When completed, the $20 million, 47,500 square-foot performing arts center will be named the Karen Hille Phillips Performing Arts Center, in honor of a long-time PLU supporter