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Go vote. And take a picture. Vote. Doesn’t matter what party or on what issue. Just get registered and get to the polls on Nov. 4 and vote! Student Involvement and Leadership has joined up with the Washington Secretary of State’s “I Will Vote” campaign…
your high-end digital SLR and send it to SIL. This is not a partisan effort or a group supporting any one issue. This is a crucial election year and it’s time again for the PLU community to make it clear that they have a say in the process. Email your “I Will Vote” photo along with your name and ZIP code where you are registered to vote to clubs@plu.edu. You can do this from your cell phone too. Yes, there are a few guidelines: Only submit a picture if you’re actually able to vote. That means, if
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TACOMA, WASH. (May 30, 2018) — Kevin Ebi ’95 was in the right place at the right time. The Lute who took a photograph immortalized on a postage stamp can now claim viral celebrity status, after capturing the breathtaking battle of a young fox fighting…
breathtaking battle of a young fox fighting for its prey with a dive-bombing eagle. It was just another day for the wildlife photographer, who was shooting photos in San Juan Island National Historical Park. Enter eagle. As the fox fought for its prey, Ebi wasn’t even sure the images of the unexpected clash were usable. “I was panning the camera with the running fox, using a relatively long shutter speed so that I could capture some motion,” he said. “By the time I knew the eagle was approaching, I didn’t
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Kate Hall ’17 remembers the job interview that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way. “I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to…
that landed her in a communications role at ESD 113. It was memorable — but not necessarily in a good way.“I was so nervous,” she remembers. “My internet died during the Zoom interview.” She was prepared to just chalk it up to experience. But a short time later, she got the call every job seeker hopes for. “I started on my 24th birthday. It was a great birthday present,” Hall says. That was in 2020. She’s now a communications specialist at ESD 113, a Washington state agency that helps ensure that
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The 2016 Jazz Under the Stars series will begin on Thursday, July 7 in the outdoor amphitheater of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on the PLU campus. This annual summer concert series is FREE to the public, PLU’s gift to our community. The series…
runs Thursdays for six weeks, 7:00-9:00 p.m. The series is put together by Jazz Under the Stars Director David Deacon-Joyner. Bring your lawn chairs and your picnic food. Free coffee is available and select wine, beer and snacks are available for sale. 208 Garfield will deliver your dinner to the concert, stop in and order your favorite sandwich or salad by 6pm Wednesday. The lineup for the 2016 series is: July 7: Casey McGill Orchestra (Seattle vintage swing band) July 14:The Keith Henson Octet
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Emma Stafki grew up on Washington’s Key Peninsula, hearing stories about a tragedy in 1968. In nearby Vaughn Bay, her grandparents witnessed the heartwrenching capture of Hugo, a three-year-old orca whale. Southern Resident orcas typically stay with their mothers their whole lives; losses echo throughout…
a great shot is challenging. “Orcas can be hard to spot and shoot, while [we’re] being respectful by staying at the required distance,” she says. The process was aided by a large zoom lens and their readiness to drive to a local sighting alert from the Orca Network. “We drove up as quickly as possible, and it worked quite a few times — but they’re fast swimmers.” For the film, Stafki and her sister interviewed PLU biology professor Michael Behrens, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Melodramatic, selfish, pouty Mary Musgrove is the only Persuasion (2022) character who says anything meaningful about Regency womanhood that is congruous with gender expectations today. Her lines in Carrie Cracknell’s adaptation are like Reductress captions, with just a little less of the same satirical punch.…
Childlike vs Childish: Mary’s Meme-ification Posted by: ramosam / December 4, 2022 December 4, 2022 By Elsa KienbergerMelodramatic, selfish, pouty Mary Musgrove is the only Persuasion (2022) character who says anything meaningful about Regency womanhood that is congruous with gender expectations today. Her lines in Carrie Cracknell’s adaptation are like Reductress captions, with just a little less of the same satirical punch. Although she is portrayed as childlike, a desirable Regency trait for
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Originally published in 2003 The daily headlines reflect the relentless march to war and violence: probable war in Iraq, continuing strife in the Middle East and the “war” on terror. Like other members of faith communities across the globe, I find myself wondering how I,…
violence and what lessons might be drawn for us, here at PLU. The example that came to mind was Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in south central France, which during the days of World War II sheltered approximately 5,000 Jews and other refugees from the Nazis in what one of these sheltered children, film maker Pierre Sauvage, called “a conspiracy of Goodness.”2 During a time when many people found their consciences challenged to respond to the violence in their midst, one community led by two
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The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction (HWTR) Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Product Testing Project Manager (Natural Resource Scientist 2). This position is located in our Headquarters Building in Lacey, WA. Salary: $48,792.00 – $64,008.00 Annually We are looking…
Product Testing Project Manager Position Posted by: nicolacs / June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019 The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction (HWTR) Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Product Testing Project Manager (Natural Resource Scientist 2). This position is located in our Headquarters Building in Lacey, WA. Salary: $48,792.00 – $64,008.00 Annually We are looking for applicants with a strong sense of curiosity, who like challenges and are creative in their problem solving
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Are you passionate about the learning and teaching of mathematics? Would you like to spend a summer in a beautiful historical city, with one of the most vibrant cultures in Europe? How about learning in small classes where instructors challenge each student to deeply engage…
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education (BSME) Posted by: nicolacs / February 7, 2023 February 7, 2023 Are you passionate about the learning and teaching of mathematics? Would you like to spend a summer in a beautiful historical city, with one of the most vibrant cultures in Europe? How about learning in small classes where instructors challenge each student to deeply engage with the material? Please consider Summer@BSME, a 6-week summer program in Budapest, Hungary, designed for those
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The WAVE Fellows program increases visibility and accessibility to Caltech’s Ph.D. programs to undergraduates in STEM fields who are seriously considering attending graduate school. WAVE Fellows is a 10-week undergraduate research program that provides robust programming in the areas of academic and professional development. Applicants…
interested in working. Once accepted, Fellows will work with their mentor to define and develop a research project. Fellows will carry out the work over a 10-week period during the summer and submit two interim reports, a research abstract, and final paper. At the conclusion of the program, students give an oral or poster presentation at one of several Seminar Days, symposia modeled on a professional technical meeting. The 2024 WAVE Fellows award is $7,740 for the ten-week period, plus a $2,300 on-campus
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