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For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student…
them in a different, new direction: sound design. Hanne was in charge of designing the foley work and soundtrack for the production. The most interesting part of the process for them was researching and experimenting with different foley sounds. In typical filmmaking, foley is the reproduction of everyday sounds that are layered on top of the visuals, as not every sound can be recorded straight from the source. Many hours of work went into determining the methods and tools to perfectly reproduce
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Meet John F. Paul, the new Chair of the Department of Music and Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Before joining the PLU family at the start of the 2014-15 school year, Dr. Paul served for 13 years as Chair of the Department of Music…
working in video games, I became increasingly uncomfortable with the direction games were going, as they became more violent and graphic. When I finally left the industry to resume my teaching career, it became my intention to use my compositional talents for more noble purposes. My favorite project to date is a score to an actual film, FW Murnau’s 1928 silent classic City Girl. The film, I believe, is a work of art, not something of fleeting value like most video games. City Girl was one of the last
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By Dana Shreaves, Instructional Designer When on-campus class sessions cannot be held as scheduled, online lessons provide an alternative method for teaching. Online lessons created in Sakai can provide faculty and students with access to all the major components of a course, including instructional content,…
.) Instructional Content Instruction delivered through an online lesson includes some combination of written text, images, instructor created videos/screencasts, presentation slides, articles, web links, public videos, etc. In exceptional circumstances, online lesson design should focus on providing essential information for meeting learning objectives. Forgo the “nice to have” elements to ensure the necessary elements are included. When posting instructional resources in an online lesson, we recommend adding
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By Sarah Cornell-Maier When I think of social innovation, the first thing that I think of is creatively combining new social practices with existing infrastructure. Some useful examples include fair trade organizations , which provide equity in trading relationships through an integrated supply chain, and…
working in small groups, or large organizations, such as nonprofits, universities, and government organizations. How does Social Innovation work? At Pacific Lutheran University, we begin by investigating political, social, environmental, and economic challenges, and then we apply attributes like critical thinking, economic analysis, and sustainable business design to imagine solutions to the problems. Social innovations are often complex–they take on big issues like human rights abuses, stigmas in
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The Department of Music is excited to announce some of our special lecturers and master class leaders who will work with music students in all areas including voice, instruments, and composition. This incredible group of professionals has been recruited by our dedicated faculty for the…
soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. A faculty member at The Juilliard School, he also founded the Summit Brass Ensemble. This fall at PLU Mr. Alessi will lead a virtual masterclass on audition preparation for all music students. www.alessimusicstudios.com Patrick SheridanFrom the White House to the Hollywood Bowl, Patrick Sheridan has had a diverse career as a tuba soloist, guest conductor, instrument design consultant, and band leader. Mr. Sheridan has performed in more than 50 countries with
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Tyson Bendzak ’10 clowns around at Nike before leaving for the Olympics in London. Persistence, passion and his skills on a unicycle paid off for the alum, who majored in physical education.(Photo provided by Tyson Bendzak) Focus, persistence land alum at Nike, and this week,…
, and then with Nike and the development of basketball shoes. He’d still like to design/develop shoes for Nike someday. One of the reasons he picked PLU was because of its marketing and business program, as well as its focus on helping students find their vocation and passion. He later switched from business to physical education and focused on teaching, but still had a laser interest in Nike. He told everyone he knew he wanted to work for the company, and applied for several jobs at the
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Pacific Lutheran University is pleased to announce the winners of The Carol Sheffels Quigg Award for Excellence and Innovation, established by alumna and regent Carol Quigg, whose endowment funds the awards. The Quigg Awards provide support for faculty, staff, and students who have demonstrated unusually…
weekly feedback and regular focus group opportunities to connect with students and instructors to help co-design the future of PLUS 100.DataFest Competition The Quigg Award will also go toward the expansion of PLU’s Data Science program through its DataFest Competition. DataFest is an annual competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association and hosted at various universities across the U.S. DataFest is an opportunity for students to work on collaboration, data wrangling, visualization
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Nancy Simpson-Younger sits at her desk, poised to explain how communicating remotely is completely different from speaking face-to-face, when a loud bang sounds from behind her. She laughs. “That was my cat knocking the little whiteboard off the back of the bookshelf.” She considers the…
Simpson-Younger Although the book was released in the midst of the pandemic, the publishing process was luckily not affected at all. “It was just entering the phase of cover design when the pandemic hit, and they were still able to go in and make the physical copies of the books. It was one of the first packages that I got during the pandemic.” Her transition to online teaching was smooth as well, thanks to the training she received a few years ago from PLU Teaching Online (PLUTO). “I learned about
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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), describes a society whose members, constantly fearing the loss of personal reputation, ask themselves this question like a reprimand: What will people say? The title’s timeless alliteration also displays how words shape reputation’s near relation–memory. Soniah Kamal’s Unmarriageable (2019),…
popular memory, but also in current vernacular. Cover of Soniah Kamal's Unmarriageable. Books. Unmarriageable. Soniah Kamal. Penguin Random House. Accessed 2 January 2020. The cover of the 1894 edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Hugh Thomson indicates British imperialism with this peacock. "200 Years of 'Pride and Prejudice' Book Design". The Atlantic. 25 January 2013. Accessed 2 January 2021. Kamal’s personal experience with literature growing up in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
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When Autumn Thompson ’24 selects an image or object for a piece for an exhibit or a class, be it sentimental or iconic, it’s not simply an assignment—it’s a step toward her vision of one day seeing her art in a museum. “I know that…
Creative Community: Autumn Thompson ’24 reimagines PLU spaces—in the art gallery and the residen
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