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November 1, 2012 Robert Marshall Wells, associate professor of communication, works with a student in MediaLab. Photo by John Froschauer. Education and Journalism: Hard work and worth the effort By Barbara Clements Robert Marshall Wells was looking out the window of his corner office at AT&T, where he was working as a public relations specialist, looking beyond the rolling hills and D.C.-area cityscape, not really seeing anything. Wells was pondering his future. He had already racked up an
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By Michael Halvorson, Professor of History. Welcome to our blog—the place for learning everything about History at Pacific Lutheran University! Today’s post is about PLU History major Michael Diambri ‘18 , a Lute who graduated in May with a B.A. in History along with minors…
,” Diambri said. “I was especially excited to work with such a diverse and talented group of young scholars, who each brought their own perspective to their work and helped to create such a lively, stimulating environment.” The setting was not that much different than what Diambri encountered in his historical methodology course (History 301) or the history capstone, a mind-expanding treat for most PLU history majors. A Passion for Research Diambri visits The Stonewall Inn, a key site associated with the
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When Hilde Bjørhovde returned to Norway, fresh out of PLU’s journalism program, her home nation had one television station.
world-news publication geared toward children. Sometimes, Bjørhovde added, the news is produced by kids who are granted interviews with important figures such as the prime minister. “It’s a huge success,” she said of the award-winning newspaper. Bjørhovde writes news articles of varying depth for Aftenposten. The fall lunch at Hotel Bristol granted her a brief break from work on an in-depth piece about sexual misconduct in the acting world, spurred by the #MeToo social media movement. “Today I’ve
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Swedish Youth Inspires School Strikes Across the Globe“I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act.” – Greta Thunberg This exhibit opened Wednesday, March 13, 2019 and stayed open until August 2019. Greta Thunberg is a 16 years old climate change activist in Sweden. In August 2018 she started this global movement, although her concern was personal and local. On August 20, 2018 she sat outside the Swedish Riksdag
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Thomas Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen.
I would work at a teriyaki restaurant,” Kim said. “Of course getting paid under the table.” But one of Kim’s high school track friends was going to PLU and told him about the merit-based scholarship opportunities he could qualify for. So Kim applied and took a Greyhound from Portland for Presidential Scholarships Weekend to interview for one of PLU’s five full-tuition Regents’ Scholarships. He was selected for the prestigious award. “The interview went well and I was honored that the committee
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Courses in the Pacific Lutheran University Innovation Studies minor build essential analytical skills to evaluate business and economic activity in historical and ethical contexts.
COMA 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society (Fall 2024) Begin your study of innovation this Fall with COMA 248, offered Tues/Thurs from 3:40pm to 5:25pm The Innovative History Podcast Now in its third season, the Innovative History podcast investigates how emerging technologies influence the study of History. Join Fulton Bryant-Anderson and Dr. Mike Halvorson as they discuss music, augmented reality, and more! Listen Enriching the Community Explore Social Impact Projects in Parkland and Pierce
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The 9th Wang Center Symposium – Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference – takes up the issue of heightened political and societal polarization within the U.S.
communicate and collaborate across differences to develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. These problems include but are not limited to: climate change, food and water insecurity, immigration, poverty, and income inequality, as well as ongoing large and small-scale conflicts resulting from strained relations among those of different races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, and social classes. Acknowledging this challenge, the two-day conference will bring together
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The College of Natural Sciences houses the Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology programs.
balanced upper division physics classes, summer research in the PLU W.M. Keck Observatory, and a minor in Latino Studies. PLU scholarships enabled Hayley Maqui '24 to gain real-world clinical experience. She graduated with 300+ hours of shifts in the ICU, postpartum wing, and medical-surgical unit through the COPE Health Scholars program. Ash Bechtel '24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care. “One of my main driving factors in becoming a doctor is to help the Hispanic
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After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.
at the middle school two blocks from her family’s home in Kenai, Alaska, Daly began to feel lightheaded. She was dizzy. She couldn’t catch her breath. She called her mom for help. When her mom arrived at the field, she found her daughter unconscious and called for an ambulance. The hours and days that followed changed Daly’s life forever. After that ambulance ride – during which her heart rate soared to life-threatening levels – she was transported via helicopter to a hospital in Anchorage. The
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Pacific Lutheran University MediaLab is an award–winning, student–run media organization with expertise across the media spectrum.
Welcome to MediaLabWelcome to MediaLab, a media research and consulting program based in the College of Professional Studies at Pacific Lutheran University. MediaLab is an award–winning, student–run media organization with expertise across the media spectrum. Whether you need market research, photography, graphic design, writing, video, public relations, event planning, or more, MediaLab can work for you. MediaLab is also home to our acclaimed documentary studies program, where students produce
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