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This year’s gallery season opens with Pacific Northwest ceramicists Cary Lane, The Bowlmaker ; Kristin Nelson, kRIkRI studio ; and Nicole Pepper, Modhome.ceramics . The show will highlight each artist under the common theme of unique home decor. Mare Blocker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art…
described her recent relationship with the artists as a moment for her to “fan-girl”. Mare has collected work from all three artists over the years, and just recently reached out to them via Instagram for the show. “I actually completed my undergrad with Kristin!,” Mare remarked. “It wasn’t until this show that I reconnected with her, but I have been collecting her artwork for years.” “Her work will include her VIT Ceramics white line series, interpreting modern styles in contemporary ways.” Even though
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The REU summer research program focuses on interdisciplinary projects in biological, materials, and sustainable chemistry. In the program, students become full members of a research group, carrying out fundamental research on topics that span the chemical sciences. Application Window: December 15, 2017 – February 15,…
Texas A&M University REU Program Summer Research Posted by: alemanem / January 2, 2018 January 2, 2018 The REU summer research program focuses on interdisciplinary projects in biological, materials, and sustainable chemistry. In the program, students become full members of a research group, carrying out fundamental research on topics that span the chemical sciences. Application Window: December 15, 2017 – February 15, 2018 Program Dates: May 29 – August 3, 2018 To learn more and to apply visit
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Originally published in 2014 One of the things that studying Indigenous stories and situations has shown me is that knowledge isn’t neutral. Our systems of knowledge grow out of our ways of being in the world and are all culturally-specific—that is, they are all created…
product of a very specific European cultural foundation. The problem, though, is that we are trained to pretend that these culturally specific ways of knowing have somehow moved beyond the limits of the culture that produced them. What this really means is that Western tradition ends up being seen as universal, and all other systems of knowledge are seen as lesser, as culturally-specific exceptions to the norm. Professor Troy Storfjell during a panel discussion on Sámi culture in 2013 Seen from my
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University Gallery: PLU Faculty Show The Ingram Hall University Gallery opens its season with a collection of recent work by faculty of PLU’s Department of Art & Design. Each year, the University Gallery showcases work from local artists, students, emerging talents and faculty alike. The…
September 17, 2010 University Gallery: PLU Faculty Show The Ingram Hall University Gallery opens its season with a collection of recent work by faculty of PLU’s Department of Art & Design. Each year, the University Gallery showcases work from local artists, students, emerging talents and faculty alike. The space not only offers a unique place to display compelling pieces of art, but also a learning opportunity for PLU students and the community. The Faculty Show runs through Oct. 9. This will
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It’s no secret that there is a growing demand for computer science workers. We see this at PLU, where graduates are being scooped up by local companies. “We have graduates who are working at Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google —lots of the larger companies but also…
really attractive to prospective employers is not only their strong computing skills but also their broad Liberal Arts education that makes them good problem solvers and good communicators.” PLU’s computer science major prepares students to work in the technology industry as professional software developers, to continue their studies in graduate school, or to apply their computational skills to another field. With a degree in computer science, students might end up writing code for software
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Students in Professor Amy Young ’s Fall and Spring Strategic Communication classes created a crowdfunding campaign with Undue Medical Debt that raised nearly $19,000 which, in turn, settles nearly $1.9M in medical debt for our neighbors in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Students researched key audiences…
nearly $19,000 which, in turn, settles nearly $1.9M in medical debt for our neighbors in Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Students researched key audiences through surveys and focus groups, strategized and planned communications to reach those audiences, and learned to run significant fundraising campaigns. Undue Medical Debt is the only nonprofit in the medical debt forgiveness sector. Students chose to work on this campaign for their neighbors in the Pacific Northwest, and to use their education in
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Two students killed in car accident On the evening of April 25, PLU students Jocelyn Denham and Brady Freeman were killed in an automobile accident near Brewster, Wash. Brady’s twin brother, Boone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, was injured in the crash.…
April 28, 2008 Two students killed in car accident On the evening of April 25, PLU students Jocelyn Denham and Brady Freeman were killed in an automobile accident near Brewster, Wash. Brady’s twin brother, Boone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, was injured in the crash. Members of the campus community gathered throughout the weekend to remember their friends and to offer one another mutual support. The lives of Denham and Freeman were remembered and celebrated on Sunday, May 11 in
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In December, PLU’s Center for Gender Equity (CGE) welcomed Talcott Broadhead as its new Interim Director. Talcott holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington School of Social Work and owns a private, transgender liberation and social justice-centered, social work practice in…
Professional Trainings, Keynotes, Therapeutic Support, and Gender Equity and Transgender Curriculum Development, and Consultation. Before joining PLU, Talcott also served as the Executive Director for Community Youth Services of Pierce County, a South Sound organization that empowers youth at-risk and their families to meet their goals for safety, stability, belonging and success by providing a continuum of individualized services and advocacy. Please join the Office of the Provost and the Center for
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The Oregon Center for Electrochemistry’s masters-level internship program attracts chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering students and provide nationally unique training including rigorous foundational electrochemical theory, team- and inquiry-based laboratory work, numerical simulation and engineering of electrochemical systems, and experience tackling industry-sponsored, team research projects. Concepts…
challenges facing engineered electrochemical systems using rigorous experiments, efficient data analytics, and computer models, while optimally working in team environments. Such graduates provide substantial value to industry as employees compared to the existing candidates who generally have little or incomplete training in electrochemical science and are often not adept at using modern experimental design, data analytics and computation tools. Graduating seniors are encouraged to apply. The program is
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Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 never considered being an actor during her early years at Pacific Lutheran University. Actually, she was thinking about being a psychology major as she mulled over her future in her sophomore year. That is, until Assistant Professor of Theatre Brian Desmond…
Brian Desmond insisted that she try out for a part in “Cabaret.” She lobbed back excuses. Too much homework, she had to work, too busy. “He finally told me that if I didn’t try out I’d regret it, so I gave in and did, and got the part of Sally Bowles,” she said. After that, Helland was hooked and quickly declared her theatre major. After she graduated, Helland recalled she was completely prepared to “do her time,” working small parts, part time jobs, and maybe eventually going to New York. But fate
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