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forth,” Gould said. “If you don’t leave the PLU dome, you’re not going to have these experiences.”   CONFRONTING PRIVILEGE Professor Beth Kraig said pushing students to confront their privilege was pivotal to the course’s design. That included requiring students to ride Pierce Transit buses ‒ either Route 1 or 45 ‒ to and from Lincoln for the weekly workshops. Students were encouraged to observe and interact with riders and write about their experiences. Those reflections will be included in the

knowledge, a feat that Heath and Rogers are acutely aware of. “I am a little terrified too because I know if i had to design a starship it would fail pretty quickly,” Heath quipped. “But at least I know the questions to ask and I know where we can start looking. And that is the point. To consider big questions, not really build a starship.” Lisa Marcus, professor of English, holds her grandmother's Russian passport from 1914. Her father's family likely would have perished in the Holocaust had her

” will vie for Oscar nomination in the Best Short Film (Live Action) category at the 2018 Academy Awards. The lengthy process involves competing against more than 100 qualifying films before the Academy narrows the nominee pool to five; Petersen hopes “All the Marbles” makes the cut. Petersen said his time studying theatre at PLU helped prepare him to write, produce and star in film projects. His says the education in makeup, sound, set design and a host of other production elements equipped him for

borrowing and making costumes. We used ticket sales to reimburse our designers. Kenzie was the main director, and I co-directed, particularly the scenes involving music. I did some choreographing and production work, which included poster design and distribution of money. How did things turn out? Ruggeri: It was successful and sold out the studio theater for the run of three days—two nights and one matinee. We also conducted a survey gauging the lessons the audience took away from the show. About a

both semesters, with a focus on bringing in younger members. Additionally, we have a rule in our constitution that seniors cannot be officers during their spring semester, preferably during the fall as well. This makes sure that veterans with fundraising and organizing experience are there to guide the next generation of leadership and help them better design the group’s activities. Hopefully this sustainability will no longer be necessary in the future with the right kind of reform, but as it

month he spent in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and the month in Fort Benning, Georgia. “One evening, in Fort Benning, we went for a night run at 3 a.m., in full uniform and it was 70 degrees out,” he said, “and humid.” When he is not sweating the summer heat, Mejia studies graphic design at PLU. While he enjoys art and photography, he came to PLU to fulfill a dream of serving as an officer in the U.S. military. “I’ve always wanted to join the military and at the same time, I’ve always wanted to go to

site design that is optimized for mobile use, but an encouraging measure to note is the increase in unique page views of our first-year apply page, up 40% in one year. Referrals from outside web sites are up nearly 70%, and referrals of new users from social media are up over 200% year over year. Referrals of new users from email are up 150%, and that includes efforts by both Admissions and Advancement. The only measure that is down is our bounce rate, or the number of people who leave after only

conditioning. Despite the heat and the sweat, I count myself lucky to be here. I’m on a scholarship learning how to use a programming language called Ruby on Rails. More importantly, I’m using Rails to design a little piece of software that scrapes data from social media sites using the hashtag as a search tool. Want to see all the Facebook photos tagged with #PacificLutheran or #PLU? This software can do it. Want to read every tweet that makes reference to #election2016? This software can do that too. I

the opportunity to visit monasteries. These monasteries are known for their unique design, as if they are “floating” among the clouds. They are one of the sacred spaces we visited in Greece, and one of my favorites. The beauty of this image is in the silence. Meteora was a quiet place and the monasteries were a sacred ground that our class was able to quietly reflect in. Today, there are 6 monasteries that remain in the area, with nuns and monks who reside in them. I found the diversity of people

types of housing, expectations of residents, ethnic & socio-economic makeup of the community. This research examines the development of community in New Salishan and utilizes partnership with community members, soliciting their input in research design. The primary methodology utilizes focus groups co-facilitated by Community Health Advocates and university research team. The goal of the research is to provide feedback to community residents and leaders and in partnership, guide next steps in