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The Language Resource Center (LRC) at PLU has served as a virtual and physical hub for language study since opening in 1996.
issues, film nights, dinners, and many other activities. What happened to the rows of computers students expect to see in a language “lab”? The center has a laptop cart with 25 laptops that is delivered directly to language classes in the Hauge Administration Building. In other words, during class the “lab” comes to you. Language faculty members have used the laptops in classes to do research and writing, to record speaking activities, and to deliver multimedia exams. Language centers and keeping
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The First in the Family community supports with first-generation students in their transition to PLU to promote academic success in their first year.
including: dinners with faculty, LC retreat, film screenings, and more! Overnight hosts for prospective high school students who are first-generation college students Visits to local high schools to talk about one’s experience in college Panels on campus sharing stories about one’s experience as a first-generation college student “Field trips” to campus resources like the Library, which includes the Writing Center and Academic Assistance Additional Resources for First Generation College Students I’m
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Clarissa Gines was one of the first students to graduate with PLU’s art history undergraduate degree in 2012. It wasn’t easy—she had a child during her senior year, and juggled parenthood with schoolwork and an internship at a Seattle-based art gallery. She then worked as…
possibilities. “As you go through college and graduate college, there are so many opportunities that you may not know about, and the world is so expansive,” she says. “I wouldn’t have thought that I would be in the position I’m in unless I had these detours.”Interested in studying art?The Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts offers a strategic and creative curriculum to prepare students for careers in diverse fields including print and digital design, journalism, PR & advertising, film & media
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The 2013-14 academic year has been full of celebrations of the printed arts. PLU’s Elliott Press celebrated its 30th anniversary; the Boge Library was established, with a collection of books on graphic design, typography and calligraphy; a one-day book arts symposium will grace PLU’s campus…
appointment. The University Gallery is located in Ingram Hall on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University. Read Previous MediaLab Film Examines “Compassion Fatigue” Read Next St{art} Momentum LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana May 20, 2024 PLU Faculty Directs Local Documentary November 8, 2022 Scholarship Application Tips October 17, 2022
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Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Global & Cultural Studies | davidsef@plu.edu | 253-535-7311 | If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”.
through cultural productions and memory practices. This research takes me not only to print and film archives, but also to cultural and educational institutions where people craft and share their own “canal memories.” Whether I’m analyzing nationalist novels studied in high schools, the oral histories at the West Indian Museum of Panama, or testimonial short stories of survivors of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama, I uplift the centrality of narratives in negotiating the human experience. My teaching
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Associate Professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies | Hispanic and Latino Studies | davidsef@plu.edu | 253-535-7311 | If I had to describe my identity with a Facebook relationship status it would read: “It’s complicated”.
through cultural productions and memory practices. This research takes me not only to print and film archives, but also to cultural and educational institutions where people craft and share their own “canal memories.” Whether I’m analyzing nationalist novels studied in high schools, the oral histories at the West Indian Museum of Panama, or testimonial short stories of survivors of the 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama, I uplift the centrality of narratives in negotiating the human experience. My teaching
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Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser,” Reed Timmer, comes to PLU By Brielle Erickson The annual Meant to Live program is right around the corner here at Pacific Lutheran University, and this year’s two-day event is sure to have something for everyone – including those who might…
meteorology at the University of Oklahoma in 1998, and throughout the next few years, his experiences with extreme weather drew him more and more into storm chasing – specifically when it comes to tornadoes. To date, he has captured over 200 tornadoes on film, beginning with his very first in October 1998. Among his other noteworthy accomplishments, Timmer is the first person to ever capture high-definition video inside a tornado using a 300-pound TVN tornado probe. This feat was realized during the 2008
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A mock-up of one of the panels in the exhibit Us Local People: Sámi Vuoiŋŋa and Resilience . (Courtesy of the Scandinavian Cultural Center.) Scandinavian Cultural Center Exhibit Kicks Off Months-Long Human-Rights Inquiry at PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham, Content Editor Pacific Lutheran University’s renowned…
Trondheim in 1917. PLU’s opening celebration will include music, film and food, as well as a talk by Professor Troy Storfjell, a Mark Sámi. The free exhibit, on display through April 1, includes artifacts, multimedia clips and a full-sized Sámi reindeer tent. Visitors also can learn about ongoing threats to Sámi life and culture, especially transnational mining ventures, and get a unique look at how today’s Sámi are fighting back, and at the experience of Sámi immigrants to the United States. SCC
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ELCA’s First Female Bishop to Speak at PLU The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will speak at PLU on Nov. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 21, 2014)—The Southwestern Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and…
husband, the Rev. T. Conrad Selnick, an Episcopal priest, is vice president for advancement and church relations at Bexley Seabury Federation. They are parents of two adult children, Rebeckah and Susannah. Read Previous PLU Student Selected for Prestigious National Council Read Next MediaLab’s Newest Film Breaks Down the Food Equation COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST
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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 28, 2015)—In eighth grade, Annika Smith-Ortiz ‘19 competed in a distance-kicking competition during gym class. Now, she’s competing with Pacific Lutheran University’s football team as its first female player. Photo: Matthew Salzano ’18 After playing Junior Varsity and Varsity games at Edina…
on her radar in the recruiting process,” Keim said. “We don’t really recruit in Minnesota, but she sent us some information and film, and we were mostly impressed with her because of her interest in PLU—and for all the right reasons.” Keim reached out to her high-school coach at Edina, asking him, “Is this legit?” The coach told Keim that Smith-Ortiz was indeed a good choice. “I consider myself just so lucky to get to play,” Smith-Ortiz said. High-school football was much harder for her than
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