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  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 18, 2019) — PLU Dept of Psychology faculty, Dr. Corey Cook, presents research at the 1st national discussion on sexual assault and sexual harassment at America’s colleges, universities, and service academies. A PLU psychology professor may be shaping future sexual harassment/assault prevention…

    policies at our nation’s higher institutions of learning. Dr. Corey Cook was recently invited to present his research at the 1st National Discussion on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at America’s Colleges, Universities, and Service Academies. The event, co-hosted by the Secretaries of the Navy, Army and Air Force, was held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on April 4-5, 2019. Along with Dr. Cook, keynote speakers included U.S. senators and members of Congress. The National

  • “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director’s Note Romeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned…

    still produced, even though there aren’t any secrets anymore. Well, at least there weren’t before Jacob Viramontes and I got our hands on this script. This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet. We’ve messed with the notions of time and sequence to get a fresh spin to this show and really highlight the idea of fate and the cyclical nature of this story. In this way, we hope to have re-introduced a few more nuances that this show would not have had otherwise, due to its age and popularity. So I

  • Organ enthusiasts celebrate a decade at PLU Heading east of campus off 121st Street Southeast, one travels back in time in both feel and vocation. Ramblers from the 60s are replaced by farm houses from the turn of the century. The traffic hum falls away.…

    December 1, 2008 Organ enthusiasts celebrate a decade at PLU Heading east of campus off 121st Street Southeast, one travels back in time in both feel and vocation. Ramblers from the 60s are replaced by farm houses from the turn of the century. The traffic hum falls away. Cows poke up their heads from rolling pastureland as a car drives by. One comes upon an elegant wood-crafted building that looks like it belongs on the Lord of the Rings set. The front door rises 20 feet and peaks out with a

  • Road map to a green campus At PLU, sustainable practices isn’t just a buzzword or passing fad By Chris Albert This semester, the university has put the concept into action by making a comprehensive sustainability plan – PLU’s Climate Action Plan and Sustainability Guide. PLU…

    everyone being that way,” Cooley said. “Really, what’s most important is everybody making the little changes.” Reducing surplus by being smarter buyers makes an impact, Cooley said. “It’s not just about recycling,” she said. With campaigns like UnPLUgged, student residence hall communities are becoming more conscious about turning stuff off and unplugging devices when they’re not in use. There are also actions like identifying vending machines that aren’t being used, but cost more in electricity than

  • Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime…

    March 24, 2011 Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime at the Ashland, Ore., company. The ability to settle-in and become a part of the local community is one of the things he loves about his work with the company. “I’m unlike so many people in my profession – I

  • “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director’s Note Romeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned…

    still produced, even though there aren’t any secrets anymore. Well, at least there weren’t before Jacob Viramontes and I got our hands on this script. This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet. We’ve messed with the notions of time and sequence to get a fresh spin to this show and really highlight the idea of fate and the cyclical nature of this story. In this way, we hope to have re-introduced a few more nuances that this show would not have had otherwise, due to its age and popularity. So I

  • by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer Blogs have greatly contributed to the explosion of content created and shared on the internet. I, myself, couldn’t count the number of hours I’ve spent reading blogs about everything from recipes to research. There are many academic applications for blogs. Blogs allow…

    assignments, I encourage you to read “Develop and Implement a Course Blog” or “Getting Started with Student Blogs: Tips for the Digital Immigrant”. If you would like to know more about managing and grading student blogs, check out some of the many fantastic posts by the ProfHacker team for the Chronicle of Higher Ed, such as “‘How are you going to grade this?’ Evaluating Classroom Blogs”. And of course, the Instructional Technologies team at PLU provides consultations and workshops for faculty interested

  • Students enjoy the fire after dinner at Explore! Turning passions into vocation By Chris Albert Last year, PLU sophomore Idaishe Zhou attended EXPLORE! , not knowing exactly what to expect but hoping for the best. This past weekend, she returned to the annual retreat for…

    wants to find what he wants to do with his life and establish friendships that endure after college. “I’m kind of hoping to meet a bunch of people I don’t know,” Trestor said. What EXPLORE! does is give students a better sense of what vocation means, help in discovering their passion and make them mindful of where they are at and who is around them that can help them reach a vocational goal, said Staff Coordinator Amber Dehne. “There are different transition issues we know our first year students go

  • Diplomat explores Jewish-German relations By Chris Albert More than 150 people showed up to hear the Consul General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations today. Before a crowded room last week in the UC, Schuette said he would dive…

    as unfavorable by Jewish people outside of Israel, the two are fairly close. Nearly 68 percent of Israelis polled said they had a positive view of Germany, Schuette said. He attributes that to when the two nations were fledging countries after World War II, they needed al1 the friends they could get. Thus, Germany has become one of Israel’s strongest allies, along with the United States and the United Kingdom. The second is German and American-Jewish interactions, which is still developing. For

  • Maybe ‘reincarnation’ is a better word For the School of Arts and Communication Week the changing newspaper business was on top of people’s minds. To kick-off the week, News Tribune Publisher David Zeeck, Puyallup Herald Managing Editor Heather Meier, seattlepi.com reporter Monica Guzman and Mast…

    rather changing from what they once were, Guzman said. The transition may be troubling, but it’s not a wake. “Because newspapers are troubled doesn’t mean they’re dying,” Zeeck said. “We’re in the middle of a 400-year evolution.” “Invite me when there’s a body to have a wake about it,” he added. As far as audience, more and more people desire a news source, especially in an online format of some source, Guzman said. With a strong audience or readership for newspapers there is a way for the business