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conferences in the nation that examine the topic. Sut Jhally, founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation, will kick off the event during his keynote address, titled “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence.” Jhally is a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts and a leading scholar looking at the role advertising and popular culture play in the processes of social control and identity construction. At the conference, he will address how media literacy and

speakers addressed topics related to art and communication. They included: Opening remarks by Monique Fouquet, vice president of academic administration at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation, whose talk, “Tough Guys: Masculinity and Violence” was presented in conjunction with the Men Against Violence conference Gary Geddes, noted author, poet and Vancouver, B.C., resident, whose closing address was titled “Operation Trojan

power point and really tap into a way for people to not only hear the information, but also listen to it, Branch said. Like Pitassi, Branch found the topic of body image engaging. “It’s something everyone struggles at one point or another,” she said. With their song on the video, “Isn’t it Wrong,” the two went about singing and showing how the society, media and even insurance companies project unrealistic, and sometimes unhealthy, ideals of the perfect body or weight. “Our main goal with this video

with three Bethel School District high schools in the spring of 2021. The partnership was so successful that it now includes Washington high schools across 30 school districts. For more information, visit the partnership website.   PLU Media Contact Lace Smith smithla@plu.edu TCC Media Contact Tamyra Howser thowser@tacomacc.edu Read Previous Lute Powered: PLU alumni help lead Chief Leschi programs dedicated to student support and success Read Next PLU, TCC Announce Automatic Admission Partnership

Parkland community, where the center would be located, includes many residents who have not been able to access these kinds of services due to many reasons that include financial constraints and a lack of resources in this area.” PCAT hopes to offer classes on digital media and ceramics to local high school students, pointing to research and case studies from across the country that suggest participation in the arts can be a catalyst for at-risk students to continue moving forward academically. “We’ve

The 2018 Rachel Carson Science and Technology Lecture Posted by: halvormj / March 6, 2018 March 6, 2018 TUESDAY | MARCH 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | ANDERSON UNIVERSITY CENTER – CK @ PLU The Innovation Studies program at PLU would like to draw attention to an important event on campus with much value for our students and faculty: The 2018 Rachel Carson Science, Technology, and Society Lecture. Dr. Pamela Ronald This year’s distinguished speaker is Dr. Pamela Ronald, a Distinguished Professor in the

. I will always look back on my time at PLU with a tremendous amount of gratitude. Carre Avary ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in education. What’s next? I hope to begin my career as a middle school math teacher. Sometime in the next few years I plan to go back to school to obtain my masters in educational administration. Elise Nesselquist – Bachelor of Arts in global studies (concentration in global health) and Norwegian Elise Nesselquist ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in global studies (concentration in global

lived and worked in Malta and Barcelona, Spain, where she served as chief marketing officer for emerging mobile media companies. Prior to moving abroad, Gibbs served as senior vice president for consumer marketing and ecommerce at PlanetOut, a leading media and entertainment company based in San Francisco. She also helped lead the company to a successful IPO in 2004. Earlier, Gibbs was executive vice president at The Weber Group (later Weber Shandwick Worldwide), where she managed six offices and

herself a newspaper reporter, in the end all that mattered was that she was writing—and, for once, not about “dark things.” “I’ve always liked writing and reading,” Patterson said. “It just seems like my path always goes to journalism.” After becoming editor, she immediately worked to launch Premier Media Group’s second magazine, 425, and rebranded South Sound. Both bi-monthly lifestyle magazines cover a variety of topics, including local food, home, fashion and travel. She has worked for Premier

James Olson ’14 In today’s information-overload media landscape, we’re continually bombarded by images and stories of tragedy—across oceans and painfully close to home. It’s normal to feel a range of emotions in response: sympathy, gratitude—and even, increasingly, “sympathy exhaustion” or “compassion fatigue.” Fueled by a hyperawareness of bad news—and the overwhelming reality that we can’t help everyone—these reactions sometimes lead to overarching apathy rather than effective action. Humanosphere