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Scholarship, Sleep, and Self in the Pandemic Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Jenna Muller '22English Writing MajorNancy Simpson-Younger sits at her desk, poised to explain how communicating remotely is completely different from speaking face-to-face, when a loud bang sounds from behind her.She laughs. “That was my cat knocking the little whiteboard off the back of the bookshelf.” She considers the question again, saying, “There are moments like that, that you don’t expect
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countries or origin, many of the Austrian children did not go back, but instead emigrated to the U.S., Australia or settled in the UK. “Most did not go back,” Brade said of the Austrian children. “They felt disowned by their country. Many spoke of when German troops came marching into Vienna, and how neighbors, who had been nice the day before, suddenly came out and supported the Nazis.” “They did not want to be identified with being Austrian any more after witnessing that.” Regardless of their
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Greetings from Residential Life!Since September your student has been learning and growing both academically and personally. They have been taking on the world with increased levels of independence and responsibility, and their habits, thought processes, expectations, and even appearance may have changed quite a bit in just a few short months. Never fear! Residential Life is here to guide you through the transition back home for the holidays!The first year of college is a unique season of life
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in a global photo album that I’m creating via my interaction with a few hundred lines of code. I’m creating the album, the album is creating itself. I’m having my first experience with what we now call “big data,” but it’s surprisingly human. People tagging walls. People recording video of people tagging walls. The photos are equal parts inspiring, offensive, and entertaining. I recognize in this moment that the digital does not replace the human. Rather, it extends the human into a world made by
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world as much as it was a part of being transformed for the world. Learning the language of others takes us out of our own frame of reference and places us into theirs, enabling us to understand, serve, and care for others where and as they are, not where and as we want them to be, or as they make themselves available to us. However, according to Luther, languages taught only for such purposes are dangerously incomplete at the university. For what we call, in the PLU mission statement, “thoughtful
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and Aretha Franklin. Stockinger has been performing Jazz since the age of 17, and began regularly gigging at local venues throughout Western Washington, particularly in Tacoma and Seattle. Stockinger regularly sits in at Kelley’s in downtown Tacoma. She was mentored by big-band legend and bassist Red Kelley, who was best known for playing with Buddy Rich and Stan Kenton during the reign of the big band. July 19 – Tracy Knoop Tracy Knoop received his musical training at Berklee School of Music in
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TACOMA, WASH. (March 3, 2016)- Dr. Darrell Jodock says Martin Luther had a different understanding of God; one that’s grounded, not predetermined. “God is up to something and invites you to participate in that work,” said Jodock, Bernhardson chair in Lutheran studies at Gustavus Adolphus…
institutional reform, but to remain focused and persistent. He said King epitomized that approach, staying remarkably focused on the end goal of equity for all and avoiding an “us-versus-them” pitfall. Jodock is eager to meet Lutes and call them to courageously do just that – “to create justice, wholeness and peace in the world,” he said. Read Previous PLU religion professor Seth Dowland discusses his new book “Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right” (Podcast) Read Next Lutes at the Legislature
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, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU move-in day 2024 September 4, 2024 PLU Director of Athletics and Recreation Mike Snyder named President of NADIIIAA August 16, 2024 PLU College of Liberal Studies welcomes Dean Stephanie Johnson July 24, 2024 Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024
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and Baillon said that the students will have the opportunity to brainstorm a way to share their experiences and knowledge with their peers at PLU. “Doing nothing will isolate the experience,” Baillon said. “This will allow students to integrate the experience into their everyday lives.” Oshiro said that is one aspect of the trip that is most meaningful for her, and she is passionate about not only gaining knowledge, but sharing that knowledge with her peers. With the revolutions happening in
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the PLU Summer Scholars program. (She didn’t know she’d also meet her husband there, Erik Brannfors ’95.)Once she arrived on campus, the biology major met now-retired biology professor Art Gee, who ignited her passion for research. Gee encouraged her to apply to medical school, which she did, graduating from the University of Washington in 1999. “Gee was one person at PLU who made a big impact in my life,” she said. And she’s so glad she took the plunge into med school and into research. After
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