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  • TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…

    the United States 1896-2016” paired PLU students and teaching assistants with a self-selected group of students from Lincoln grades 9-12. The workshop-like course challenged them all to critically think about daily experiences with institutionalized racism and how to effectively confront those experiences. The class touched on civil rights history, as well as racially charged issues today. The students’ work culminated in an end-of-term “creative extravaganza,” in which groups presented visual

  • TACOMA, Wash. (September 30, 2015)- The second episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “violence” between host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Professor of Psychology Michelle Ceynar and Associate Professor of Philosophy Pauline Shanks Kaurin. “Open to Interpretation” is…

    discusses the word “advocacy” with Associate Professor of Religion Kevin O’Brien and Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Justin Eckstein. Read Previous Dr. Gregory Youtz: A Front-Row Seat (Almost Literally!) to the Chinese President’s Tacoma Visit Read Next Neurologist Janice E. Brunstrom-Hernandez ’83 to Deliver 2015 Meant to Live Lecture 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

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development has joined with the Tacoma Principals Association for a program that will allow Tacoma Public Schools principals to complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. All Washington principals and program administrators are required…

    PLU Partners With Tacoma Schools to Offer Administrator Professional Certification Program Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 14, 2015 Image: Starting in 2016, Tacoma Public Schools principals can complete their Administrator Professional Certifications through PLU. (Photo courtesy of Tacoma Public Schools) September 14, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 14,2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Partnerships and Professional Development

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 15, 2016)- Art makes people feel. Art offers a window into the hearts and minds of those who create it, and invokes emotion for those who view and admire it. For Edvard Munch, those feelings were complicated and, often times, dark. “…

    submitting two pieces, both done with acrylics. One is based on a dark beachscape she captured on a trip to Hawaii; dark clouds hovering over the beach, with a female figure standing in front of the ocean looking on. It expresses a feeling of emptiness, White said. The other painting shows building structures on fire, with a crying figure in front of them. The piece exemplifies loss, White said. She hopes people will see her art and understand that there’s more to people’s emotions than meets the eye

  • Beyond pedagogy: from Tacoma to Namibia, a partnership reframing teacher development practices Posted by: Zach Powers / September 28, 2023 Image: Eva Dumeni, a teacher from Namibia who visited PLU in September, works with a student in Brianna Wells’ class at Clover Creek Elementary School in Pierce County, Washington. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 28, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterIn Kwangali and Oshindonga, widely spoken languages in Namibia, “Uukumwe

  • 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…

    country. “I just think: I get to go to this school and do all of these amazing things, and the only reason I get to is because there are people fighting to keep me safe and give me that right,” she said. Read Previous Reflections on a Day With PLU’s Rwandan Guests Read Next Dr. Gregory Youtz: A Front-Row Seat (Almost Literally!) to the Chinese President’s Tacoma Visit COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 6, 2016)-The seventh episode of “Open to Interpretation” features a discussion of the word “failure” among host and Associate Professor of Communication Amy Young, Associate Professor of Art and Design Jp Avila , and Assistant Professor of Business Kory Brown . “Open…

    advance but, “Oh, I get it,” in terms of how to create real self-driven personal development, when I see that, and most of the classes that I teach are capstone courses so I do get them at the very end. Amy Young: You get to see the one that made it. Persistence. Kory Brown: Perhaps it is that very reason that I just have tremendous hope that we will see a whole lot more success than failure. Amy Young: Good. I like that. Jp? Beat that? Jp Avila: I don’t know if I can beat that because I, too, feel

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—On Aug. 1, the Lutes and I started our 10-day adventure to England: Eighteen women’s soccer players and 14 men’s soccer players, along with both teams’ coaching staff and a trainer, were fortunate enough to play soccer, experience a new culture…

    Goal!! PLU Soccer Teams Bond—and Win—on 10-Day Trip to England Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 31, 2015 Image: The PLU soccer community poses in front of the Manchester United stadium during a 10-day trip to England. (Photo courtesy assistant athletic trainer Todd Yamauchi.) August 31, 2015 By Lena Moreno ’17For PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 31, 2015)—On Aug. 1, the Lutes and I started our 10-day adventure to England: Eighteen women’s soccer players and 14 men’s soccer

  • TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 17, 2015)— Chinese President Xi Jinping is coming to Tacoma on Sept. 23—and Pacific Lutheran University Professor of Music Greg Youtz is playing a significant role in the international event. As chair of the Tacoma-Fuzhou Sister City Committee, Youtz was instrumental in…

    PLU Music Professor Plays Instrumental Role in Chinese President’s Visit to Tacoma Posted by: Sandy Dunham / September 17, 2015 Image: PLU Professor of Music Greg Youtz (back row, second from left) joins elected officials and community leaders in welcoming the Honorable Qiu Yuan Ping, Minister of Overseas Chinese Commission (front row, fourth from left), to Tacoma’s Chinese Reconciliation Park. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) September 17, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 26, 2016)- Joel Zylstra said Pacific Lutheran University’s partnership with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity began with a cup of coffee at 208 Garfield four years ago. Zylstra, director of Center for Community Engagement & Service (CCES), said his perception of Habitat…

    , built houses and “called it good.” However, Zylstra’s former colleague piqued his interest when he started to speak of a new Habitat housing development located a little more than a mile from PLU’s campus. The more Zylstra heard about the Woods at Golden Given — a sustainable 30-home housing community — the more he wanted to get involved. “The Woods is a real community being formed instead of just one house, and that was appealing to me,” Zylstra said. “My thought was that even when these 30 homes