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world is genuine.” At PLU, Eckstein helped students from around the world acclimate to the PLU community, and he was always thinking of new ways to advocate for them. He played a primary role in organizing multicultural night and “Global Get-Down,“ where students can showcase a piece of their culture and learn about other cultures. To see why other PLU Diversity Advocates care about social justice, click here. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence COMMENTS*Note: All
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academics, to service – even athletics – and you are educating the entire student. “The students who graduate from here are students of life,” Stuen said. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence 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 POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they
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by Sheryl Ramstad and her brother, former U.S. Congressman Jim Ramstad, and 50 percent by more than 200 other family and friends. That makes it among the gifts with the largest number of contributors in university history. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence 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 POSTS Three students share how
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.” Maurice Eckstein ’11 – Hometown: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago – Major: Communication “I didn’t really know a lot about social justice before I got here,” said Maurice Eckstein. “When I came here I was forced to become aware of it.” Maurice Eckstein ’11. Read Previous Oil Literacy panel Read Next Crime of My Very Existence 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 POSTS
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the new faculty who joined us in Fall 2019, stories about exciting examples of student faculty research, reflections on two study away courses, an analysis of the Visiting Writer Series in its 15th year, and an account of the amazing work students are doing at the Parkland Literacy Center. I hope we will continue telling these stories, too, because —before, during, and after a pandemic— the students and faculty in Humanities do amazing work serving the community, developing art, exploring the
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travel expenses and research materials for a project examining the literacy of cookbooks during her sabbatical next year. Kaufman’s primary interest is in Jewish cookbooks and telling her family stories. “I’m interested in the ordinary practices of living,” Kaufman said, “and how we record those, how we tell those particular stories.” One book she plans to study is an old Seattle cookbook that contains recipes collected and published by Jewish women living in Seattle. While it lacks recipes for
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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
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and audience-response clickers. Joanne Lisosky, Associate Professor of Communication: To accelerate expansion of The Mast’s online presence, the staff will receive training and consultation by Mark Briggs, a national expert on integrated news media and digital literacy. The $1,000 grant will pay for three sessions by Briggs with selected students, faculty, and staff. Wendelyn Shore, Associate Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences: Shore will use $980 for four “Inquisit” licenses to
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documentary films, including the Emmy award-winning film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S. and Crime” and “Oil Literacy,” which premiered last October and has since been awarded an honorable mention in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Documentary Competition. For more information about MediaLab and the projects the organization has produced, visit https://www.plu.edu/medialab/. Read Previous Actors explore the world of Japanese puppetry Read Next Coming Full Circle
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outreach and engagement, and producer for the event. “That is something that you cannot unsee.” “As a result, millions of folks are waking up to what Black people in America have known for centuries—racism is real. Yet, many of these same folks are without the tools, skills, or cultural literacy to work through these difficult conversations towards solution finding efforts.” Cunningham believes going virtual is very fitting for this event and events like it. “The biggest opportunity for going viral
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