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TACOMA, Wash. (Sept. 24, 2015)—On Sept. 21, I had the immense privilege of meeting and getting to know members of the iDebate Rwanda team. Although it is always an honor to spend time with international guests, their visit was of special importance to me as…
, and learning to face their feelings through debate, these Rwandans have found a way to bring complex issues to the surface rather than burying them away. It seems inconceivable that many Rwandans became neighbors with their enemies after the genocide, but perhaps this is a lesson in forgiveness and reconciliation that is almost beyond our comprehension. I believe we tend to have very black-and-white views of good and evil, which is part of the reason delving further into atrocities such as the
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A happy accident landed Sandra Estrada ’20 in her “Global Human Rights” course. It resulted in research on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which she presented at an academic symposium at
year working on the book tentatively titled “You Are What You Drink.” It’s due out by early 2019. “I find it fascinating,” she said of the research. As for Hames’ drink of choice? It depends on the season. In the summer, she’ll take white wine or gin and tonic. Winter calls for red wine or warm Grand Marnier — an orange-flavored liqueur. Estrada was pleasantly surprised when her paper was selected for the symposium. She said prepping for the presentation would have been intimidating without Hames
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William Davis ’06 is co-founder of FabLab Tacoma, a makerspace dedicated to project-based learning, entrepreneurship and tinkering.
model and all the other necessary tools to bring the concept to life. FabLab also is in good company outside Tacoma. The Obama administration launched an initiative called A Nation of Makers to promote making culture, Davis said. He and Tibbitts were invited to the White House as part of the effort, along with representatives from other makerspaces around the country, to collaborate and discuss the future of the maker movement. Davis said the future of the initiative is unclear, given the newly
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Globally, Pacific Lutheran University alumni come face to face with the international conflicts that are defining the modern era. Some by accident, others by choice.
experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan — the way they tried to teach students that, in real life, the problems you face aren’t always black and white. “I think they did a good job of saying ‘hey, this is what the book says but this isn’t always what you’re going to do.’” Calata has since left the Army, and serves in law enforcement, but many of his fellow ROTC graduates are still fighting overseas. Witnessing crisis The ripple effects of warfare over the years can be felt far and wide. Theodore Charles ’12
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PLU professor participates in Think & Drink event that engages community in tough dialogue about racial divides Posted by: Kari Plog / November 11, 2016 Image: Teresa Ciabattari, associate professor of sociology at PLU, speaks at an event two years ago. (Photo courtesy of Ciabattari) November 11, 2016 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 10, 2016)- When discussing race in America, Teresa Ciabattari, Ph.D., says there are a lot of reasons to talk about white
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 21, 2016)- Senior Tyler Dobies and first-year Caitlin Johnston say spring break changed their lives. While some Pacific Lutheran University students may have gone on vacation or had fun in the sun, other Lutes – like Johnston and Dobies – were busy…
-income areas and lower-income areas were striking. He said the wealthier areas with predominantly white residents were noticeably greener and cleaner, while the less wealthy areas where mostly African-Americans lived were places still dealing with historical pollution problems and other issues not present in the wealthier areas. “Seeing that unfold before my eyes was pretty bewildering,” Dobies said. He said studying the history of racism and slavery outside of the Northwest was a particularly
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 12, 2016)- Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., says Pacific Lutheran University already exhibits academic excellence in a variety of ways: rich global education, robust student-faculty research, world-class faculty members and, of course, eager students who are ready to change the world. But Brown…
students of color. Now, Brown wants PLU’s leadership to make similar progress to improve a sense of belonging for all students in our ever-changing community. Rae Linda Brown, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) She said the university must “dramatically increase” the diversity within the ranks of faculty and staff on campus, a group that is predominantly white. Currently, she stressed, there are no tenure or tenure-line faculty who identify as
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
discuss racial difference and fear of white guilt, Temple-Thurston said, Trinidad is the antithesis. “I wanted a shift in their racial consciousness,” she said of students who travel there. The diversity-interested program was the first of its kind to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago. It intentionally thrusts students into the thick of cultural diversity. #LutesAwayView social media posts by Lutes who are making a difference all over the world. “Trinidadians say it like it is,” Temple-Thurston said. “It
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Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.
director) and Polly Davis (associate director) for “doing whatever it takes to restore peace in troubled regions, often accepting the risks without a fee.” The Rev. Ron Pierre Vignec Vignec founded the Salishan/Eastside Lutheran Mission in 1985. He was pivotal in revitalizing the Salishan neighborhood in east Tacoma, the largest federal housing project on the West Coast. Vignec’s work helped drop virtually every crime statistic in Salishan, an area once steeped in violence, drugs and prostitution
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Sociology and Criminal Justice Class of 2022! The Dept. of Sociology & Criminal Justice is honored to present our senior capstone presentations. Click on each student’s name to see titles of capstone presentations. Madison A. Huston``Struggling to Fit In: How a Conservative Family Background Impacts Feminist Identity``Jack B. Johnson``Disclosure: Coming Out As LGBTQ+ in Significant Emotional Relationships``Dennis J. Thomas``In Black and White: Interracial Relationships and Life Satisfaction
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