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16th Annual Jazz Under the Stars Kicks Off July 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communication As a gift to the community—and really, to everyone who attends—the Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music kicks off its free summer concert series, Jazz Under the…
2009 release, Wait For Me. July 31 The Rob Hutchinson Group Hutchinson teaches music theory, orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, improvisation and composition at the University of Puget Sound. He is also a jazz bassist and organizes and appears at the Jazz in the Rotunda series at the UPS. His band, the Rob Hutchinson Group, includes Kareem Kandi on saxophone, David Deacon-Joyner on keyboards and Jacques Willis on drums and performs original compositions in the jazz/rock fusion style of groups
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Risk & Reward By Chris Albert The board of directors is listening intently to a fellow member about a decision they need to make. At risk are thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands. They might lose it all. Or, they could reap great…
have the experiments yet to simulate that. I think, as much as possible, the students take it from theory to reality.” He should know—Boeh has worked on Wall Street. The club has a long history at PLU. In 1982, Mary Lund Davis set up a fund of $25,000 with the primary focus of giving students an opportunity to gain experience in investment management through real-life investing. Through investment decisions students made, the fund grew to a high of about $160,000 by the fall of 2007, but then, like
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 31, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students interested in creative media such as film and television no longer will have to wait for “the real world” to start learning about those industries, or how to generate content for their portfolios. Through the Center for…
course, whose primary instructor will be MediaLab faculty advisor and Communication Professor Robert Marshall Wells, will explore subjects including film theory, scriptwriting, video production techniques and beyond. “This is the first small step in what we hope will be the start of a full-fledged Creative Media Program at PLU,” said Wells, who also serves as director of CMS. The intent is to provide students with opportunities to learn about visual media and ultimately create their own films and
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TACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2018) — In response to years of student inquiries and interest, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Communication announced a new concentration in Film and Media Studies. Courses, which will be available for registration April 16-27, launch in fall 2018. The new…
Film and Media Studies. Courses, which will be available for registration April 16-27, launch in fall 2018.The new concentration consists of up to 44 credit hours in core communication courses, as well as classes in theory, criticism, research and media production, all of which aim to engage students with interests in various types of media, including television, narrative and documentary filmmaking, advertising and marketing, and more. Amy Young, department chair and associate professor of
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Across the world, we’ve seen a change in our daily routines as we seek to socially distance and help flatten the curve of the current pandemic. Nearly every part of daily life has been affected from how we learn, to how we work. What does…
communication that will help me no matter where I go.” LaBrie hopes to continue working in journalism or public relations after graduation in May. Meanwhile, Armanda Dupont is honing her skills in a different area of communications, working in internal communications for McKinstry, a construction engineering company in Seattle. Study Communications at PLUCommunication is a dynamic and varied field. We have designed our program to provide you with both theory and practice in the field—we want you to know
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PLU has added a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree to its offerings and is now accepting applicants for the fall of 2024. Rooted in PLU’s tradition of academic excellence and community engagement, the new MSW program will equip aspiring social work professionals with the…
good in our world,” said Dean of Health Professions David Ward. “Our MSW program is designed to nurture compassionate leaders equipped with the necessary skills and grounded in a strong ethical framework. We’re excited to provide a platform for our students to make tangible, positive changes in the lives of those they serve.” Diverse Learning Pathways and Global Focus The curriculum will immerse students in social work theory, practice, and ethics with practical applications. To accommodate working
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SOCW 101 : Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare - ES An introduction to human need and the field of social work.
. Required for social work majors. Prerequisite: SOCI 101. (4) SOCW 245 : Human Behavior and the Social Environment – ES Students examine developmental theory through the lens of an ecological systems perspective and a biopsychosocial- spiritual framework, emphasizing power, privilege, and cultural differences (particularly race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation) as applied to individuals, families, groups, institutions, organizations, and communities locally and globally. Volunteer experience is
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At PLU, you can test your math skills in the classroom, but you can also showcase your problem-solving prowess outside the classroom! This year, a three-person PLU student team finished in the top five of the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling , an international contest where…
woke, they realized they had enough evidence to continue their analysis without it and proceeded into the final sprint—finishing their paper. Though the students pretty much collapsed after turning in their paper, for Matthew, participating was “one of the best decisions” he’s ever made. “We worked hard, and we didn’t stop unless we absolutely had to. I can’t wait to do the competition again,” Duffy said. “To sing in the foyer of Morken at two in the morning, to drink enough caffeine to kill a
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In the op-ed piece “it’s time to give up whaling” (TNT – 9/16), is Bergman writing to support the special nature of whales, or is he writing to attack Makah Culture? We’d like to make it
whale population; they have a detailed management plan based on strong natural resource conservation principles. Non-Makah are in no way obliged to adopt Makah practices or to become Makah, but neither are the Makah in any way obliged to cease to be Makah. Once, not all that long ago, Europeans did attempt to oblige the Makah and other Native Peoples to cease to exist. The continued existence of Native Americans is powerful evidence of the importance of identity to human beings. An assertion that
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Each year, around 10,000 teams participate in The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, an international contest where teams of undergrad students have 99 hours straight to create a mathematical model addressing a complex social or scientific issue. Each year, the top awards go to large technical…
Vines for six hours straight and danced through the halls into the wee hours of the morning. A pivotal moment came early on the third day. After drawing up blueprints for an algorithm—which Matthew said they “lovingly” called the Optimal Node Interconnected Objectives Network, or ONION for short—they waited and watched as the code they had staked their entire paper on refused to run. They put sad music on and took a nap. When they woke, they realized they had enough evidence to continue their
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