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  • TACOMA, WASH. (March 5, 2018) — Student journalists nationwide get to pick the brains of three Pacific Lutheran University students, who will share their expertise at a national conference in New York City. The Lutes will present at the College Media Association Spring Convention held…

    of view and what critiques we’re going to get.” Miranda agreed. “I hope there’s somebody out there that disagrees with what we’re saying for whatever reason,” Miranda said. “I think those moments are the best learning moments for both of us, and the best teaching moments for everybody, because if they think I’m wrong there are connections to be found somewhere within that.” All three women say student media has been an important part of their success as journalists. This conference is one way to

  • Sometimes you’re drawn to a career path, and other times you discover it by serendipity, as Lauren Loftis, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian at Pacific Lutheran University, did. “I carelessly stumbled into it. In fact, the first time I entered an archive was when I…

    wonderful displays that highlight library resources in a larger context. Some recent topics have been Women in Translation, LGBTQ+ Authors and Their Works, Veterans Day, Black Art Matters and Books in Honor of Women’s History Month. Lauren Loftis shows off a couple of her favorite items from the PLU Archive. Read Previous PLU to host environmental symposium and Earth Week events exploring the violence of natural resource extraction Read Next Stephanie Aparicio Zambrano ’23 discusses her PLU experience

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9U3jPRdE This past year a group of PLU students, as part of the award-winning MediaLab, dove into the topic of anti-Islamic sentiment in America. This is a first account shared by one of the project leaders JuliAnne Rose ’13. The topic took them across America…

    our equipment out, the first person to approach us was ex-military who had recently returned from a tour in Iraq. After inquiring into our topic, he retorts that he hopes we understand and do not disrespect the lives lost during the attacks and do not dishonor the sacrifice made by our military every day. That moment was a wake-up call to all three of us. In pursuing this topic, it was never our intent to dishonor the sacrifices made by U.S. service men and women. Empowerment SOAC Focus Series

  • Ned Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life. According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at…

    classrooms things to both one’s work, one’s vocation, but also to one’s citizenship, and how one lives from day to day and month to month, and that’s amazing to me.” But in true PLU fashion, Schaumberg is quick to recognize his privilege as a white male, and the effects of his embodiment in a classroom. He acknowledges the limits of his knowledge, and how the authors he teaches, who are primarily women, have a different life experience than himself. Schuamberg believes not acknowledging his embodiment is

  • On Exhibit: Common Reading Book 2021, The Best We Could Do The 2021-2022 academic year Common Reading book is the critically acclaimed graphic novel,  The Best We Could Do  by Thi Bui. In this timely and breathtaking memoir, Bui explores her experiences as a daughter…

    the north and the south, and thousands more from Laos and Cambodia.  – from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNTh6KlXXU   Art Guggenheim Museum. (n.d.). Danh VO. https://www.guggenheim.org/teaching-materials/teaching-modern-and-contemporary-asian-art/danh-vo-2 See sculptor and installation artist Danh Vo’s Lot 20. Two Kennedy Administration Cabinet Room Chairs which references U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War Danh Vo was born in Bà Rịa, Vietnam, in 1975. His family fled postwar Vietnam when the

  • Shelby Hatton (Murdock) ’17 always knew she wanted to become a doctor, but now that she’s in osteopathic medical school she’s still deciding on what kind of doctor. The challenge, she says, is that she’s enjoying every aspect of her studies. That’s no surprise, because…

    something I’m nervous about. I’m trying to focus on identifying specific themes within each of these different specialties that I’m experiencing. I think this will help me figure out which one is going to fit the best. I’m discovering that I enjoy working with women, and I’ve also enjoyed my general surgery rotation. I’m on my obstetrics and gynecology rotation now, and I’ve really enjoyed procedural aspects of care. That’s pushing me into a direction of something that has clinic and procedure options

  • A rose is [not] a rose Between the rows of tall, pale pink roses, he came at me like Darth Vader in a billowing cloud of vapors, his identity cloaked beneath a black face mask, hood and plastic clothes. But the material coming out of…

    . Dermatitis and irritated eyes “are generalized,” she said. More ominous are respiratory and neurological symptoms that result from exposure to carcinogens. Women make up about half of the workforce and can have trouble getting pregnant or miscarry. Estacio himself has had throat problems. “It’s upside down,” he said, frustrated. “The people have become the plants. They’re the ones getting sprayed.” No one has studied the environmental effects of heavy pesticide use in Ecuador. In the United States

  • By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Dec. 8, 2014)—On Wednesday, Dec. 3, Pacific Lutheran University students, staff and faculty gathered in the Anderson University Center for the latest installment of Sex +, a yearlong campus series addressing the growing need for positive…

    “no means no.” How do you know if its an ambiguous “no,”or how do you know if its an ambiguous “yes”? If it’s an ambiguous yes, is that sexual assault? If it’s an ambiguous “no,” is that sexual assault? This leads to the question of what is (clear) consent? This has become really difficult. Sill also explored the role of gender-based stereotyping in the investigation of sexual assault. Women, she said, often feel forced to abide by societal expectations of femininity when pursuing or considering a

  • TACOMA, WASH. (December 23, 2015)- On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Pacific Lutheran University students presented representatives from the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $500 — revenue from a small business venture the students launched as part of the PLU School of Business’ intensive course on…

    whose ventures successfully generated surplus revenue will be mailing checks to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Operation USA, Direct Relief and AmeriCares.MSF Student Krista White Recognized by Puget Sound Business JournalPLU graduate student Krista White has been awarded the Puget Sound Business Journal Women of Influence Scholarship. A student in PLU’s Master of Science in Finance program, White will be awarded $7,500 by the publication.PLU Included on Princeton Review List of Best

  • What if, by donating just an hour of your time, you could change someone’s life. Twenty years ago, while still attending her Central California high school, Kristina Garabedian heard about a pastor’s intriguing invitation. The pastor asked church members to reach under the pews and…

    surface. “There are stacks taller than me,” she says. “I’ve had kids as young as 3 years old up to 92-year-old blind woman tying blankets,” she says. Her Lutheran church creates piles of blankets during a post-Christmas service. Even a local Acura and Honda dealership’s employees tied blankets, which were then delivered to a women and children’s shelter. Career-Volunteer Balance At first, Garabedian thought she might work for an American business in China — she graduated from PLU with a triple major