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Namibia, where she essentially built her classroom—from the daily lessons to the posters on the walls.  “I learned what it was like to kickstart a music classroom from nothing,” Jessa says. “I created my own safe space, and that was really fun.” Read Previous Inspired by Women: Cora Beeson’s research in Indonesia began with her Taiwanese Grandmother’s caretaker Read Next Creative Community: Autumn Thompson ’24 reimagines PLU spaces—in the art gallery and the residence halls COMMENTS*Note: All comments

herself, and she explained that a poet’s attentiveness to detail, as well as the life and beauty that poets see in everything, has always been a part of her and how she views the environment.  Robinson-Bertoni enjoys bringing a poet’s eye to environmental studies because she believes that we can learn much more about the environment with multiple lenses and perspectives. She especially finds environmental studies within a religious context compelling because religion, like art, inspires change

chocolate Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9:30-1:30. Schedule appointments using this link. I started out at The School of Art Institute of Chicago where I did my graduate degree. I got a TA position my first year and then each semester I kept getting more and more TA positions. The last one, the department wanted to create a boot camp, a training on software before taking design classes. There were a couple of us in the program that were picked to do this. I got Adobe Illustrator, and I developed an

up the world to how these students learn the art of finance. It’s a foundation, they hope to build on through opportunities like the G.A.M.E Forum. During the portfolio challenge of the forum, the group presented in front of professional fund managers – people who work on Wall Street. “We had to present why and how we picked our current stocks, and what was our underlying strategy. Also we presented our portfolio against benchmarks to showcase our historical performance,” Willumsen said. Along

and sustainable solutions,” said Rousseau. Rousseau is used to working hard. At PLU, she earned her degree in Environmental Studies and minored in Art. She also volunteered in the Community Garden all four years, played one season of lacrosse, stomped one semester on Step Team, participated in GREAN club, worked one year as KCCR promotions director and Sustainability Office outreach coordinator, studied abroad for a semester in Senegal and a summer in Ireland with a Wang Center grant, collaged a

, happy family. We completed the 3,000-mile journey by returning along the Pacific Coast Highway, singing in Lutheran churches, visiting towns and having picnic lunches on warm beaches. All too soon, we were back in Washington. Home again at PLC, all we could say was, “Wow. What a trip!” Read Previous Lute Plays Piano ‘Up Close with the Masters’ Read Next Cosmosis: combining the art of music with the inquiry of science LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the

, handcrafted bowls can be purchased for $10, which includes a bowl made by a PLU art student or faculty member and bottomless soup made with veggies from PLU’s community garden. The idea is to purchase a bowl of soup in order to help fill all the empty bowls in the world. The proceeds will go to Trinity Lutheran Church Food Bank to help feed hungry people in the local community. Tickets can be purchased at Old Main Market using credit/debit, cash or dining dollars. The Working for Change Panel is an effort

at PLU and have stayed in contact with the faculty throughout my career. I knew I wanted to become a paleontologist by the time I arrived on campus. I’ve always been interested in a lot of different things, and I was able to pursue them at PLU, knowing that I would eventually have to set them aside to focus on paleontology. I took a lot of classes to do with art, writing and literature coursework. I also played tuba in the wind ensemble and the crazy pep band PLU had back then, known as “commando

take you, help you, guide you.” Today, you can find Donwen inside 3 Sisters Market smiling and laughing as she helps customers shop for their local goods. She’s always ready to offer a recipe suggestion or show off some of the new art pieces decorating the store walls. Donwen says she enjoyed her time away from her hometown but was happy to return with the knowledge and skills she gained at PLU.  “When I look back at my time at PLU, it was something special,” she says. “It was a time that you can

art. I imagine the ethics get complicated pretty quickly. I certainly don’t mind that there are security officers keeping an eye on the crowd when I go to a big concert. Exactly. Surveillance should always be considered in context. And that’s why rhetoric is also important to consider what justifications there are for any given surveillance, how the information may be used, and by who. I think that there are legitimate forms of surveillance. David Lyon, who’s one of the scholars who established