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series highlighted PLU alumni at Amazon and MultiCare Health System. Read Previous PLU selected for American Passport Project Read Next Clarissa Gines ’12 combines her passions for art and community working for Tacoma Creates 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
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Aztec city of Calixtlahuaca, Jakowchuk is examining stylistic, political and geographic factors that influenced the production of projectile points, chipped stone artifacts used as multi-purpose tools, during the post-classic period, right before the Spanish conquest. This spring, she presented her findings at the Society for American Archaeology conference in Portland. To Dr. Andrews, it’s her willingness to dive into challenges like these that makes Jakowchuk such an impressive student. Though she
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Director for Hamilton: An American Musical as well as the Associate Director and Script Supervisor for the hit Broadway and Netflix show Oh, Hello on Broadway. She was also the Assistant Director for John Mulaney’s Kid Gorgeous Netflix special at Radio City Music Hall. During Ashley’s guest lecture, she will speak about her experiences as a director for theatre and television.Lilli CooperLilli Cooper is a Tony-nominated performer appearing on Broadway in Tootsie, as Elphaba in Wicked, as Sandy Cheeks
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prioritize. For example, when Professor Parker teaches a course on Roman civilization, he includes not only attention to texts from ancient Rome, but also analyses of the very different ways those texts were understood during the American revolution, the Haitian revolution, and the rise of Italian Fascism. In each period, interpreters focused on different aspects of Roman history. Students learning this become better equipped to make their own decisions about what to take from what they read, choosing
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your research topic and the questions that you pursued with your faculty advisers. Let’s start with you, Marc.” Marc: “Well, I became interested in the topic of Native American health care in America through a high school connection. I grew up near PLU, and a friend’s Dad worked as a physician for the tribal health authority affiliated with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. The Puyallup Tribe is part of the Salish speaking peoples of the Pacific Northwest. This is very established tribal community
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University takes great pride in its dynamic and challenging Theatre program. We train students in all aspects of theatre – from acting and directing to stage management, producing, playwriting, technical theatre and design.Set in the 1950s, the play centers on an African-American father and his relationship with his son. Troy, a Negro League baseball player who never got a legitimate shot at the segregated major leagues and instead became a sanitation worker, tries to quash the football dreams of his son
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long offered a pre-law advising program, but continued interest in the program prompted the university to create a formal minor to meet student needs. The curriculum utilizes the American Bar Association’s guidance on undergraduate preparation for law school.“That event was so cool, and it went quite smoothly,” Whalen said. “A lot of the representatives were like, ‘yeah, we’ll definitely do this in the future,’ and one of the law schools even offered to come down and do one in-person.” Whalen also
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physics major. He knew how to succeed in college since he’d taken prerequisite classes and knew the difficulty of a STEM-focused schedule.Kop set his focus on mastering his physics and STEM courses. But he also needed other classes to fill out his schedule. “I chose Introduction to Latino Studies,” he said. “My mom and her side of the family are Mexican American, and I wanted to learn more about my background.” These courses truly altered Kop’s path. “Learning about my culture and my history was so
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authoritative new book that offers the first comprehensive history of American forensics, “Forensics in America: A History.” Building upon this tradition, PLU Speech & Debate has had a very successful season. With a largely new team and a new coach, the team’s success is not so surprising considering the amount of work members put into honing their craft. Tinker, for example, is not only working on old skills; he is working on something new. He and his teammates developed a never-before-seen strategy of
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moving.” She asked friend and fellow letterpress artist Chandler O’Leary to draw a pair of spectacles to pair with the quote. Instead, O’Leary illustrated the entire quote and the pair decided to sell 44 copies in honor of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. The piece sold out very quickly; the process was repeated with another quote, and the Dead Feminists letterpress poster series was born. Fast track to today, and in the year where the American presidential ballot featured its
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