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  • Annotating with Hypothes.is is fairly easy! Below we have provided screenshots to illustrate the process. We will be adding a video soon to show you how to move between logging on to Hypothes.

    link to your annotation and select the URL. Make sure it is complete before heading back over to Hypothes.is As you would with most digital documents, then look for the link icon on the tool bar. This will create a function that will allow you to copy-paste the URL to your annotation. To add an image, find the image online. Then right-click on your mouse or pad, and select “Copy Image Address.” Then, return to your annotation and click the image icon on the tool bar. This will create a function

  • PLU Awarded PSE Foundation Grant to Update Campus Emergency-Notification System PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University has received a $15,000 grant from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation to increase the university’s capacity to respond to the campus community and the public during emergencies and…

    Help Station than the cost of replacing the campus’ outdated analog “Blue Phones,” the Metis system provides greater campuswide coverage, based on reliable digital technology, and allows exterior and interior notifications through a single system. In Phase One of the project, PLU will install eight Metis Help Station interior devices (pictured) on campus this summer—one each in the Anderson University Center, the Mortvedt Library, the Hauge Administration Building and the Wang Center for Global

  • Pacific Lutheran University has been selected for a second time to receive funding from Pierce County Connected, a collaborative philanthropic fund led by the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and United Way of Pierce County in response to COVID-19. PLU will receive $8,470 to support mental…

    PLU. Read Previous PLU digital campaign explores the meaning of the words “anti-racist,” “anti-Blackness,” “decolonize” and “BIPOC” Read Next Evolutionary psychologist Corey Cook from Pacific Lutheran University Speaks on the Dangers of Implicit Bias 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 Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition

  • Big Tech sometimes gets a bad rap, with critics pointing to its potential for spying on us, tricking us or leading us to rack and ruin. But technology can be a greater force for good. Justin Spelhaug, vice president of the Tech for Social Impact…

    Tech for Social Impact group, he served as chief marketing and operations officer for Microsoft Asia Pacific. He helped launch the Unlimited Potential organization within Microsoft, focused on developing new and more affordable computing solutions to help close the digital divide for lower-income societies globally. Halvorson said a number of PLU alumni have gone to work at Microsoft and other tech companies, and they have had their hand in major technological innovations. But few realize that high

  • Though the library building has been closed, PLU Library faculty and staff have been hard at work bringing new services online to improve access to library resources. Find them at the PLU Library and Archives and Special Collections websites: New Library Search Interface What’s changed?…

    websites and databases. New Archives and Special Collections Interface What’s Changed? The Archives and Special Collections has launched a collections management system and discovery platform.  Why did we do it? Improved user experience and more effective searching of Archives and Special Collections holdings. A single platform for accessing archival descriptions, digitized collections, and born digital content. More accurate and improved descriptions and metadata. What do I need to do? Check it out

  • Why do we evaluate information In a world full of information that is steeped in algorithms, for-profit motivations, and biases, how do we determine the truth? And how do we know which information

    to decipher. Notes on Nuance The landscape of misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda is complex and cannot be explained through simple definitions. And some sources may define these terms differently. Intentions can be muddled and confusing amidst a mass media machine that is very much based in an inequitable reality. Someone may share disinformation online, but may have no idea that what they are sharing is false because this information is being presented from a source they were told

  • What is research and why do we do it? Research always starts with asking a question; it comes from a desire to fill in the gaps and expand upon our collective knowledge.

    primary source is a first-hand account of a situation or event or any original information source before it has been analyzed. Oftentimes, a primary source tells you what was being said about a topic at the time it took place. Below are some examples of primary sources: Statistical data sets Empirical research Literary and art works (novels, plays, poems, paintings) Speeches, diaries, memoirs Historical newspapers Eyewitness reports (interviews, photographs, social media) Secondary: Secondary sources

  • Water is the basis of life on planet Earth, but from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle and beyond, many major waterways and water supplies are threatened by drought, pollution and population growth. Thursday, April 10, PLU and the greater community are invited…

    and editor, said while the news media almost exclusively report about water scarcity in developing parts of the world, Tapped Out uncovers serious water challenges in North America. “It’s an attempt to communicate the current status of water and how the developed nations aren’t as prepared as we think that they are,” Scroger said. “We don’t have as much water as we think we do.” During research and production of the film, the students conducted dozens of interviews, meeting with citizens, farmers

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music and the Dick and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies will host the PLU Weathermon Jazz Festival on Tuesday, March 21. The public is invited to the festival’s evening concert showcase featuring Aubrey Logan, the PLU…

    , all students with an ID and 18 years and younger Tickets are also available through Eventbrite and, if still available, at the door. Read Previous Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle Read Next PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts

  • Journalism news for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Student travels to NYC to speak on media convergence PLU is on the forefront of journalism standards Samantha Lund is a senior Communication major with an emphasis in Journalism. Her studies focus on multimedia journalism. In March, Lund gave a presentation in New York City regarding her capstone research on media convergence. Every year, the… March 23, 2016 Journalism