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  • As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do not resemble the ivory towers of old.Vignette #1 Prime Time Family Reading Night I ask the question again… “what are symbols and why are they important?” My audience, a mix of children ages 6 to 10 and their families, settle into the

  • Oregon. In December, 2017, Teresa Hackler graduated from PLU with a History degree. Since then, she has presented her research in several venues, including the 2018 National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Oklahoma (April). Karen Travis is an Associate Professor at PLU and serves as Chair of the Economics Department. Her research focuses on the economics of health care access. Research Goals Halvorson: “Good morning, Teresa and Karen! Thank you for sitting down with me and letting our blog

  • July 27, 2011 Anthony Chan Bounleurt – spinning on his head. (Photo by John Froschauer) There’s a faith club for that By Barbara Clements It could be any evening on the ground floor of the University Center: A group of young men and women – about 25 of them – drift into the lounge area, greeting each other. Some chat; others open their laptops – all as if they are waiting for something. Then, someone cranks up the hip-hop, and its steady thrum echoes through the building. They start stretching

  • Teach 253: PLU partnership with Tacoma Public Schools supports aspiring teachers Posted by: Kari Plog / June 7, 2018 Image: Brittany Bowen ’18 enrolled in Teach 253 during her junior year at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, hoping to gain more exposure to her chosen career. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) June 7, 2018 By Debbie CafazzoContributing writerTACOMA, WASH. (June 7, 2018) — Brittany Bowen ’18 had barely started school when she chose her life’s work. By the age of 8, she’d decided to

  • and Friends Volly (Norby) Grande Our university family mourns the loss of one of the dearest Lutes, Volly Grande. As a graduate of the class of 1936, Volly served for the past three decades as a class representative and has been faithful in her effort to keep her classmates connected to the university. Volly often told how in the beginning of her PLU career she was a “day girl.” She would ride the cable car from downtown Tacoma out to Parkland to attend PLC. She said that on her first day of

  • Why Study Global & Cultural Studies at PLU? English will continue to grow as a global language, but the disadvantage of being an English-only speaker will grow as well: the world is becoming increasingly multi-lingual. Studying a foreign language may be a strategic – or even necessary – choice in bringing your “wild hopes and big dreams” onto the world stage. Learning to navigate a complex and global world requires a complex and global set of skills. Our programs aim to do more than enable you

  • July 7, 2008 Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this village is anchored by a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health care center. It provides care to the hundreds of people suffering from hunger, disease and the conflict of Sudan’s 30-year

  • Largest-ever PLU student cohort participated in rigorous mathematical modeling competition Posted by: Marcom Web Team / April 13, 2020 Image: Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Application (COMAP), the Mathematical Contest in Modeling competition allows student teams of three roughly 100 hours to solve an open-ended problem that challenges their mathematical modeling, computer programming and writing skills. April 13, 2020 By Kaitlin ArmstrongMarketing & Communications Guest

  • admire seas of colorful blooms.A graduate of PLU’s MBA program, Miller is CEO of Spinach Bus Ventures, a group of five longtime friends that bought Tulip Town last June, anticipating a return on their investment once the tourists arrived in the spring. Sales of bulbs, bouquets, and other merchandise during the festival could account for as much as 95 percent of the farm’s annual revenue. But that was before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) struck, and Gov. Jay Inslee issued a stay-at-home order in

  • Two PLU students spend the summer reading the stars Physic professors Katrina Hay and Sean O’Neill and students Julian Kop ’24 and Jessica Ordaz ’24 observe and characterize variable stars and globular clusters at PLU’s W. M. Keck Observatory. Posted by: mhines / August 28, 2023 Image: As part of their summer research at PLU, physics professors Sean O’Neill and Katrina Hay, and student researchers Julian Kop (pictured) and Jessica Ordaz utilize the specialized telescope at the W. M. Keck