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Look What (and Who) is New at PLU The newest members of PLU’s faculty gather in front of the library. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications It’s a historic time at PLU as we mark our 125th academic year, but…
Yaden, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies. Learn more, and watch a video about PLUTO, here. PLU Center for Media Studies and MediaLab students, from left, Taylor Lunka, Olivia Ash and Amanda Brasgalla conduct community-based field research. (Photo: Robert Marshall Wells) The Center for Media Studies Designed to “invert the classroom,” the School of Arts and Communication’s new Center for Media Studies (CMS) launched this fall to provide students with even more opportunities to apply their
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PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families…
place to begin to live again, to build new relationships, to heal the wounds of the past. Yet the struggle to survive and provide for their families still persists. Screening & Ice Cream What: Film screening of Sweet Dreams, followed by Q&A with director Lisa Fruchtman and an ice-cream social. When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. Where: Anderson University Center Regency Room, PLU campus. Sponsors: The Kurt Mayer Endowment for Holocaust Studies, PLU Holocaust and Genocide Studies, PLU School of Arts
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During the 2023-2024 academic year, 2,345 students received PLU-funded aid, with the average PLU student receiving $37,036 in scholarships. Through scholarship support, donors are part of a network of care that supports students in pursuing their educational goals, unlocking their full potential, and becoming leaders…
one day I can repay the favor to another hard-working student. Thank you to the donors who are supporting me; it makes me feel that all my hard work did pay off.” Austyn Blair ’25, English Lit and Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Religion, Gender and Sexuality Studies “My goals are to teach English and/or work in genocide prevention and education. I want to educate others as I educate myself.” Austyn Blair ’25 has a full schedule. He is majoring in English Literature and minoring in Holocaust and
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Q&A With Professor Michael Stasinos and Associate Professor Bradford Andrews By Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—In a groundbreaking merger of art and anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University Art Professor Michael Stasinos has been developing important historical illustrations…
be drawing for an archaeological project, students not only have to do research and preliminary studies; they also have to communicate with someone else at stages of its development to show the progress and get feedback and make changes based upon that feedback. I saw it as a great opportunity for students to experience. Instead of having one student doing something for him, I tried to give students the opportunity to build something over time. Andrews: My specialty is stone-tool analysis, so I
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Pacific Lutheran University welcomes internationally renowned organist Nathan Laube to campus on September 11, 2016 at 3 pm. Described as one of the world’s elite organ performers, Laube will kick off the Richard D. Moe Organ Series. Laube is a Grammy-winning organist, who tours and…
Classical Compendium in the 58th Grammy’s and his performances have been acclaimed by critics at home and abroad. Laube also serves as an Assistant Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Laube will be performing on the Mary Fuchs and Gottfried organ. This is the hallmark of the Lagerquist Concert Hall, and the base for the PLU organ studies program. Laube will be the first performer of the organ series, with his contemporaries performing throughout the year. For more
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The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 .a.m to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open . This year the conference…
prejudices, violence, and other forms of dehumanization. Each conference offers opportunities to learn from major scholars whose research focuses on the Holocaust. Conference sessions also highlight interdisciplinary approaches to Holocaust and Genocide Studies, with especially strong attention given to the arts, humanities, social sciences, health sciences and education. This year’s conference will be the first official collaboration with the Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, since
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“Commencement means the culmination of hard work and accomplishments with my teammates and my classmates — so it’s a great day.” Our recent graduates reflect on the countless late nights spent studying, the friendships forged, the challenges overcome, and the personal growth they’ve experienced.
Henri Coronado-Volta ’23 discusses his global studies major, studying away, and his plans to attend UW’s Public Health Epidemiology program LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global Studies November 18, 2024 You Ask, We Answer: Do you have Marine Biology? November 15, 2024
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Join Portland native, Jess Mason for a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global…
What’s in our room? With Jess Mason ’24 Posted by: mhines / March 11, 2024 March 11, 2024 Join Portland native, Jess Mason for a tour of their room in Hong Hall. Hong Global Hall is for local, national, and international students. Located in the middle of upper campus, it is home to a unique living/learning community consisting of six language and global engagement houses: Chinese, French, Global Studies, Indigenous Languages, Spanish, and the International Honors program.Check out Hong Hall
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What would happen if Mr. Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth was not delivered? Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) , written and directed by Isobel McArthur, asks the audience to reflect on our unacknowledged erasure of servants as characters in novels, plays, and other cultural representations. Not…
together. All actors are dressed in white shift-dresses and throughout the play they add a different dress or coat over the shift-dress to symbolize which Austen character they are portraying. As an audience it is easy to get swept up in the way these characters are embodied by the actors, but throughout the play they break the fourth wall to remind us that they are portraying servants to showcase their importance to the plot.One of the most compelling aspects of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is its
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Embracing the past to learn about the future To understand the future there is a need to understand the past. Angie Hambrick, director of the Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, said too many people have forgotten the past.“We’re so wrapped up in our present,” she…
students experience social justice and action,” Baillon said. “Our goal is to teach people to be mindful and aware.” Hambrick said there is a diverse range of students enrolled on the trip, and this will bring a variety of meaningful perspectives to the group. She said there is everyone from white students to students of color, first-years to seniors and students across disciplines. First-year Laurie Reddy is majoring in social justice, and enrolled for the trip to learn the history behind the issues
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