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As a first-generation college student, Brandi Hilliard was nervous when she began her studies at Pacific Lutheran University. But those uncomfortable feelings soon diminished. “I found PLU to be a warm, supportive and an intimate community, which made it an easy place to fit in,”…
sizes where professors knew my name and offered office hours to chat about academics, career options and life in general. How did your experience and background prepare and inspire you for your new role as Director of Career, Learning & Engagement? Working with teenagers (as a high school English teacher) taught me that one of my biggest passions is helping students find their vocational calling, and then helping them turn their dreams into reality. Are you working on any projects that you would
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Photo 1 Director Pablo Martínez Pessi and students Elmer Coria-Islas, Kate Hall and Kaja Gjelde-Bennett. Photo Courtesy of P. Martínez Pessi. Photo 2 Film Screening Photo Courtesy of P.
also a challenging, disturbing experience that called into question their identities and their most important relationships. In the documentary, the children–today adults in their 30s and 40s living in Denmark, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Uruguay– opened up to Martínez Pessi to talk about their feelings then and today about their famous trip and the impact it had in their lives. The screening of “Your Parents Will Come Back” and Pablo Martínez Pessi´s visit were possible thanks to the support of
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Assistant Professor of Communication, Film & Media Studies | Communication, Media & Design Arts | bphipps@plu.edu | 253-535-7573 | Dr.
: New Horizons (2022) Conference Paper, Rhetorical Society of America, Trolling Teens vs. Trump: TikTok and the 2020 Presidential Campaign (2022) Competitive Paper – Visual Communication Division, National Communication Association, Visual Hyper-enthymemes: The Transformative Harm Behind Gendered Horror and Editing in Donald Trump’s YouTube Attacks (2021) Conference Paper, National Communication Association, Getting Back up Again After Being Knocked Down’: Capturing Undergraduate Students’ Language
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Karen McConnell, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer at Pacific Lutheran University. McConnell joined PLU in 1998 as a faculty member in Kinesiology and was appointed Dean of the School of Education & Kinesiology in the fall of 2018.…
university’s achievement of mission fulfillment. Throughout the spring semester, McConnell will continue to prioritize her responsibilities as Dean while gradually moving into her new role. She will fully transition to the role of Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer in June. Read Previous Keeping up with the rising costs of higher education (PLU highlighted) Read Next Confronting Mental Health: How the PLU community is demonstrating transformative care COMMENTS*Note: All
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They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. We visited six alumni who are thriving and making significant contributions to the progress and well-being of the Big Apple.
STORY Transformative Science Exciting improvements are coming to the Rieke Science Center and the Nursing Clinical Learning and Simulation Center. VIEW WEBSITE MEET THE CLASS OF 2023 The latest class of PLU graduates includes researchers, educators, advocates, artists and innovators. Captivated by Chemistry Emily Struck made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. She’s now pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry
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Major in Social Work 52 semester hours, including SOCW 245, 250, 350, 360, 460, 465, 475, 476, 485, 486, 498, and 499 SOCW 232 or SOCI 232 SOCI 101 STAT 233 (must be completed at PLU) 4 semester
practitioners. A volunteer experience in the field is a required component of this seminar-style course. (4) SOCW 175 : January on the Hill - VW, GE An intense experience of service and community work on Tacoma's Hilltop District and/or Tacoma's eastside where students learn firsthand about poverty and participate in community projects. (4) SOCW 232 : Research Methods This course will prepare students to demonstrate basic competencies in the knowledge, values, and skills of research methodology to analyze
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Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Art & Design and Hospitality Services & Campus Restaurants are helping raise money for the hungry, one bowl at a time. PLU’s annual Empty Bowls event will be on Tuesday, November 15, from 4-6 p.m. in the Anderson University Center.…
of an international grassroots effort to fight hunger, will raise money for the hungry in Pierce County. “This program helps both students and the community,” Steve Sobeck, Empty Bowl’s coordinator and resident instructor of art & design, said. “Students learn how big of an impact that art and ceramics can have, and the community is able to take pride that their bowl is hand made.” This year the ceramics program is planning on creating 150 to 200 bowls for the event. They hope to raise more money
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Pacific Lutheran University has announced the intention to return to in-person learning for Fall 2021. The news was shared with campus last Friday in an email from President Allan Belton. “Like every action we’ve undertaken as a community during the pandemic, this decision is being…
community safety measures,” Belton wrote. “We’ll be proceeding with caution, and reserving the ability to change course as the situation requires. We’re continuing to consult with the Tacoma–Pierce County Health Department and other public-health resources, and following their guidance to ensure that our return to campus continues to prioritize safety above all.” “The university’s Pandemic Recovery Planning Team has taken great care to put risk-mitigation strategies in place at PLU that will continue to
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Thursday, February 23 4-5:15 p.m. Opening Student Session – Regency Room, University Center (UC) 7-8:45 p.m.
” – Chris Knutzen (CK) Hall, UC (A keynote address presented in cooperation with and through the generous sponsorship of The Thor Heyerdahl Institute of Larvik, Norway.) Speaker (keynote II): Professor Terje Tvedt, Professor in History, University of Oslo and Professor in Geography, University of Bergen. Series Editor of the multi-volume series ” A History of Water” and author of two water documentaries shown world wide. 12:30-1:35 p.m. – Concurrent Session 2 2A) “Climate Change and Population Growth as
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Students are encouraged to do research with a faculty member during their undergraduate experience at PLU.
systems. Much of my past research has focused on interactions between herbivores and algae in marine systems. This has included studies of geographical gradients of herbivorous fish diversity and how temperature effects on physiology may play a role in driving this pattern and the effects of fisheries and disease on sea urchins and kelp forest ecology. My current research projects include studies of the community ecology of rocky shores of Puget Sound, disease ecology of sea urchins, and larval
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