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TACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 4, 2016)- Kamari Sharpley-Ragin reluctantly admits that he used to joke about racism. The ninth-grader from Lincoln High School in Tacoma says it didn’t seem like a big deal, since he never really experienced overt discrimination himself. Now, he says he knows…
college students, at times offering them a humble reminder of their privilege. “They’ve been the ones to consistently contribute,” Reese said of the ninth-graders. “The level of maturity I’ve seen from (the students) has been unparalleled.” During the workshops, many said it became clear that the Lincoln students shared similar experiences of discrimination, but they didn’t know the language for building a dialogue around them. Those experiences included students of color feeling that they are held to
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A pair of nursing students in grey scrubs knock on the door, wash their hands, and greet little Jillian, who rests in a bed connected to beeping monitors. The child opens her eyes and whimpers, then coughs. As the students listen to Jillian’s lung sounds,…
Nursing’s new Clinical Learning and Simulation Center. Located on the corner of Garfield Street and Pacific Avenue in the building that formerly housed the PLU bookstore, the 16,000-square-foot center will help PLU respond to a critical public need, as Washington state is facing a drastic shortage of nurses. There is a growing demand for bachelor- and graduate degree-prepared nurses fluent in both technology and leadership to address the complex and rapidly changing healthcare environment. PLU is known
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In their own words By Chris Albert Soon new PLU graduates will go out into the world. In the following, some Lutes share their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences have been and what’s the next chapter in their lives. More…
world and succeed. Tiffany Brown- Bachelor of Business Administration (concentration in marketing) Why PLU? After looking at several private schools in the greater Washington area I chose PLU because of its well known name and reputation for the School of Business. The biggest thing that attracted me to PLU was the beautiful campus and the Morken Center, which was built only a year before I graduated high school. The brand new building and excellent academic recognition are what first brought me to
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By Damian Alessandro ’19 The Innovation Studies program at Pacific Lutheran University is interested in the diverse environments innovation can be found in, including the entertainment industry. The popularity of HBO’s blockbuster show, Game of Thrones, highlights an important place to study innovation principles. Spoiler…
to its ending. As many as 1.5 million fans, a number which is growing, have signed a petition to remake the entire final season, a scheme as doomed as Daenerys’ and Jon’s relationship. Whatever way the show ended, it continued to do what it had been doing all along: subverting expectations and creating discussions about what was great and what wasn’t so much. And as we reflect on the shows’ successes and failures, many of us are asking what we can learn from the series’ use of innovation
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‘My journey into compassion fatigue’ Editor’s note: In this story, Katie Scaff ’13 writes about her experiences creating the documentary Overexposed – an examination of compassion fatigue, with two other students and her communications professor. The faculty-student research project exposes students to the realities of…
off the road to ask someone where the affected area was and they said, “Keep driving, you can’t miss it.” We continued down the main road, took a left after, and there it was. The first thing we saw was the high school. The roof had collapsed on half of the building, looking like it had been hit by a series of bombs, like it could collapse at any moment. MediaLab’s Overexposed team (Hailey Rile ’12, Katie Scaff ’13, and Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath ’12) interviews retired disaster coordinator Ron
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Thomas W. Krise arrived as Pacific Lutheran University’s 13th president on June 1. He was chosen for his passion for a liberal arts education, as well as being a strategic thinker and first and foremost a teacher and an academic. (Photos by John Froschauer) What’s…
celebrate the team’s national championship with the first pitch of a Seattle Mariner’s game. Soon the meet-and-greets will turn to the types of things that, as he said, “keeps every college president up at night.” Until then, both he and Patty will continue to introduce themselves to the PLU community. At one of PLU’s summer traditions – the berry festivals – the Krises step out of the Hauge Administration Building, they are greeted by the warm sounds of Caribbean music from a steel drum band. Before he
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2017)- Kevin O’Brien, dean of the Division of Humanities, acknowledges that programs in his department could be hit hard when Pacific Lutheran University approves final cutbacks in the coming months. Still, he’s as committed as ever to the institution’s mission. On…
working group that meets regularly to think of ways to support all people affected by these decisions and the process by which the decisions will be made. “We’re building a solid social support network,” Ceynar said. “It was one of the first things we discussed when the group was formed this summer.” Belton said Gregson’s insistence on maintaining that support system embodies PLU’s mission and commitment to care. From the beginning, even as the committee was being formed, the process has been handled
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Campaign ends, surpasses goal by $22 million A performance in the Studio Theater in Eastvold Hall, which was recently renamed the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. By Greg Brewis The university’s most recent fundraising campaign was launched amid buoyant economic times, in…
. Contributors included Jon ’63 and Mari Kvinsland, Naomi (Roe ’53) and Don ’50 Nothstein, and Gene ’62 and Carla ’64 LeMay. Martin J. Neeb Center A new home for the university’s award-winning jazz and NPR news radio station, KPLU, was funded by the campaign. It was named for Martin J. Neeb who served as general manager of the station from 1981 to 2007. Martin’s brother, Larry Neeb, a PLU regent, was the largest single benefactor of the building. Athletics, Wellness and Recreation Capital Projects Several
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Mark Lee, Mimi Granlund and Matt Hubbard and the apparatus they built to help them understand how the roughness and size of a tongue would affect the amount of water an animal could lap up and still be efficient. (Photos by John Froschauer) What exactly…
days later. She got the job. Read Previous Building leaders through faith, trust and risk-taking Read Next Kennedy memories 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 November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching and learning experiences in China November 4, 2024
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As Katherine Voyles’ insightful essay on the discourse around Persuasion (2022) demonstrates, historical inaccuracy has been pegged as one of Carrie Cracknell’s unforgivable misdeeds, especially related to the use of contemporary language and even the protagonist’s bangs . Yet when I finally watched the film,…
fertility’s promise and, it follows, motherhood.The meaning of the woman-rabbit relationship is familiar: then as now, rabbits are associated with sexuality, fertility, and spring. The famous natural historian, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), qualified rabbits’ “fecundity” as “astonishing,” noting that a pair might produce as many as 1, 274, 840 offspring in the span of four years. Bewick also notes that rabbits begin reproducing at five months, which might further explain why this quadruped is companion to a
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