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Caitlin Zimmerman throughout their impressive college careers. “From the moment they arrived at PLU, they all were doing this work, whether in social justice or inequality and inequity,” Feller said. “They’ve all crisscrossed. Most have done a full semester abroad; almost all are involved in the Network for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management. Students who do that work come my way.” Together the cohort incorporates the essential role of communication in understanding the nature of conflict and of

, reading authors like Meg is especially important.”  For pre-lecture reading, event organizers recommend Medina’s acclaimed books “Merci Suárez Changes Gears,” “Evelyn Del Ray is Moving Away,”  “Burn Baby Burn,” and Medina’s most recent book “Merci Suárez Cant Dance,” publishing on April 8.  “Using children’s literature to introduce, educate, and guide children through difficult subjects is challenging, yet necessary,” says Gardiner. “Meg has mastered this in her own work time and time again, making

able to work with a former student on this important project. What has been the timeline of this project? I got connected with my producer Tina Huynh for a story from the Vietnamese community. We began having planning meetings last December and January and started the filming process in February. We continued interviews and b-roll collection through June and had the first cut of the film in August. Why is it important for our community to understand how Vietnamese-American immigrants honor their

,” Dehoney said. “My parents were both teachers.” But working with children at the YMCA as a college intern changed that. She’s now the senior aquatics director at the Lakewood YMCA. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I knew I wanted to work with kids,” Dehoney said. “I finally found what I wanted. This is what I want to do with my life. All the pieces came together.” Laubach found his passion for teaching later in life. He had graduated from PLU with a double major in communication and chemistry

contributing to work that aims to educate and inform people about infectious diseases.   The third-generation Pacific Lutheran University graduate conducts backyard surveillance of mosquitoes in Atlanta, where she works as a field manager at Emory University. Her team collects and identifies the insects, working in and outside the lab studying the spread of West Nile virus. Blakney said it was PLU’s commitment to global citizenship, social justice and environmental conservation that helped her discover her

president Jimmy Carter called Foege one of the two men in his life, other than his father, “who have shaped who I am.” Also speaking at the dedication, Bill Gates credited Foege with providing early guidance for development of the global health team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In his 2000 commencement address, Foege urged graduates at that time to become explorers. He urged them to be involved, and not just be spectators in life. “Give quality work throughout your lives,” he said, even

and audience-response clickers. Joanne Lisosky, Associate Professor of Communication: To accelerate expansion of The Mast’s online presence, the staff will receive training and consultation by Mark Briggs, a national expert on integrated news media and digital literacy. The $1,000 grant will pay for three sessions by Briggs with selected students, faculty, and staff. Wendelyn Shore, Associate Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences: Shore will use $980 for four “Inquisit” licenses to

Research scientist Rihana Mason to visit PLU for presentation and book signing Posted by: Zach Powers / April 20, 2022 April 20, 2022 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsExperimental psychologist Rihana Mason will visit PLU on May 3 to discuss the work of the Academic Pipeline Project and her book, “Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelors to the Professoriate.” Mason is a research scientist at the Urban Child Study Center at Georgia State University and

back seat with the annoying brother or the arrogant sister, and if things are really bad, having a middle sibling wedged in between. The latter usually threatening to barf or fart their way cross country. This is the setting of Paula Vogel’s one-act play “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” which will be performed along with two other plays by Thornton Wilder – “The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden” and “The Wreck on the Five-Twenty-Five.” All three plays are adapted and directed by assistant

preparing to hold his second solo show with the Linda Hodges Gallery in November. But it wasn’t an accident that Mangan succeeded in living as a full-time artist; it took a lot of hard work, self-motivation and discipline; the road was not devoid of challenges. Where has life taken you since leaving PLU? Immediately after graduating from PLU I spent a year as a Fulbright Fellow in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany. Next was grad school, first at Central Washington University and