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Tyler Crabe. They are not the only ones. On the following pages, meet other PLU graduates who believe that tackling the day’s issues, big and small is what university life is all about. They have asked themselves the question posed by poet Mary Oliver: “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” How about you? Aspire – Isaiah Johnson ’96 “I want students to be able to…” Volunteer – Guy Jensen ’08 “Dropping people off at the hospital…” Listen – Joyce Barr ’76 “I keep my mind open
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Family ties and academic pursuits: Parker Brocker-Knapp’s journey at PLU Posted by: mhines / May 19, 2023 Image: Parker Brocker-Knapp ’23 (PLU Photo / Emma Stafki). May 19, 2023 By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterParker Brocker-Knapp ’23 grew up in Portland, but Puget Sound never seemed far—thanks to close family ties to PLU. We sat down with Brocker-Knapp to learn more about how this senior made the most of his time at PLU.How did you choose PLU? I only entertained the
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Lambda Literary Award and winner of the 2009 Grub Street Book Prize. (His third collection of poems, Chord, will be published by Sarabande in 2015.) And, for the last 10 years, he taught at the low-residency MFA program at Warren Wilson College, the oldest program of its kind in the country. More about Rick Barot Barot was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned a bachelor’s of arts degree from Wesleyan University (1992) and a master’s of fine arts from The Writers
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November 18, 2010 PLU student and prof head to Antarctica for global warming research through study of rocks and ice By Barbara Clements In a lab littered with Hostess snack bars and French fry wrappers, geosciences student Mike Vermeulen ’12, turns to his computer and pops up a map of Antarctica, then points to a grid in the upper part of the frozen continent. PLU geoscience professor Claire Todd and PLU student Mike Vermeulen head to deep into Antarctica to study rocks that may help explain
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“A Holly Jolly Christmas”: Oppositional Binaries in McGrath and de Wilde’s Emma Posted by: ramosam / December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 By Madeline Scully Both Douglas McGrath and Autumn de Wilde seize upon the holiday scenes in Emma (1815), the only Austen novel with a Christmas scene. Each film’s Christmas scene display the cultivation of relationships and community-building. However, in their respective representations of Emma and Mr. Elton (McGrath) and Emma and Mr. Knightley (de Wilde
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Christmas Concert Gala to Feature Two Musical Premieres and a Superstar Headliner Posted by: Zach Powers / November 2, 2015 Image: Dr. Richard Nance conducts The Choir of the West at a 2014 PLU Christmas Concert. (PLU Photo/John Froschauer) November 2, 2015 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2015)- Pacific Lutheran University’s annual Christmas Concerts have entertained and inspired audiences across the Pacific Northwest for decades. For 2015, PLU is making
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PLU Sends Thoughts and Sympathy to Northwest Colleges Coping with Recent Tragedies Posted by: Zach Powers / October 2, 2015 October 2, 2015 TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 2, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University students and staff gathered outside Leraas Hall in the Rieke Science Center on Oct. 2. to write and sign sympathy cards for the communities of North Seattle College and Umpqua Community College. Five students of North Seattle College were killed Sept. 24 in a collision involving an amphibious tour
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Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical Posted by: nicolacs / June 8, 2023 Image: Dylan Ruggeri and Kenzie Knapp pose for their Senior Spotlight portraits, Friday, May 19, 2023, at PLU. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 8, 2023 By By Lora ShinnPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterTogether, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022.Both students are majoring in
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MediaLab recognized for latest documentary on higher education Posted by: Todd / March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLab receives an Award of Merit from The Accolade Competition of Southern California and the Grand Prize in the documentary category in the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) Electronic Media Competition.MediaLab received two awards for its most recent documentary film, These Four Years. The documentary, which premiered in Seattle in November 2015, has earned
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Mathematics major Lindsey Clark ’24 is a Noyce scholar and future teacher Posted by: Zach Powers / April 2, 2024 Image: Lindsey Clark ’24 will return to PLU in the fall to earn a Masters of Arts in Education and her teaching credential. (photos by Sy Bean/PLU) April 2, 2024 By Mark StorerPLU Marketing & Communications Guest Writer Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU
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