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July 11, 2013 Diving in to “Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis” For the past year and a half, MediaLab students Haley Huntington, Kortney Scroger, Valery Jorgensen and Katie Baumann have traveled throughout North America documenting the importance of water and perils facing our world’s most important natural resource. By Katie Baumann ’14 Water does not have feelings. This massive force of nature does not have a conscience. Water does not feel remorse when it washes away entire
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. Students spent the summer and fall of 2016 hard at work on “Changing Currents: Protecting North America’s Rivers,” which premiered at Tacoma’s Theatre on the Square at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. The MediaLab documentary team spent much of 2016 travelling across North America, talking to leading experts about issues such as watershed and river health, and the impacts of pollution and population growth on drinking water. Even though 10 years have passed, both Wells and MediaLab are looking
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the number of seedheads produced and any branches or unusual seedheads or leaf shapes. At the semester’s end, students collect seeds from each millet plant to mail back to Danforth, along with their findings. Expanding knowledge and opportunity The Mutant Millets project refines Setaria viridis, a small, hardy grass that grows wild throughout North America. Otherwise known as green millet, the grain is a high-protein food staple and more nutritionally dense than rice. The National Science
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Environmental Justice, from colonization to Standing Rock (Gilio-Whitaker) 2020: THICK, and other essays (McMillan) 2019: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (Vargas) 2018: Radical Hope : Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times (De Robertis) 2017: Black Girl Dangerous : On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender (McKenzie) 2016: Citizen : An American Lyric (Rankine) 2015:The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander) Other PLU workshops and educational campaigns
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side of the flags carry ceremonial rifles to symbolize that protection. As a university sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a focus on International Education, PLU educates students to protect and serve the world through many avenues. Thus, when the Academic Procession begins, the University Marshal carries the PLU mace, representing the academic authority and independence of the University, followed by the flags of the nations representing our graduating International
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Arts (PPAP): Literature The PLU literature program introduces students to the great literary traditions of Britain, North America and the English-speaking world, as well as courses in ethnic American, women’s and world literature. At the heart of the program are courses organized by historical period, allowing students to read the great works that define the periods and explore the ways in which cultural contexts have an impact on the literary imagination. Students who select the emphasis on
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Islam in America. As a former writing teacher, he feels both compelled and overwhelmed when trying to provide meaningful feedback to his many students. Seth believes that essays allow him to evaluate students’ critical thinking, but they require a substantial investment of time to evaluate. This dilemma is shared by instructors across disciplines and throughout history. Technology may be finally starting to improve this process. According to Seth, “Anything that helps me get through essays faster is
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water.” In her latest book, “Blue Covenant” Marlow urges against the privatization of water resources, such as is happening in Africa and Latin America. If water sources aren’t under some sort of public entity – then “it really doesn’t matter if you have all the water in the world” the resource will go to the highest bidder, rather than be conserved for the public good, she stated. For the most part Europe has kept much of its water resources in public hands – and the attempt by Pickens aside
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said. “Her sons or daughters may not be able to go to school because she’s out collecting water.” In her latest book, “Blue Covenant” Marlow urges against the privatization of water resources, such as is happening in Africa and Latin America. If water sources aren’t under some sort of public entity – then “it really doesn’t matter if you have all the water in the world” the resource will go to the highest bidder, rather than be conserved for the public good, she stated. For the most part, Europe
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. They want to offer more training opportunities in basic literacy, business, and relevant vocations, and this is where Bryant comes in. “It become really apparent that my goal in coming back to America was to raise money for this school,” Bryant said. “When I got back in April of last year, I started looking into the logistics of fundraising.” She hosted her first fundraiser, Cabaret for Change, on Feb. 8 at the Columbia Center Theater, which raised $5,000. The next event, Yoga for Change, is
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