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for someone, and make a difference in a middle school kid’s life.” Jackson is in his third year at Pacific Lutheran University. He’s majoring in education and hoping to become a middle school math teacher after obtaining his master’s degree. He’s following a family vocation of sorts. Jackson’s mom was a third grade teacher and currently works as an administrator in Burlington, Wash. In total, six family members are employed as teachers or are in education administration as principals.The PLU
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doesn’t mean Kracht did not face challenges during the creation process. “There’s the writer’s block, the ‘where-does-it-go-from-here’ conundrums, the ‘why- should-I-be-trying-this’ misgivings. But one works through it all, believing that the original concept is worth the struggle,” Kracht says. “In the end one has to believe that what you have created is worthy of the goal and worthy of sharing with others.” After 33 years as conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and professor of clarinet
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Aimee Hamilton’s undergraduate course, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Religions of South Asia, gathers for a morning site visit at the Khalsa Gurmat School in Kent. Khalsa Gurmat is a nonprofit school that emphasizes Sikh history, Punjabi language, computing, art and math. The school also functions as…
PLU Religion class visits Sikh Temple Gurudwara Singh Sabha Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 20, 2016 February 20, 2016 By Lace M. Smith, captions by Aimee HamiltonPhotos by John Froschauer Aimee Hamilton’s undergraduate course, Religion and Culture: Contemporary Religions of South Asia, gathers for a morning site visit at the Khalsa Gurmat School in Kent. Khalsa Gurmat is a nonprofit school that emphasizes Sikh history, Punjabi language, computing, art and math. The school also functions
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time, Panetta announced that each branch of the armed forces would establish a Special Victims Unit. While these are promising first steps, much more needs to be done. To that end, The Invisible War is a call for our civilian and military leadership to listen. And to act.” Read Previous “A University of the First Rank” Read Next Pacific Lutheran University Inaugural Address COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are
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Mary Beth Sheehan ’00 is an award-winning attorney specializing in immigration law, including removal defense, asylum, U visas, VAWA claims, family-based petitions, adjustment of status and naturalization. Sheehan is one of 11 notable alumni currently featured in a billboard campaign that asks “what can you do with a PLU degree?” Others featured…
Mary Beth Sheehan ’00, Immigration Law Attorney Posted by: Zach Powers / November 18, 2015 November 18, 2015 Mary Beth Sheehan ’00 is an award-winning attorney specializing in immigration law, including removal defense, asylum, U visas, VAWA claims, family-based petitions, adjustment of status and naturalization. Sheehan is one of 11 notable alumni currently featured in a billboard campaign that asks “what can you do with a PLU degree?” Others featured in the campaign include Android co-founder
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October 1, 2011 New MediaLab film explains “Compassion Fatigue” and impact on aid workers Three PLU student filmmakers spent more than a year researching the cumulative effects of tragedy and trauma, which will soon be unveiled in a new documentary – “Overexposed: The Cost of Compassion.” The documentary focuses on the idea that there is a human toll associated with The new documentary from MediaLab, “Overexposed: The Cost of Compassion,” examines and defines “compassion fatigue.” repeated
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University of Health Sciences (PNWU) by signing two new agreements that will support PLU graduates interested in attending PNWU’s recently established Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) programs. These new agreements are in addition to a previous memorandum of understanding supporting PLU graduates interested in PNWU’s Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) program. PLU and PNWU, each dedicated to preparing students for impactful careers that directly
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is also something Gray does as the opportunity arises. He has received really positive feedback from students and it has allowed him to sharpen his understanding of his craft. As part of that, Gray recently started a figure drawing class which he attends with other artists every Thursday night. Together, Gray and Frances Buckmaster, an artist from Puyallup, hire a live model to come in for them and about 20 other artists to paint for mostly fun, but also to practice their skills. Gray’s
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the ethics of torture. Perry, ’81, is the Gen. Maxwell Taylor Chair of the Profession of Arms at the war college located in Pennsylvania. Perry earned his bachelor’s in religion from PLU in 1981 and Ph.D. in ethics and society from the University of Chicago divinity school in 1993. Kaurin, who met Perry at a faculty seminar at the Naval Academy, invited Perry to come to campus this fall. Perry is going to discuss the ethics of torture when viewed through the lens of warfare and intelligence
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The Evolution of Behavior Posted by: tpotts / November 12, 2021 November 12, 2021 Assistant Professor of Psychology Corey Cook has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to serve as a visiting researcher at the Social Cognition Center Cologne at the University of Cologne in Spring 2022. Cook’s project, titled “Investigating the influence of fundamental motives on social cognition,” will explore how evolved social goals, or fundamental motives, influence the use of stereotypes and appraisals of
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