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Five exceptional staff members receive PLU’s Distinguished Staff Award at annual holiday banquet Posted by: Jeffrey Roberts / January 5, 2024 Image: Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Staff Awards are honored during the annual holiday banquet on Thursday, December 14, 2023. From left to right, recipients are Keleigh Allen, Greg Briggs, Seth Carlson, Jennifer Childress-White and Ryan Marsh. January 5, 2024 By Jeffrey RobertsPLU Marketing & CommunicationsAwardees are nominated for their

status as a white male, and thus began his activist work with the group. Professor Albrecht says, “We’re in a crisis as a country and as a concerned citizen, I had to get involved.” He also expressed concern about the “brand of politics Trump is practicing and the support he gained from demonizing various ethnic and religious groups.” Professor Albrecht believes that the importance of Indivisible lies in the fact that “a lot of people feel isolated, and this group is a unifying factor. We combat

described her recent relationship with the artists as a moment for her to “fan-girl”. Mare has collected work from all three artists over the years, and just recently reached out to them via Instagram for the show. “I actually completed my undergrad with Kristin!,” Mare remarked. “It wasn’t until this show that I reconnected with her, but I have been collecting her artwork for years.” “Her work will include her VIT Ceramics white line series, interpreting modern styles in contemporary ways.” Even though

development learning experience that provides a supportive space where participants can engage in frank and open dialogue about race and racial disparities systemically present in work, school, and everyday life.November’s event will be the 11th edition of The People’s Gathering and the featured speaker will be Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. Moore is a proven leader in the fields of educators in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. He is the Founder/Program Director for the White

up, Watts was bullied by people who labeled her an “outsider” from an early age. Where some might have been crushed or silenced by that designation, however, she’s grown from it and learned to become a self-advocate.“Sometimes I still feel like an outsider in my own community,” she said. “I was very aware that I was different — I see in an array of rainbows, and other people see black and white.” Watts said if it wasn’t for her aunt, who urged her mother to get Watts diagnosed, this might have

enormous cone-shaped structure, we sang a special program under the direction of world-renowned composer F. Melius Christiansen of St. Olaf College in Minnesota. What a stunning appearance he made as he stepped onto the platform: He had white hair and was dressed in white from head to toe—even his baton was white! People from all over the world attended, and when the concert ended, the audience stood and cheered. It was a thrilling experience for all of us. By this time, the choir had become one big

People’s Gathering begins with remarks from keynote speakers that frame the day’s theme. Then the conference divides attendees into small discussion groups according to which racial identity box each person checked when they registered for the event. Cunningham says the small group discussions engage attendees in “frank and open conversations about race, equity and inclusion.” “In those dialogue rooms you explore how you are moving through and navigating race as a white person, as a black person, as a

documentary films, including the Emmy award-winning film “Illicit Exchanges: Canada, the U.S. and Crime” and “Oil Literacy,” which premiered last October and has since been awarded an honorable mention in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Documentary Competition. For more information about MediaLab and the projects the organization has produced, visit https://www.plu.edu/medialab/. Read Previous Actors explore the world of Japanese puppetry Read Next Coming Full Circle

Nettles and Kathy Collins. Prior to teaching at PLU, Geller taught at Stockton State College in New Jersey and Wagner College in New York. During her career at PLU, Geller was able to expand class offerings from basic black and white film development, to more advanced color photography and computer imaging. When she first arrived, black and white film photography was the primary class offered. This was followed by color photography where “my students and I refurbished a color processor that had been

The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 5, 2014 September 5, 2014 PLU recently had the honor of hosting Dr. Carolyn Finney, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California-Berkeley and author of Black Faces, White Spaces, at our annual University Conference to kick off the new academic year.  She reminded us that we are inescapably interwoven with each other and with the Earth.  What we do