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. “It was the saddest thing, that same damaging and devaluing feeling,” Chan said. Film Reflections Chan’s passion for social justice has primarily focused on education and the experiences of people of color. As a high school student, she created a documentary, “For the Culture,” focused on the importance and need of ethnic studies. Using a Canon camera to shoot the documentary and a laptop to edit the film, Chan taught herself necessary skills. “I really enjoyed using film as a cool way to tell my

visit PLU is to inspire and motivate the Department of Communication to get more engaged in peace building,” said Bryn. On Thursday, March 8, students, staff and faculty had the opportunity to see Bryn at work in a screening of the award-winning film “Reunion.” In the film, Bryn is shown leading a seminar for 10 Serbians and Albanians in March 1999, just weeks before the war broke out, and then sitting down with them 10 years later to discuss the war’s effects and how things have changed. “With

murder defenseless children and adults within Germany’s boundaries. Resistencia: The Fight for The Aguan Valley.  Thursday, Nov. 12 | 7 p.m. |  Xavier 201. Film screening and post-film discussion with Director Jesse Freeston. Indigenous Film Series Every Thursday of Fall Semester (Except Thanksgiving) | 7 – 9:30 p.m. | Hauge Administration 101  Each film will be introduced and followed with a brief discussion. The films, by Indigenous filmmakers from around the world, are being shown in conjunction

as the United States further militarizes its border with Mexico. Members of the O’odham Nation share their stories of life under the watchful eye of surveillance and the U.S. Border Patrol. The film project was directed and produced by students Brennan LaBrie, Hallie Harper, Hanna Mccauley, Sarah Ward, Raven Lirio, Emily Groseclose, Ben Leschensky and Seley Nemish. Communication Department faculty member Kate Hoyt is the documentary advisor for the team. Students began principal photography in

Hall. The opening reception is free and open to the public. Professor Geller held her position as photography professor at PLU for 33 years. She was also the first woman to be tenured in the Department of Art and Design. Originally from New York, Geller completed her undergraduate degree from New York University Film School where she studied with Haig Manoogian. Her graduate degree in photography was completed at Rochester Institute of Technology where she worked with Brad Hindson, Owen Butler, Bea

program possible for her. “They have picked up the pieces in every way when I have been stretched thin, and without their support I could not have managed all my responsibilities,” she says. Rosenlund spent the past semester in a preceptorship in the emergency room of St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. “I loved the experience and the people,” she says. “And it really suited me. I want to work in an emergency room.” She’s been encouraged by St. Francis nursing staff to apply for a permanent

West, women are not expected to marry young, but social prescriptions of desirability affect people of every gender around the world. Since Mary’s lines are generally funny both in and out of context, her memes reach people who have not seen the film even though they are created by and for the in-group of Persuasion moviegoers and Austen fans. Sometimes, however, context makes her lines and attitude less humorous on closer inspection. When put in relation to the colorblind casting of the film, her

longest-living orca in captivity—until she died in captivity in 2023. In 1980, Hugo rammed his head into the pool’s walls until he died of a brain aneurysm at age 15. Orcas typically live until their 90s. “Despite the significance of Hugo’s tragic story, it has not received the attention it deserves,” Stafki says. That’s why Stafki, a communication studies major with a concentration in film and media studies, decided to make Hugo the focus of her PLU capstone project. She’s producing a documentary

manager mentioned nearly half of those 10,000 troops were African-American, Wells decided it was time to dig into this relatively unknown story. “This really made my ears perk up. I had no knowledge of this history until then,” he said. Wells established a student-faculty research project in investigative journalism and recruited Shannon Schrecengost ’09 to help. The two quickly set to work poring over thousands of documents and conducting hundreds of interviews. All of this was compiled into a film

is a former composer and audio group manager of Atari Games/Time-Warner Interactive. Paul’s video game credits include the music scores and sound-designs for Gauntlet Legends, Maximum Force,  Pit-fighter, and Wayne Gretzky’s 3-D Hockey. His original score to FW Murnau’s silent film City Girl has been presented at the Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival, Astoria Music Festival, and by the Vancouver (WA) Symphony. Between getting acquainted with 50+ music faculty, becoming familiar with PLU’s