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with undocumented student identities a lot, but it also intersects with so many of our other students on campus,” said Nicole Juliano, Assistant Director of the Diversity Center and task force member. The task force has also created financial support systems to help cover the cost of DACA renewal, and has set aside two Rieke Fellowships in the Diversity Center. “With things like this (the Rieke Fellowship) we are embedding in university culture that this is something we want to make sure doesn’t go
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designs and, each day, endeavor to design something more elaborate, more beautiful. Thirumurthy uses the kolam to describe something else – something for which she earned a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to study in her native India. She uses the kolam to describe what is called “funds of knowledge” – the idea that children, especially young girls, gain knowledge not simply in the classroom, but through their family and their culture. In the case of the kolam, children learn not just
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American art The art of history : African American women artists engage the past Creating their own image : the history of African-American women artists Now dig this! : art & Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 Jean-Michel Basquiat Basquiat Black visual culture : modernity and postmodernity Child of the fire : Mary Edmonia Lewis and the problem of art history’s Black and Indian subject Elizabeth Catlett : an American artist in Mexico Seeing the unspeakable : the art of Kara Walker Kara Walker : pictures from
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media organization that works with clients in the Tacoma community and creates yearly documentary projects.Living on the Edge captures the story of North Cove residents who refuse to give up without a fight. The fates of homes, businesses, cranberry farms and fisheries will be determined by the quickly eroding coastline. The Pacific Ocean is projected to engulf the area by 2050 if left unchecked. Director Garrett Johnson states, “I hope people will continue to support North Cove’s fight against
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May 27, 2008 Hughes encourages classmates to be global citizens President Anderson, Faculty and Staff, Representative from the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs, Family and Friends, invited guests, and fellow graduates, Good Afternoon. It gives me great pleasure to stand before you today as a representative of the graduating class of 2008. I am overwhelmed and overjoyed. College…the adventure into a dark tunnel. A space filled with papers, deadlines, challenges
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8 in the Diversity Center.All members of the Pacific Lutheran University community are invited to attend—and lie down, as if dead—in response to lives lost as a result of police brutality. Shelondra Harris ’17, vice president of Black Student Union, said this event is a response to events leading up to and following the violence in Ferguson, Missouri. “The death of Mike Brown was not the first instance that fueled us to make a change; however, it shook the nation so much that we thought it was
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distance hypothesis and syntactic distance hypothesis. The primary body of research focuses on the syntactic distance hypothesis whereas the results of this study point to an interaction of both, predominantly supporting linear distance. Laura McCloud, Ph.D., and Andrea Capere Department of Sociology Whither the Redneck: Symbolic Violence in ‘Redneck Media’ Severtson Fellowship We show that “redneck media” is a cultural product of the Great Recession. Given that many formerly middle-class Americans
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Convocation, Opening of the New Year Posted by: Thomas Krise / September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 PLU marks the opening of our ‘new year’ with Convocation. This ceremony dates back to customs from medieval universities meant to welcome new students and new faculty, and to set intentions for the year ahead — together. This morning, I had the honor of speaking to our Lute community and sharing in the tradition and energy of the day! Creating a culture of sustainable and responsible citizenship
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Holocaust Conference. PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s educational commitment to help students develop as global citizens; future leaders; and whole, richly informed persons.“Close study of the Holocaust and other examples of mass violence challenge us to push far beyond our comfort zones,” said Associate Professor Rona Kaufman, Chair of PLU’s English Department. And, while other films have documented the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide, Sweet Dreams tells a
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at a grocery store in Kentucky after a failed attempt to barge into a historically black church minutes before. On Friday, a suspect was arrested after explosive devices were mailed to elected officials and news organizations. The suspect in custody had railed against minoritized groups in hate-filled messages online. On Saturday, we woke to news of a mass shooting at Shabbat morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh where 11 congregation members were killed. This happened just
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