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something. She snapped a few pictures in the Mortvedt library — where she initially intended to study for class — and posted them to social media. Then, Anderson encouraged her friends to take pictures with paper signs, finishing the phrase “Will ____ Be Next?” And the campaign was born. “We just did it,” Anderson said. “We took a couple pictures and it was not very well planned, because we didn’t think it would go very big.” Anderson and others use social media and public rallies to spread the
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awareness. “I didn’t really know what I was getting into!” Jore says. “I think the biggest challenge was that we were learning a lot of different techniques in class while we were working with Heritage, so we had a lot of new things to learn at the same time we were doing the project.” The project required Dixon and Jore to use a wide variety of research and analysis methods taught in the MSMA program. The students were prepared, and their individual strengths proved to be an ideal match for their
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work in Seattle, Spokane, or San Diego, go, I will never tell you not to go. But if you want to do, say, architecture and you just don’t know any architectural firms locally, well here, let me introduce you to three great local firms and then you can figure out if it’s a good fit for you or not. I just want to provide exposure to students.” One of many impactful programs managed by Tacoma-based nonprofit Degrees of Change, Seeds Internships also hosts a weekly class with participating students to
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is an interdisciplinary program focused on creative solutions, using design thinking, collaboration, and entrepreneurial mindsets. Working in teams, students develop opportunities and solutions for contemporary problems. The program’s class options span the gamut from video game history to business to graphic design. A makerspace in Hinderlie Hall offers sewing machines, electronics, paints, and more for crafting inventions. In an innovation seminar, Ambachew learned about the cyclical creative
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streams through the Viking Ship Prow door outside of the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU. Changes to tradition are nothing new, and are in fact what humanities is all about. Upon being asked why people should be connecting to humanities spots like the SCC, Schroeder says, “[The] idea of tradition being passed on, it changes. You’ll hear me say, if you ever have to take a class with me, all tradition is change, which is a quote from Swedish folklorist Barbro Klein.” He emphasizes that tragedies
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his teaching are indirect, and may not be recognized by the students right away, if ever. This is in stark contrast to his brief time as an EMT, where the effects of his job were tangible and literally life-changing. However, Schaumberg still changes lives, whether or not students are aware of it. “It might be ten years from now that you think ‘man, that book we read ten years ago just has stuck in my brain,’” Schaumberg said. “And you might just be a little different from a class you took from me
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Summer Internships: Economics Posted by: vcraker / September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 Travis McDaneld ’23 is entering his fourth year at PLU as an economics major, minoring in data science. When he enrolled at PLU, he had every intention of majoring in business, although he admits to not having any idea about what he wanted to do after graduation. But when he took a microeconomics class, he says it all clicked, and he knew what he wanted to study. Through The Alumni & Student Connections
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from substance use disorder. She is also an intern at the Franklin Pierce School District office, working under the McKinney-Vento coordinator, helping students experiencing homelessness. “I hope my story will inspire some people. I achieved goals I thought would be impossible,” Lucas says. Part of that success, Lucas says, is due to PLU’s approach. She could bring her daughter when necessary or desired, whether to PLU’s students of color retreat or a math class. “PLU makes space for the non
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Professor, Department of Communication Amanda Feller, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Joanne Lisosky, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Diane Harney, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Read Previous #BetweenArtAndQuarantine Challenge Read Next Socially Distant Ceramics Class LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana
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