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TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — Tolu Taiwo and Angie Hambrick know all about wearing natural hair in predominantly white spaces. “Hair is a really important piece of our culture and who we are, and it’s an interesting piece to navigate when you’re also at…
but also wanting to be in touch with their roots.” "For a lot (of the women), it was a personal health choice. Both thinking about the strength of hair but also wanting to be in touch with their roots."- Tolu Taiwo After the first journal they submitted to didn’t accept the article, Hambrick and Taiwo spent time fine-tuning the content, orienting the paper more toward higher education and student affairs. They then submitted it to the Association for the Study of Higher Education and National
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The PLU Theatre & Dance Department is lucky to have Amanda Sweger as a faculty member. Amanda has taught at PLU since fall 2012. She focuses on lighting and scenic design and has a professional practice outside the classroom. Continue reading to get to know…
from the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts in 2004. In 2011 I graduated with an MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University with a double primary emphasis in lighting and scenic design. Why did you decide to study theatre? What sparked your interest in theatre and how did your academic path and career develop from there? I have worked towards a profession in stage design with a single-minded passion since I was 17. I was the volunteer of the year at my local community theatre and
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Thomas W. Krise arrived as Pacific Lutheran University’s 13th president on June 1. He was chosen for his passion for a liberal arts education, as well as being a strategic thinker and first and foremost a teacher and an academic. (Photos by John Froschauer) What’s…
starts in describing the origin of the music and drums, Tom Krise just listens. And enjoys. It was an unplanned, serendipitous welcome home. Read Previous Skones Era Choir of the West Reunion Read Next I never thought I’d study away four times and still graduate on time COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade
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TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2017)- Kevin O’Brien, dean of the Division of Humanities, acknowledges that programs in his department could be hit hard when Pacific Lutheran University approves final cutbacks in the coming months. Still, he’s as committed as ever to the institution’s mission. On…
more simply, the mission of the university is going to remain, Belton said: “We know who we are. We will always be a liberal arts institution.” Read Previous Firmly Committed: In Response to DACA decision Read Next PLU students study Beyoncé, starships and Holocaust artifacts as part of eclectic fall curriculum COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn
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The PLU Theatre & Dance Department is lucky to have Amanda Sweger as a faculty member. Amanda has taught at PLU since fall 2012. She focuses on lighting and scenic design and has a professional practice outside the classroom. Continue reading to get to know…
from the Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts in 2004. In 2011 I graduated with an MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University with a double primary emphasis in lighting and scenic design. Why did you decide to study theatre? What sparked your interest in theatre and how did your academic path and career develop from there? I have worked towards a profession in stage design with a single-minded passion since I was 17. I was the volunteer of the year at my local community theatre and
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By Michael Halvorson, Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History The following excerpts were gathered from an April 24, 2018 conversation between Michael Halvorson, PLU student Teresa Hackler, and Economics professor Karen Travis. Hackler and Travis completed a Benson Summer Research project together in…
Careers Read Next Benson Research Fellows Study Terminal Illness LATEST POSTS Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released November 21, 2023 Benson Research Fellows to Present March 31, 2023 Summer Research Fellows Share Results October 15, 2021 Summer 2021 Benson Research Fellows Announced May 2, 2021
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Learning perspectives About a dozen students silently sit in a semicircle around a Makah woman, as she shows them how to make a cedar bracelet. Students mimic her as she holds several foot-long strands of cedar bark strung out from her mouth to her hands.…
authority that is uniquely based on their background. A big part of the study away program is for the students to learn how to recognize what created those varied perspectives – the people they met and the stories they heard helped guide that. “It’s a real important principal in anthropology,” he said. “There is no one Makah perspective any more than there is one American perspective.” Huelsbeck’s course has created a unique relationship between himself the tribe and PLU. Beginning as a graduate student
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Semester-long Themed Events Begin Feb. 12 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 15, 2015)—The semester beginning Feb. 4 at Pacific Lutheran University takes on a special focus…
, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, teaches courses on Sex Crimes and Sexual Violence and the Psychology of Black Women. She is the first holder of the Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence (2005-08) and the editor/contributor of the award-winning book Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue. 7 p.m., Chris Knutzen Hall, Anderson University Center. APRIL Dr. Carolyn Finney (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Monday, April 6
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Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…
was valuable or important. But they understood that if they go to the U.S., it’s probably a question they would be asked. So they needed to be ready to answer it.Study Away | PLUFind out about Study Away opportunities through PLU. Learn moreAt the end of the week, each student did a presentation on what they found most interesting in the class. One student chose as a topic my question about preferred pronouns, and he introduced himself with his pronouns. What were some of the cultural experiences
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Lost Boy of Sudan By Chris Albert The table in David Akuien’s South Hall apartment is covered with textbooks and worksheets, filled with meticulous notes. He sits down at the table and spends hours studying – this day it’s for an environmental studies test. David…
aren’t alive, but their words are still very much alive.” The study area, the décor on the walls is all very much Akuien. “This is home,” he said. For the first 12 years of Akuien’s life he did not have a home, at least not the way most people think of one. He had places to live, but the word, the meaning of home was lost. The comfort and safety associated with home did not exist. Since, the place the 22 year-old has called home the longest has been Tacoma, Wash. – the past five years at Pacific
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