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. Along with showings at the history museum and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, the film was broadcast on Tacoma public television station KBTC and the city’s cable network Click!. The pair presented their findings at the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States in Toronto and the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium in Vancouver, B.C. The honors keep coming, as Schrecengost won a regional first place award from the National Broadcasting Society. “I never thought I
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professor and director of jazz studies at PLU. He is a native of Memphis, Tenn., mentored by jazz piano great James Williams. Deacon-Joyner came to western Washington from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he held the position of associate professor of jazz studies from 1986 to 2000. He has served as clinician and adjudicator at festivals and workshops in Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Idaho and Washington. He is the lead instructor for the Great
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should be is simple. It’s discourse and deliberation. Our federal government has become so polarized that they fail to talk about anything.” Princess Reese ’14 Anthropology and women’s and gender studies double major Princess Reese ’14 cast her first ballot in the primaries this year and has been eagerly awaiting the chance to vote this November. “It feels really good to have my first election,” Reese said. “I’ve been heavily following politics since like ninth grade.” Reese is active within PLU’s
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—from first-year requirements to seniors engaged in upper-division study. “We’ve been emphasizing plants in our curriculum because they’re an important model system,” Biology Chair Ann Auman said. “All different aspects of biology can be illustrated through the use of plants: small biology, genetics, molecular biology, organismal biology, ecology and evolution.” Biology’s two-course introductory core sequence, for example, uses plants to introduce students to biological studies; an upper-division
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to experience so as to ask big questions about power, supremacy, agency and collective liberation.” Samantha, an inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women, reads a copy of The Matrix during a meeting with PLU students on Friday, April 21, 2017. (Photo by John Froschauer) Smith has taught at WCCW for two years as part of the Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, which offers high-level college courses for inmates. She teaches two courses at the jail: an introduction to gender studies
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into the program cost. Each year, the MBA selects different countries for the international experience. Sweeney got to pick between China., Peru or Mexico “I’ve been studying the Chinese language since I was in high school, and so I’ve always been interested in Chinese culture and language,” said Sweeney, who was a double major in Chinese studies and political science, and studied away in China during her undergrad. “That’s a really big reason why I chose PLU, because they have a really good
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in business, global studies and Chinese studies. But she later decided to go to law school for a J.D. from San Joaquin College of Law in 2014. To pay the bills and raise more cash for her philanthropic goals, she works as an attorney at CSAA Insurance Group. “I like helping people,” she says of her work as a defense attorney. “I want to get rich not to have a lot of things, but to give away money and help others,” she says. “That’s my priority.” Somehow, Garabedian has balanced work with more
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Aaron Bell ’04: A Philosopher in Finance Aaron Bell applies philosophy and psychology principles to wealth management Posted by: Zach Powers / September 8, 2023 Image: Aaron Bell ’04 double majored in psychology and individualized studies at PLU. He is now a partner and wealth advisor at Cannataro Family Capital Partners. (photo by Sy Bean/PLU) September 8, 2023 By Lisa Patterson '98Resolute Guest WriterPLU graduate Aaron Bell ’04 learned early on that life is full of pathways — and that it was
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. The challenge, she says, is that she’s enjoying every aspect of her studies. That’s no surprise, because getting to medical school – and becoming a doctor – has been her lifelong goal.After double majoring in chemistry and classics at PLU, Hatton spent three years working as a medical scribe and a certified nursing assistant with medically fragile children before beginning her graduate studies. To prepare for medical school, she completed the one-year Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS
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, professional studies and civic engagement—to their undergraduate students. And while voters, shareholders and governing boards continue to affirm leaders with robust multi-sector knowledge and a track record of civic engagement, far too many universities are trending in the opposite direction, decreasing their emphasis on general education and interdisciplinary studies, and creating fast track curriculums focused solely on a highly specialized degree.Simply put, a college curriculum that is not open to
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