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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (Aug. 6, 2015)—Ann Kullberg ’79 has never taken a formal art course, but her work is internationally known—and her story is as colorful as her art. Though the lines were not always straight, and there were rough patches along the way, Kullberg…
education, for the challenge and discipline it taught me. PLU served me well.” And she advises current PLU students to go with the flow of life, wherever it leads. “Life is what happens when you are making other plans,” she said. “Keep open to opportunities as they present themselves. I didn’t give up. I determined I would be successful in whatever I did, whether teaching English, cleaning houses or drawing.” Read Previous PLU Named a ‘Best in the West’ University by The Princeton Review Read Next Being
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Frank Hewins, who leads Franklin Pierce Schools, was named Superintendent of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
tasked with finding the institution’s next leader. He also helps usher the partnership between PLU and Franklin Pierce Schools, which yields community service opportunities that benefit Lutes and Parkland residents alike. Among those opportunities are Club Keithley and Winterfest. The former connects PLU students to young people in the Parkland community through volunteering and mentorship; the latter is a holiday event that provides low-income families access to a free meal, social service resources
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to have been selected and are looking forward to PLU students benefiting from this program,” said Tamara Williams, executive director or PLU’s Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. “We know that immersive study away experiences are often transformative for our students and this grant will help us connect more students with opportunities.” PLU study away participants can pick from semester or full-year programs in locations that range from Norway and China to Trinidad and Tobago
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to best connect with your students and reflect the particular dynamics of your class(es). (For more about this, see “A Syllabus Worth Reading” from Kevin Gannon’s book Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto.) It has been observed that some course syllabi have included everything stated below – including when multiple options have been provided and the bracketed text. This is obviously very confusing for students. When multiple examples are provided below, please pick one to use and personalize. Also
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The scene: a cramped room somewhere in a Pacific Lutheran University residence hall at the beginning of the millennium.
are invited to participate as extras. Warning — movie spoilers ahead. The pilot for the new TV series picks up more than a decade later, after the gamers (mistaken for sorcerers) were killed by their fantasy characters. Once the band of otherworldly characters overcame an ambush, stormed a castle and defeated an ogre, their world collided with the real one through a secret door, leading to the massacre. Fast-forward 15 years and “The Gamers” series follows the elf, barbarian and company as they
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Free Public Debate Sept. 21 Addresses U.S. Intervention in Global Genocides TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2015)—During a two-day visit to Pacific Lutheran University in September, four of Rwanda’s best young debaters will immerse themselves in campus life—and present a moving, enlightening evening of personal storytelling…
Rwandan genocide. “This fall, with the support of the Kurt Mayer Endowment for Holocaust Studies, we focus on the efforts of young Rwandans to practice the art of argument in a society still struggling to make dissent normal, safe and nonviolent,” said PLU History Professor Beth Kraig, director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies minor. “Silence often follows genocides and civil wars, as people live in fear and lack trust in others. The iDebate Rwanda program provides opportunities for breaking that
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Louis Hobson ’00 is an accomplished actor on stage and on screen. His next act includes building a production company that he hopes will infuse innovation into the entertainment industry.
life to the arts and giving artists, entertainers and performers a voice, and an opportunity to do their work,” Hobson said. “It’s been a crazy wild ride and I’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of airline miles.” Hobson’s days are filled with endless emails and phone calls as he works to develop shows for certain markets and audience venues. “We research what the audience is going to love,” he said. Despite his busy schedule running a production company, Hobson still finds time to act. He was in
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TACOMA, WASH. (Oct. 24, 2016)- In the U.S. and around the world, rivers represent primary sources for the water we need to live. But PLU digital media major Rachel Lovrovich ’18 did not become aware that many major water sources are in serious trouble until…
. MediaLab students work on projects across the media spectrum, including market research, photography, graphic design, web design, writing, video, public relations, event planning, filmmaking and more. Read Previous Scholars gather at PLU for International Transformative Learning Conference Read Next Students plan to build upon archaeological research following museum partnership, summer dig in Roche Harbor COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad
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The Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union will present a tour preview concert on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. This summer’s two-week tour will be to France, with concerts scheduled in Arles, Alixan, Colmar, Troyes, Bayeux and Paris. The tour repertoire…
Choral Union Tour Preview Concert Posted by: marshrl / July 3, 2017 July 3, 2017 The Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union will present a tour preview concert on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 pm in Lagerquist Concert Hall. This summer’s two-week tour will be to France, with concerts scheduled in Arles, Alixan, Colmar, Troyes, Bayeux and Paris. The tour repertoire includes works by Ko Matsushita, Jake Runestad, Francis Poulenc, Cecilia McDowall, Kirke Mechem, Stephen Paulus, Eric Whitacre and
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
Raphael Lemkin Lecture Spring 2018 Violence, Espionage, & Anti-Semitism: British & Soviet Spy Ops Against Boston’s Christian Front Organization, 1940-1945Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College spoke about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and Soviet spy networks in Boston during World War II. Along with the lecture, each year, PLU offers students a chance to participate in a Lemkin Essay
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