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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmbzzLNVje0 Three PLU MediaLab students went from Canada to the Gulf to explore the issue of oil for their documentary “Oil Literacy.” Understanding oil By Chris Albert This past summer, students from PLU’s MediaLab embarked on a journey to learn, ask and explore oil and…

    35-40 minutes for the final film. When the project begins as a concept it’s hard to envision getting to the premiere, there’s so much work to do, Plog said. “It becomes like your baby because it’s been my life for a year,” she said. “It’s kind of surreal that it’s premiering.” Ultimately, the students hope the audience takes away one concept from the film: There’s not one right answer or solution and even small steps can help dispel energy waste. “It really rests with the consumer,” Plog said

  • During J-Term 2021, students in Assistant Professor Kate Drazner Hoyt’s  Media Literacy COMA 388 explored topics such as: – the role that the press plays in sustaining democracies; – the different forms of online misinformation and disinformation; – the rise of conspiracy theories on web…

    questions (that can either be answered upon reading the article at hand or doing a small amount of research) that allows a consumer to understand whether they should trust the source/media that they are using to get information. . . Quiz takers are also able to review their answers, where they will find added information on each question, explaining the importance of the aspect being questioned. . . My Media Trustworthiness Test is one step towards training the public to consume media smartly, and gives

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 20, 2016)- It’s the season for awards, banquets, recognition and a whole lot of celebrating for Pacific Lutheran University students as they approach Commencement 2016. The ceremony will mark the culmination of several years of hard work, community involvement and the pursuit…

    , an urban arts youth center in Tacoma. Adams also studied away in Trinidad and Tobago in 2014, is finishing up a teaching assistantship in the Department of Sociology and recently completed his capstone on “How consumer credit is another form of social regulation and segregation.” Adams will soon begin work on a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California, but the Mount Tahoma High School graduate decided to enroll in the online program so he can begin a career serving people

  • Originally published in 1999 My lifelong commitment to the liberal arts took root in the fourth grade, when I met my classmate and dear life-long friend Sally. During that entire year, Sally rode her bike to my house, and after school, we both rode our…

    liberal arts and professional undergraduate education pragmatic or even possible? And though clearly honed in response to consumer demand, is it in fact serving the best interest of PLU, in terms of our endowment and identity, and for that matter, of the minds and careers of our students?  And finally, does it uphold, in practice, the tenets of our mission statement? In particular, does it allow a student’s undergraduate education to provide “the necessary and essential foundation for the technical

  • A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…

    most abundant here. Fifth, and finally, I believe that the public debate about the importance and the role of higher education in our country will continue: Is private benefit for the individual vs. public good and investment for society? In recent years, our public leaders, both state and national, have affirmed the public benefit of higher education, even as financial support has been reduced and the consumer has been expected to pay more and more. So the core question is, who, in the future