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  • A good place to begin is in reviewing comments made by the Director of CIWA, Professor Paul Manfredi, Chair of Languages and Literature at Pacific Lutheran University in his letter updating members

    good place to begin is in reviewing comments made by the Director of CIWA, Professor Paul Manfredi, Chair of Languages and Literature at Pacific Lutheran University in his letter updating members of the Washington State Congressional delegation following CIWA’s tenth anniversary celebration. Then a thoughtful consideration of Jamie P. Horsley’s article “It’s Time for a New Policy on Confucius Institutes“ which demonstrates the benefits for the United States in understanding Chinese culture and

  • 20 semester hours including: Three core courses are required 12 semester hours PPAP 301/ENGL 311/COMA 321: The Book in Society (4) PPAP 302/ENGL 312/COMA 322: Publishing Procedures (4) PPAP 321/

    : Intermediate Fiction Writing (4) ENGL 336: Digital Writing & Storytelling (4) ENGL 339: Special Topics in Creative Writing (4) ENGL 393: The English Language (4) ENGL 424: Seminar: Writing (4) ENGL 434: Seminar: Writing, Literature, & Public Engagement (4) COMA 215: Writing in Communication Careers (4) COMA 342: Communication Inquiry (4) COMA 343: Media Writing (4) PPAP 491: Independent Study (1-4) PPAP 495: Internship (1-4) Marketing/Management Approved courses in Business, Communication, or Publishing

  • 22 semester hours Core courses in Native American and Indigenous studies 6 semester hours Students must take the following core courses that introduce the field of Native American and Indigenous

    Students select 8 semester hours from the following courses that study Indigenous topics and perspectives. ENGL 213: Topics in Literature (4) (when the topic is ‘Literature of the PNW’) ENGL 288: Special Topics in English (4) (when the topic is ‘Indigenous Literature of North America’) HISP 322: Latin American Cultural Studies (4) HIST 333: Colonization and Genocide in Native North America (4) HIST 348: Lewis and Clark: History and Memory (4) HIST 351: History of Western and Pacific Northwestern U.S

  • Pacific Lutheran University is committed to fostering a global learning environment. As part of that effort, PLU welcomes applications from foreign nationals for faculty positions.

    visiting professors, scholars, and researchers, PLU sponsors J-1 Visas. The H-1B Visa is appropriate for tenure-track faculty at PLU. TN Status is available for Canadian and Mexican workers applying for a professional level job under NAFTA. F-1 Students with Optional Practical Training (OPT) status are eligible to work at PLU with proper documentation.Information for PLU DepartmentsHuman Resources is committed to helping faculty and administrators with visa sponsorship for faculty. Please review this

  • THE DREAM PROGRAM is a 10-week summer program designed to increase the number of women and racially underrepresented groups in medical physics by offering research opportunities, outreach and strategic mentorship geared towards recruiting a more robust and diverse group of skilled undergraduate students in the…

    consistent with their research and career interests. DREAM fellows are selected on a competitive basis. Up to six $5,500 stipends will be awarded to selected DREAM fellows. The stipend is based upon an expectation of 40-hour per week effort for 10 weeks. ELIGIBILITY Undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors majoring in physics, engineering, or other science US Citizens, Canadian Citizens, or Permanent Citizens of the US HOW TO APPLY Complete and upload the application Upload an official transcript

  • Documentary follows drug, weapons trade When assistant communication professor Rob Wells and his colleagues in the School of Arts and Communication launched MediaLab in 2006, they figured larger projects like feature-length video documentaries would happen sometime in the future. “It would be nice,” he recalled…

    when Wells heard a Canadian police officer say, as an off-handed comment, that 80 to 90 percent of the guns in Vancouver, B.C., originate in the United States. “It got me thinking,” Wells said. “So we got in a minivan and started asking questions.” Were it that easy. Wells and the MediaLab journalists put together a game plan of how to tackle such a massive project – it wouldn’t be just guns, but guns, drugs and other criminal activities that affect the two countries. “How does [this activity

  • TACOMA, WASH. (April 4, 2019) — Pacific Lutheran University has a proud history of producing Fulbrights. The 2018-19 recipients are continuing that tradition by delving into indigenous studies research and education — a field that’s gaining ground at the university. Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ‘17 and English…

    of North America’s indigenous populations even as she’s learning those of Latin America. “One of the biggest challenges for me designing this class … is I had to figure out which U.S. and Canadian native authors have been translated into Spanish,” Call said. “It was really interesting to see that some people that I think of as being very central to U.S.-based Native literature studies have not been translated at all.” Call will return to Colombia twice more as part of her Fulbright’s flexible

  • Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct Roadmap By Shunying Wang ’15 and Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications As far as Jodie Rottle ’10 can recall, she started to play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle,…

    play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, no longer just plays the flute; she has perfected it—and she’s also seriously expanded her musical repertoire: Rottle is a soloist, a chamber musician, a music teacher and a contemporary-music specialist who has premiered works by jazz and classical composers from around the world. She has performed at venues as varied as the Brisbane Festival of Toy Music, Town Hall

  • A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Internationally renowned flutist Jodie Rottle ’10 advises undergraduates without a clear plan to pause, make slow progress and explore as many new possibilities as they can. (Photo courtesy Jodie Rottle) Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct…

    it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. More About Jodie Rottle •    An April 2014 interview with Kupka’s Piano. Rottle, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, no longer just plays the flute; she has perfected it—and she’s also seriously expanded her musical repertoire: •    Rottle is a soloist, a chamber musician, a music teacher and a contemporary-music specialist who has premiered works by jazz and classical composers from around the world. •    She has performed at venues as varied as the Brisbane

  • TACOMA, WASH. (June 7, 2019) — Thanks to a new 2019 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Pacific Lutheran University is happy to announce a Spring 2020 partnership with the nationally acclaimed Clemente Course in the Humanities. The partnership will launch a Clemente…

    the study of art history, literature and philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to more contemporary sources. The 12-week course will be offered free of charge to participants, who do not have to be PLU students — the wider Tacoma veteran community is encouraged to take part, regardless of discharge status. Participants will meet for class twice a week, and books, child care and transportation assistance will be provided at no cost. “We are deeply appreciative of the National Endowment for the