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. Responding to endorsement questionnaires and doing endorsement interviews was incredibly time consuming but was a great way to get to know organizations and their priorities. The forums were challenging but were a great way to get to know what some members of the community care about. And meeting people at their doors and asking what they care about took hours and hours and hours but was a great way to get to know the voters. Ultimately, I think running for office was the best practice for the job — but

have a global literacy. We have a particular lived experience that may be similar or dissimilar to lived experiences of others. I think language and culture teach us about ourselves, but also teach us empathy for others. For me, the study and teaching of languages and literatures was a way to gain a closer understanding, a closer bond, to my own heritage. The ability to study my own culture in a critical academic way grounds me in my own heritage. I view it as a great privilege to share my heritage

Latinx person, as an indigenous person, as an Asian person, and so on,” she explains. “These are not always comfortable conversations, but I’ve found great joy and a sort of liberation in the opportunities for honesty, resolve and direction they can provide.” -Kristy Gledhill ’21 (pictured above) Kristy Gledhill ’21, a recent graduate of Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s creative writing MFA program, agrees. “Those breakout discussions can be the most valuable part of the event, but they can also be

rather swiftly. And they crucified people a lot, he noted. One mass crucifixion (the remains of Spartacus’ rebellion) stretched for 300 miles along the Via Appia leading from Rome. Romans considered the convicts subhuman and not worthy of mercy, he noted. Animals captured for the shows in the great Coliseum weren’t torture, but in the end, did die. During the time when the great shows were at their height, between the first and third century AD, thousands of animals from tigers to hippos, died. So

Oregon, but I found a great, flourishing Asian community here that I can call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me. Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance. You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a

Oregon, but I found a great, flourishing Asian community here that I can call my friends. It is a place that makes me feel like I can be me. Who impacted you the most at PLU? Dr. Sailu Lulu Li has been my biggest mentor. She is also from China. Dr. Lulu jump-started my finance career and walked me through how to navigate America as a first-generation Chinese immigrant, especially in the field of finance. You started as a business major with a concentration in accounting but switched to a

, there’s a natural link between the two. He asks: Once students return from a study away program, what are they going to do with all that energy? “What better way to direct it than in our own backyard,” he said. “Community service is a great resume building, no doubt,” he added. “But it’s also part of PLU’s mission revolving around what it means to be a citizen, what it means to be a good neighbor, and  our individual and collective responsibility to participate in our community.” Zylstra graduated

February 1, 2014 Professor Robert Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies. (John Froschauer, Photo) A Report on Scholarship and Activities in 2013-2014 Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies During the past two years, Bob Ericksen has given ten lectures in five nations on three continents. Seven of these lectures, which took place in South Africa, Germany, England, and Canada, as well as in the United States, either have appeared or will appear in print. Last April

nuances of life and combine them with critical thinking to lead impact in their own communities. When students learn to problem-solve through community action, whether it’s in Parkland or Lima, they are developing lifelong skills that help us better understand how Lutes contribute to the development of a more equitable and just world.  Can you think of a recent effort that exemplifies this sort of mentality? Yes. I think PLU’s role in supporting this region’s vaccination plan for COVID-19 is a great

translates to “the ongoing catastrophe,” in reference to the ethnic cleansing that occurred in 1948. I am going to argue that ethnic cleansing never stopped, it just changed form.  Are there other motivations for pursuing these research topics, outside of your interactions with Palestinians in the military? I can’t deny the human rights violations aspect of what is happening in Palestine, since I am able to follow Arabic speakers and Palestinian farmers on social media, who are just trying to live their