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maintain or gain support in the closing days of the race. Sponsored by the Department of Politics and Government. 11th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture Oct. 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Lagerquist Concert Hall Dr. Jennifer Harvey will lecture on “From Ferguson to Charleston: Religous Fath, Righteous Feminists and Holy Fire.” Sponsored by the Department of Religion. Working for Change Nov. 2 | 6-8 p.m. | AUC 133 Alumni panel highlighting Post-graduate service opportunities for alums pursuing domestic and

resistance to those forces) in the United States, and especially in the 20th century. Her research into the subject include examinations of anti-gay ballot measures in the 1970s, racism in the military in World War II, and feminist voices in popular literature in the post-WWII decades. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary programs and fields of study, including Women’s Studies and Peace Studies, and has participated in research and projects that center on the importance of historical thinking in

therapy.  I showed it to a friend who said that they were real poems, and therefore I revised them into a sequence of 30 poems that ended up in that chapbook. How much time do you spend writing just for yourself versus writing specifically for your books and projects? I think this is probably true of a lot of poets that the first part of it is that you’re always writing for yourself. There’s never a sense of an audience beyond your own interior self. You’re keeping yourself company basically by

nations in my home state. So, I knew it would also be an opportunity to learn a lot more about these marginalized communities.”  Chell worked as a health systems coordinator providing a variety of support to the program.  “A few of my favorite projects were putting together a curriculum on how settler colonialism impacts social determinants of health,” she says.  “We spoke with leaders in the community and pulled together academic articles that will be used for the fellowship, but also will hopefully

, Gordon Hirabayashi, a sociologist and Japanese American who fought against the forced relocation of Japanese American citizens during WWII. Obama noted that no one sets out to win the Medal of Freedom. “No one picks up a guitar or fights a disease and thinks, ‘In 2012, I’m getting an award from Barack Obama.'” Nor does it take only extraordinary talent or drive, he added. But the award is given for the incredible impact each of the recipients have had on so many people, Obama said. “And not in short

fits for PLU and will do such great work on campus who aren’t hesitant their first year, because we were pushing them to make an impact. It’s a campus where, if you take advantage of the opportunities, you can be a big person on campus in whatever facet you want. Two of the students I worked very closely with my first year as a counselor are now both tour guides in the office of Admission. Hearing how much they’ve grown in the six months they were in the office, how much they love the community and

practices, developing awareness, attending to basic needs, creating a supportive environment, and having community partners can create a positive impact on homeless students,” Reyes said. This past spring, Reyes graduated with her B.A. in social work and is now enrolled in the University of Washington’s MSW Advanced Standing Program. Reyes has come a long way from her time drifting from house to house and seeking solace in drugs. Today, she’s proud of how far she’s come and says she plans to help

and environmentally sustainable agriculture. Laurie-Berry started teaching at PLU in the fall of 2008. In addition to Plant Physiology, Laurie-Berry’s other classes include Plant Development and Genetic Engineering and a first-year writing class focused on global agriculture, world hunger, genetic engineering and related topics. “Our central question for the course is how agriculture and related systems must change to alleviate global hunger,” Laurie-Berry says.Before 2015, the original PLU

these images, he could determine the time it takes for the stars to go through their changes in brightness. “My research is on Variable Stars or stars whose brightness is known to change over time. By operating the telescope and utilizing the observatory’s charge-coupled device (CCD) camera, I could image a small set of variable stars to track the changes in brightness,” said Kop.  3-D Printing:“I am placing what is known as a Bahtinov Mask on our Meade LX200 16" telescope at the observatory

Where History and Innovation Meet Posted by: halvormj / November 28, 2017 Image: Does innovation change the way that we see the world? Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash. November 28, 2017 by Damian Alessandro. The scope of human history is vast, encompassing everything that has happened in past societies. However, when most students think about history, they usually focus on the dates and events that have been highlighted in textbooks. These events tend to include social upheavals and mass