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Erika Meyer Erika enjoying some aebleskivers in Copenhagen, Denmark. PLU Class of 2011 Global Studies and Sociology Double Major Studied away in Copenhagen, Denmark Worked as a Science & Health Programs Assistant at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad Now working on Masters in Public Health at Emory University I graduated in 2011 with majors in Global Studies and Sociology, and spent fall semester 2009 at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) in Copenhagen, Denmark. After graduation I
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think there is wisdom in the phrase ‘We are all in this together,’” he said. Gates praised PLU for its global focus, and indicated the university was a leader in the general trend in the U.S. to look outward to solve issues such as hunger, HIV or global warming. It’s important for students to travel overseas, rather than just read about a place on a map, he said. “Once you’re there,” he said. “You see we’re all the same, and that has a significant influence on global equity.” It’s significant that
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approaches of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Accordingly, Latino Studies graduates pursue various professional fields and vocations, including work in social services and public health, education, arts and communications, activism, ministry, business, law, and politics.History of Latino StudiesThe first Latino Studies programs in the United States, founded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were Chicano and Puerto Rican Studies programs. As part of the Civil Rights movement, the Chicano and Puerto
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film rights to Cinder in Hollywood. Meyer is also a dedicated PLU alumna. She has held the book launches for all three of her books on campus in coordination with the Garfield Book Co. Meyer came to campus in April 2014 to hold an event with English writing and Children’s Literature students. After two months of querying agents, Meyer had three offers of representation and ended up signing with Jill Grinberg. After a couple weeks of minor tweaking to the manuscript, she went on submission and had
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sell the film rights to Cinder in Hollywood. Meyer is also a dedicated PLU alumna. She has held the book launches for all three of her books on campus in coordination with the Garfield Book Co. Meyer came to campus in April 2014 to hold an event with English writing and Children’s Literature students. After two months of querying agents, Meyer had three offers of representation and ended up signing with Jill Grinberg. After a couple weeks of minor tweaking to the manuscript, she went on submission
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constituents; Respects the dignity and rights of others; Creates a learning environment that supports open dialogue and academic freedom; Fosters stewardship and social responsibility; and Demonstrates personal accountability.
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and employment at PLU: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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arise when a human being is in that all too rare and yet peculiarly human state of being fascinated by the other in and for itself. In that exquisite moment, one knows. When I invite my students into the space between their particular Flatland and journey of intensification into particularity my purpose is to increase the odds for such transformative insight to occur.Anyone who teaches the liberal arts knows that it takes a well-honed sense of irony, profligate hope, and ruthless self-honesty to
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faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland. Mentor. Workshops and classes in poetry. Statement: “Every society we’ve ever known has had poetry, and should the day come that poetry suddenly disappears in the morning, someone, somewhere, will reinvent it by evening. Since ancient times, as long as we’ve had language, poetry has ritualized human life. It has dramatized and informed us
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solace is found in the fictive Alice in Wonderland. Carson’s journey converges with a fantastical landscape enlivened by literary, film and cultural references that theatricalize the revolutionary science of Silent Spring. “As an artist and storyteller I am fascinated by the human need to escape reality through fairytales and familiar stories. Time and time again, individuals walk the yellow brick road, fly towards the second star to the right, push through the looking glass, and fall down the rabbit
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