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  • For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student…

    production be strong was the limited scope of actors’ focus: not on memorization, blocking, or facial expressions, but on the soundscape of intonation, voice intensity, and diction. Nate Lovitt '22An English Writing major in a radio play? You bet! Nate has studied poetry with Professor Rick Barot and put those skills to work as The Poet reading “The Raven” for Twisted Tales of Poe. Nate noted that an interesting aspect of the show was learning to speak in meter. He said, “‘The Raven’ has a rhythm to it

  • Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the…

    and practice of acknowledgment, linking this content to treaty relationships (or lack thereof).” Print Books (on display) These first two books listed are not related to Salish languages but are include in this exhibit due to their focus on indigenous language and writing. E98.E85G46 2003 Genocide of the mind : new Native American writing E98.E85A48 2006 American Indian rhetorics of survivance: word medicine, word magic Below are books more locally focused on people and language. E99.P98A5x

  • Mari Matthias ‘94 loved diagramming sentences back in the ninth grade. Later, she served on the staff of Saxifrage, PLU’s student-run literary and art magazine, during all four of her years on campus. Matthias describes herself as a self-taught novelist. “Once I decided to write…

    , trying to see why I couldn’t put a book down, and all the ways you can say something to subtly point a reader in a particular direction,” she says. PLU communications director Zach Powers ‘10 interviewed Matthias recently about her new literary fiction novel, The Runestone’s Promise. Matthias discussed how the novel has roots in her family’s history and what it’s like writing a novel set in 1799 Christiana (now Oslo). Read Previous PLU interns combat climate change one tree at a time Read Next

  • Psychology is a mix of scientific exploration, practical skills, and personal growth. Whether you’re fascinated by human behavior, eager to make a difference, or seeking a career that opens doors, a psychology major is an ultimate path to an epic academic journey and a future…

    us about your favorite psychology professor. “Dr. Taylor has been an excellent psychological research & statistics professor. Learning from her has ignited my interest in a branch of psychology I did not previously realize I would have any interest in: research. Under her supervision, I have thoroughly enjoyed designing studies, writing them up, and integrating statistics to interpret results.” – Suzi S. ’24 What are your plans after PLU? “Getting my Bachelors in Psychology at PLU is preparing me

  • This materials research program encompasses two research thrusts around the theme of building higher dimensional materials from lower dimensional structures with unprecedented levels of control. The first thrust combines two-dimensional layered materials such as graphene into layered heterostructures; the second combines molecular ‘superatoms’ into three-dimensional…

    tools; and scientific writing/presentations. Students attend a weekly research seminar series by Columbia, CCNY and ASRC faculty, and present results at a daylong symposium at the end of the program. Summer 2020 research areas available: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of Molecular Cluster Materials | Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of 2D Materials and Heterostructures | Nanoscale Optics | Nanoelectronics | Nano/Bio Systems Summer 2020 program dates: June 1, 2020 – August 1, 2020

  • Visiting Writer’s Series – Eric Goodman Five time novelist, Eric Goodman will have a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 in the Regency Room of the UC. There will be a Q & A with the writer at 3:30 p.m. that day at the…

    Arts, the Ragdale Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. His work appears in GQ, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Saveur, and several anthologies. For the past decade, Goodman has directed the undergraduate and graduate creative writing program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. During that time he has organized and staged three major literary festivals: Diversity in African American Poetry; Translating Cultures: Latin American and Latina/o Writers Festival; and Miami

  • Monkeypox has now shown up in Pierce County and we are in close contact with Tacoma Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) to determine an appropriate initial campus and Health Center response to this matter. TPCHD sends out regular updates on new cases, which, as of…

    Monkeypox and I encourage all of us to be as informed as possible about this virus and its associated symptoms. Students who have concerns about a rash or flu-like illness, regardless of your potential for exposure to MP, should call the Health Center (253-535-7337), your healthcare provider or an urgent care clinic to determine how and where to be evaluated and tested. Employees should consult with their healthcare providers. As of this writing, the Health Center does not have access to the required

  • Don’t stress, we’ve got your back! PLU’s Campus Life has a checklist of everything you might need to turn your PLU room into a cozy home away from home. So get ready to pack like a pro and make your transition to life at PLU…

    up for success. Make sure to come prepared with a trusty computer or a flash drive for computer labs. Don’t forget to pack your favorite writing utensils, and of course, a backpack to keep everything organized. With these essential tools in your arsenal, you’ll be ready to conquer any academic challenge that comes your way at PLU! Computer/laptop or flash drive for computer labs Binders, folders Paper Writing utensils Backpack/Bag for Books Calculator Day planner Read Previous In their own words

  • About two and a half hours east of Tacoma sits the farming community of Yakima, Washington. The Central Washington county has about 243,000 residents and is probably most notable for producing the majority of the nation’s apples and hops. But it’s also where Henry Temple…

    graduated from A.C. Davis High School in 2017 and is now a theatre major. He spends his time outside of the classroom typing away on his laptop writing scripts for PLU’s Late Knight show, a comedy show run completely by students. “I go to school for theatre, but I have a small part-time job working on Late Knight,” Temple said. “I’ll often be writing about five hours a week on top of the meetings that we do.” Growing up in Yakima, Temple enjoyed performing, but the thought of scripting, acting and

  • Elijah Paez ’24 is a double major in  environmental studies  and  mathematics . While at PLU, he founded  Birders of PLU , served as a  Peace Scholar , and  studied abroad in Oxford, England, and Oslo, Norway. We recently met with Paez to learn more…

    what you can build from it, or what patterns you can find and connections you can make. When did you decide on environmental studies? My Writing 101 course was “Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy.” The purpose of the class was to learn scientific technical writing, but I was surprised at how arbitrary taxonomy is. That got me interested in animal studies and a critical lens of the sciences, which is why I added environmental studies. The first thing I noticed on the bus from the airport [in Oxford