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negative reactions she received, Dr. Shanks Kaurin is still willing to engage with a broader audience online. In widening her audience to Newsweek readers, Dr. Shanks Kaurin considers the accessibility of philosophical writing. “I think academic philosophy is filled with bad writing,” Dr. Shanks Kaurin says, “[Philosophers] are writing to just a few other people and there’s a lot of jargon.” But Dr. Shanks Kaurin is careful to not fall into that trap. She says, “I try to aim for a well-educated, lay

2009 release, Wait For Me. July 31 The Rob Hutchinson Group Hutchinson teaches music theory, orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, improvisation and composition at the University of Puget Sound. He is also a jazz bassist and organizes and appears at the Jazz in the Rotunda series at the UPS. His band, the Rob Hutchinson Group, includes Kareem Kandi on saxophone, David Deacon-Joyner on keyboards and Jacques Willis on drums and performs original compositions in the jazz/rock fusion style of groups

. Rich and Ann have four granddaughters: Taylor, Emma, Molly, and Lauren.The lecture is free and open to the public. Visit the PLU Events Calendar for more information.× Dr. Richard Lapchick – UCF College of Business Administration Read Previous PLU, MultiCare, WSU roll out new health care partnership Read Next PLU professor curates an Oxford Univ. museum collection at the intersection of religion, medicine and disability COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you

. Returning to the states with the beginning of Youtz’ exotic instruments collection, the two went their separate ways, and Youtz began his enrollment at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. It was there, he says, that “a kid taught me how to hop freight trains,” which kept him busy for a solid eight years. During the summers Youtz funded his education–which lasted a sprawling, indecisive six years–by working at the Seward Salmon Cannery in Seward, Alaska, where he eventually became the manager. Here

Ebenezer Scrooge, Martin Luther, and the Power of the Past and of Language Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Eric NelsonOriginally published in 2012There’s something strange that goes on with texts, readers, writers, and time. I mean, look at you: there you are, reading this now, in the spring of 2012. And here I am, in your past, and it’s not even (technically) winter 2011. I’m sitting next to the Christmas tree (as yet untrimmed), finals and graded papers drifting around the

Summer Research – Army HBCU-MI SPARK Posted by: nicolacs / October 29, 2024 October 29, 2024 The Army Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU-MI) Student Program for Army Research and Knowledge (SPARK) is an undergraduate/graduate internship program for full-time HBCU and MI students in STEM fields. Under the guidance of government scientists and engineers, students will engage in Army mission-related research projects, including data analysis and

Summer Research – Army HBCU-MI SPARK Posted by: nicolacs / October 29, 2024 October 29, 2024 The Army Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU-MI) Student Program for Army Research and Knowledge (SPARK) is an undergraduate/graduate internship program for full-time HBCU and MI students in STEM fields. Under the guidance of government scientists and engineers, students will engage in Army mission-related research projects, including data analysis and

– 3,450, so I think we need to see where the Strategic Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC) lands in terms of its final recommendation this spring, and what the Board of Regents ultimately adopts at its May meeting. I believe that the 43 positions we cut last year was the right number to achieve our aims for this academic year, but optimal enrollment and student retention are fluid challenges, and successful enrollment plans are living, active documents that should be referred to regularly

After graduating from PLU in 2007, Schwartz held a collection of jobs including working in janitorial services, data entry at a nonprofit, and environmental remediation work on houses. In 2010,  he entered Union Theological Seminary, in New York City.  He thought he’d become a Lutheran pastor. But by the second week, he wasn’t sure he wanted to stay on. Faculty members encouraged him to stay, advocating for the philosophical and life experiences resulting from seminary school. In 2012, Schwartz was

Helping Students “Stay Connected” This Summer Posted by: bodewedl / August 25, 2015 August 25, 2015 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer You may have noticed PLU promoting a new summer session campaign called “Stay Connected”. The campaign hopes to improve retention, decrease time to matriculation, and increase enrollments in summer session courses. A February 2015 survey of PLU students found:     86% have never enrolled in a PLU summer course.     76% plan to work over summer break.     59