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literary interests with my management job,” Krise explained. “I think any teacher will tell you that we wind up learning as much from the classroom environment and the students as students learn from us. That’s part of the happiness of teaching, you just learn a lot doing it,” Krise said. “It’s fun to do what you’re trained to do and like to do and [what’s] worth while.” Read Previous PLU welcomed into CFA Institute University Recognition Program Read Next Farewell Reception COMMENTS*Note: All comments

students, and subsequently their success, is building support systems similar to the ones she had, Chavez said. To get there, she says leaders should avoid polarizing, zero-sum approaches to solutions and exhibit compassion for all sides. “It’s really about getting us together and making this society better,” she said. “These conversations have to happen. But they have to happen better, more thoughtfully.”Underrepresentation by the numbersMaria Chavez cited U.S. Census data that show Latinos represent

returning to the orphanage where he was adopted as an infant, appearing live on Colombian television in his search for his biological family, reuniting with his biological mother, and being embraced by his biological family after 20 years apart. We recently connected with Taylor-Mosquera to learn more about his book, his experience writing and publishing it, and his future plans. Congrats on your new book. Tell us about it and the captivating title. The title of my memoir comes from meeting my

innovation are at the heart of jazz, but there is always the risk that students will understand that this music is about randomly ‘making stuff up,’ ” Vianna says. “We can’t ignore the fact that it takes an absurd amount of work in order for us to experience true freedom. It takes knowing the tradition, practicing extensively to improve your technique, becoming one with your instrument, and immersing yourself — often obsessively — into the music.” It’s all work that requires the hand of an experienced

. Mikhiela Sherrod, the director of US domestic programs for hunger relief organization Oxfam America, was both the conference’s keynote speaker and the moderator for Beeson’s panel. The panel on female empowerment in organizations brought Beeson together with students who compared modern women’s cooperatives and researched girls’ education in Kenya. “It was rewarding to be part of this conference,” Beeson says. “I had the opportunity for my research to be acknowledged on this scale.” Beeson’s research

the larger publication can republish the work of Just Security contributors. Dr. Shanks Kaurin only learned of this republication from the influx of hate mail she received following the release. “The media is a business and they are trying to drive traffic, but [the Newsweek title] was very inflammatory and didn’t really reflect the content of the article,” Dr. Shanks Kaurin explains. “A lot of people were reacting, as many of us do, to just the title and hadn’t read the article.”Despite the

2020 by Albion Books. In her review published in the Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Jessica Gigot argues that in The Galleons, “Barot lets his readers see themselves as belonging to this strange Earth while acknowledging that those around us are, quite possibly, the teachers we didn’t know we needed.” Surrounding Professor Barot, albeit virtually, are the students, faculty, and writers of PLU and the Rainier Writing Workshop, a diverse community that continues to push, teach, and inspire. The Adaptation

got me thinking about just the span of history that she lived through in the 20th century. A lot of very dramatic things happened during her lifetime. I became very curious about that juxtaposition between the small individual life against the background of large historical events. Obviously, that’s the case for any life, including ours, but for her, I started to wonder how her life was related to larger things like immigration, war and capitalism. So that really is what happened, that the

the city with my friends and take weekend trips to places like Monte Alban, Mitla, Yagul, Santa Maria del Tule, Ixtlán de Juárez and Tlacalula de Matamoros. There is nothing like immersing yourself in the culture, the food and the language. In Montevideo (J-Term 2023), I lived with the nicest host family ever, explored the city with my friends and enjoyed everyday life. Weekend trips took us to Punta del Este, Colonia del Sacramento, Salto de Penitente and Rocha. I tried maté, a highly caffeinated

howls. (The music is hauntingly original and, trust us, made to be heard rather than read: Listen here.) Manhattan, in fact, turned out to be quite the meaningful stop for Rottle: She also met the man who would become her fiancé, a jazz musician originally from Australia who was pursing his doctorate at the School of Music. After moving to his home continent, Rottle continued networking and ended up filling in as the flutist for Kupka’s Piano, a contemporary music ensemble. She’s also involved in a