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arts community in Tacoma. The AMOCAT art award categories include art patron; community outreach by an organization; and community outreach by an individual, which Spring received. “It’s a surprise and an honor to receive the AMOCAT award,” Spring said. “Tacoma is such a strong, supportive place to be an artist and a teacher, and I’m constantly energized by the opportunities here.” Spring has brought the art of letterpress to Tacoma. As an undergraduate English major, she began setting cold type on

Fall 2019. Marissa Moultrie The second place winner, Gillian Dockins, mezzo soprano, a senior Music and English double major from Portland, Oregon, was awarded $500. Third place winner Brennan Brichoux, baritone, a Music major and Seattle native, was awarded $250. Congratulations to all those who participated in this inaugural competition! Read Previous PLU Wind Ensemble travels to Hawaii Read Next Snapshot of the recent Honolulu trip LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna

improve both the story and my abilities as a writer.” Cress marks the completion of her third novel, with a fourth book scheduled for release in 2014. This event is presented by the Department of English and the Division of Humanities. Read Previous Take Back the Night at PLU Read Next PLU Alumni Embark on a Central American Adventure of Environmental Education COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in

the minor but is also a general education course open to all PLU students. Professors from the history, English, German, religion, social work and Hispanic Studies departments worked together to create the course to allow students to investigate the intersections of dehumanization, violent oppression, cultural destruction, and war. “We wanted to highlight the interdisciplinary and global focus of Holocaust and Genocide Studies beyond studying the history alone,” remembers PLU English professor and

for a semester of study on the Caribbean island nation, located just off the coast of Venezuela. In 2004, the program sought three Trinidadian students to study alongside PLU students in PLU-designed courses and at the University of the West Indies. “Our students were going down there, having a rich experience and gaining so much, but we weren’t really giving back to Trinidad,” explained English professor Barbara Temple-Thurston, founder and director of the program. “I thought it would be lovely

to apply,” said Nelson, who taught English for two years in Baruun-Urt, Mongolia, starting in 2011. Pacific Lutheran University hopes to create similar connections through its new Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program, which launches this semester.    Beyond course requirements and hands-on work hours, Peace Corps Prep will include speaking events with Peace Corps alumni, including one that precedes the third biennial Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture on March 1. Nelson and three other Peace Corps

English professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the nonfiction prize for their translation of the eighteenth-century text “Work on Women” by Louise Dupin (also known as Madame Dupin). Wilkin teaches in multiple academic programs at PLU, including French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, the International Honors program, and the First Year Experience Program. She is the author of Women, Imagination, and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France (Ashgate 2008) and of many

think one of the exciting things about research is that there are innumerable possibilities,” she says. “My hope is this trope of Dark Green Religion can be more robust, can become more inclusive.” Professor O’Brien and Collin Ray will present their research in May 2018 at the American Academy of Religion regional conference being held at PLU. Helen Smith is a PLU junior, with a major in Communications (Journalism concentration) and minor in English Writing. She completed this article as part of her

. From the fellowship, Granum, an art and English major, hopes to parlay his love of the natural world and photography into full-time employment. “The experience of putting together this capstone has been absolutely invaluable,” he said. Eventually, Granum would like to make photographing and writing about endangered species his life’s work. “Yeah, I know it’s a cliché, but yes, I’d like to work for National Geographic,” he laughed. Jenny Stein studied colloidal dots and their capacity to absorb and

been a busy year, but we’ve learned so much,” Scaff said. “Our goal now is to bring awareness to this issue, so people can identify it and know how to cope.” Rile and Scaff, both communication majors concentrating in journalism, as well as Herzfeldt-Kamprath, a English major and communication minor, are members of PLU’s MediaLab. Established in 2006, MediaLab provides students with opportunities to explore various methods of mass communication. “Overexposed” marks the seventh film produced by