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. She was in the Scandinavian studies program and it was her field of study that influenced Brown into studying his third language, Norwegian. “That was probably my sophomore year, I came out wanting to know more about life. You know English natively, then you learn German, and then you learn Norwegian, and you see that they are all connected somehow. This is really what got me started down the path of historical linguistics and just studying older languages in general. I wanted to know how

movements; wars; the establishment of new nations; and so on. While these concepts are important, it turns out that much is left out of traditional historical narratives. In fact, some major inventions (like smart phones or the light bulb) are only briefly touched on. How technology impacts our lives or changes the way that we see the world is almost totally neglected. At Pacific Lutheran University, a new emphasis in the History curriculum focuses on the roles that business, technology, and innovation

the main psychiatrist and the pharmacist. His wife, Noreen ’99, moved out to New York, with their two-year-old daughter, Gwenyth. The family lives in Queens. “It’s the Astoria section of Queens,” Hobson said. “But we call it ‘Actoria’ because of all the actors that live here.” Six days a week, Hobson takes a 20-minute mid-afternoon train to work, which drops him off in the theater district. His cluttered dressing room in the historical Booth Theater is cramped, and he shares it with another actor

up the world to how these students learn the art of finance. It’s a foundation, they hope to build on through opportunities like the G.A.M.E Forum. During the portfolio challenge of the forum, the group presented in front of professional fund managers – people who work on Wall Street. “We had to present why and how we picked our current stocks, and what was our underlying strategy. Also we presented our portfolio against benchmarks to showcase our historical performance,” Willumsen said. Along

warm welcome I have received, once again, at PLU. PLU will always be a part of your lives, but it will also be a part of mine: Through the historical and present day bonds with Norway – and through this honour that you have bestowed upon me today.  Thank you – tusen takk! Read Previous Senior Profiles: Class of 2015 Already Has Made a Difference Read Next Highlights of the King of Norway’s PLU Visit COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad

being able to foster that engagement. I’m always in a process of tweaking classes, making them more pertinent to students. You know, some of the things that we talk about in the Spanish Civil War, we can use them to talk about our current political climate. Taking a historical moment that is foreign to students and making it current, or at least pertinent. PM: I like what you say about being able to foster student engagement. They discover that French is something that they need. It is an experience

very emotional watching our history finally represented in this way—on mainstream television!—but I was troubled by some of the assimilationist narrative tendencies in the series. When the series became available online last spring, Davidson decided to incorporate it into her class. “Many of my students had never learned anything about U.S. Latino/Chicano history, so they depended heavily on the documentary series to provide them with a historical context to better understand the literatures that

and writing by poets of color,” a writing revolution he has ensured the faculty and students of the MFA program reflect. Professor Barot has published four books of poetry, including The Galleons (February 2020), which was published in February and longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award. The Galleons is an homage to the life of Professor Barot’s grandmother, working to capture, “how a small life like hers fit into a larger historical span.” Professor Barot feels honored, and slightly

-traditional student, so even a non-traditional student can still get the full college experience,” Lucas says.Social WorkLearn more about the Social Work program at PLUA Captivating Capstone Lucas has received high praise from PLU faculty for her capstone, “Resistance to the Roots of Colonization: Protected Crowns,” which focuses on the personal and political aspects of Black hair. “There’s still not a lot of research on Black hair,” Lucas says, referencing the historical lack of Black representation

, Armenian, Cambodian, Rwandan and Native American genocides. Each genocide is its own unit with its own texts, explored both individually and comparatively, through a combination of historical texts, films, memoirs, and first-person testimonies. This fall, Marcus and Griech-Polelle had funding to invite survivors and/or descendants of survivors from each genocide studied in the course, thus giving students a more personal and immediate way to think about each genocide and its legacy in the present