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the panel. Some professors are also integrating the book into their curriculum. Lisa Marcus, associate professor of English, will again be teaching the book in her Writing 101 seminar on “Banned Books.” She wants students to recognize that Urrea’s book has been banned in Arizona as part of a push to suppress ethnic studies, particularly works that address Mexican-American history and experience. Marcus stresses that beyond the story and relatability of the characters, it is important to think

and in the New Yorker – by scribbling notes to surgical tape and then sticking them to his flight suit while he was out in the field. He’d then transcribing thoughts to a notebook and to emails home to his family in 2003. The notes talked about parties and practical jokes – a la MASH –  to let off steam, and of soldiers, looking up from ruined bodies, begging Hrivnak to tell them everything was going to be alright.  Hrivnak reflects on survivor’s guilt, along with the frustration with the American

to stay legally in the U.S. Her father works as a caretaker of a property, and her mother at a restaurant. This summer, Jimenez will be working at Centro Cultural of Washington County in Cornelius, Ore., as a summer program supervisor and possibly an ESL teacher. She eventually plans to go to law school, with the aim of specializing in immigration law.  Jimenez arrived in the U.S. at age 7, her entire family coming north at the urging of an uncle, she remembers. She grew up as a typical American

. Franklin hasn’t been concerned with what is usual. She's concerned with bringing people together to solve problems. Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington state senator, attended several South Sound universities, but earned her master’s degree in social science and human relations from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974. At the time of her attendance, Franklin was raising children, working and taking night classes. “At PLU, you get to see your professors, you get to see

,” “The Middle,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “American Horror Story,” “Fargo” and many others. Morrison’s “I Can’t Help But Wonder” was placed in an episode of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” — a show hosted by Jerry Seinfeld — featuring Barack Obama. As for that Car Pros jingle that’s probably still playing in your head, it’s one of Morrison’s many creations for commercial advertising. Morrison, along with business partner David Ulfers, have developed commercials for myriad companies: restaurants, car

to the community. They charged tenants “social rent,” meaning they were required to do community service in exchange for discounted rates. Volunteer activities include a weekly community cleanup that benefits Phoenix’s Evans-Churchill neighborhood. “So that’s written into their leases,” Duncan explained, “and then a portion of our proceeds each month — collectively, as a group of 10 tenants — goes towards a charity that we rotate.” Groups that the Churchill has benefited include Native American

weekly feedback and regular focus group opportunities to connect with students and instructors to help co-design the future of PLUS 100.DataFest Competition The Quigg Award will also go toward the expansion of PLU’s Data Science program through its DataFest Competition. DataFest is an annual competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association and hosted at various universities across the U.S. DataFest is an opportunity for students to work on collaboration, data wrangling, visualization

universities across the U.S. Eight Namibians who were part of this sponsored program graduated from PLU. Laura Sorgenfrei ’08 with her grade 1 support class at Van Rhyn Elementary in Windhoek, Namibia. In the years since, this history of educational exchange has continued via USAID grant-supported teacher development programs, study away programs and Fulbright scholarships. Yet the Uukumwe Project is unique—not only for its focus on teachers, rather than students, but also because for every American

her junior and senior years after serving as Resident Assistant (RA) in the Spanish Wing in Kreidler. Part of the draw to becoming an RA was that Ash knew she could connect with the Hispanic community in new ways. This wasn’t just about service; it was also about exploring her own identity as a Mexican American and understanding more fully the issues impacting minority students. This experience launched her into becoming student body president, where she was a champion for change on campus

opportunity to memorialize the people murdered because of transphobia, and to bring attention to the continued violence and prejudice endured by the transgender community. Transgender people cannot be visible only when they are being mourned.  As recent activism reminds us, their lives matter, not solely their deaths. Rita Hester—whose murder in Massachusetts on November 28, 1998 prompted her friend, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, to create the Transgender Day of Remembrance—was an African American trans woman. The