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, Flenniken experienced firsthand the social implications and secrecy surrounding the events of the Hanford nuclear site, which she explores in her book, Plume. “I’m interested in the way our personal lives interact with the political direction of our country,” said Flenniken of her poetic inspiration. “Thinking about secrecy and the damage it can do to a community and to a society.” In addition to her work with young students, Flenniken also engages with poets across the state by highlighting their wide

., Interpreting Bonhoeffer, published by Fortress Press in 2013). Bob also published a talk he gave in Dresden, “The Understanding of Religious Freedom in the United States of America,” in Religion – Staat – Gesellschaft 14/1 (2013). His paper, “The Luther Anniversary of 1933 in the Mirror of U.S. Church Press Reports,” delivered at a conference hosted by the Universities of Oldenburg and Kassel, appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. A publication set for 2014 involves the paper Bob

Olympia as an intern at the Washington State Senate. As a member of Sen. Manka Dhingra’s (D-45) office, Huynh actively participates in the legislative process by meeting with policy stakeholders and communicating with constituents. Although the shift to professional life can challenge any college student, Huynh, who aspires to become a lawyer and uplift her community, serves as the president of PLU’s Pre-Law Club and is double majoring in political science and philosophy. She expanded more on her

groups who have not only been marginalized from the world economic order, but from the political and cultural structures of the nation they reside within. Two things became clear for our group through our interaction with the people who live in these communities. First, the sense of discomfort we felt when entering these communities, because we belonged to a world economic order that, for the inhabitants of these communities, is always beyond reach. Second, we couldn’t help but notice a basic

at whatever I do.”  Dolan said his PLU classroom experiences have helped him in his internship, too.  “Many of the basic concepts that we learn in our undergraduate economics classes are used in the work that we do at Analysis Group. In many ways, my experience at AG has bridged the gap between theory and practice; we consistently apply economic concepts to real-world problems,” Dolan said.  His philosophy courses also have come into play.  “All the reading and writing that I’ve done in my

. Marit Barkve – Bachelor of Art in Norwegian Language & Global Studies (Social Justice and Development) with a minor in Political Science Why PLU? JooHee Berglund was a brilliant recruiter at a Lutheran college fair in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My PLU experience: Year 1 – Lots of fun, lots of friends, lots of refreshing change. Year 2 – Studied abroad for the year in Hamar, Norway. Year 3 – Lots of academics, Language Capstone (intro to critical literary theory!); RA in Hong. Year 4 – Good combination

Indivisible: English Faculty Members Join the Anti-Trump Resistance Posted by: Matthew / December 7, 2017 Image: English professors Lisa Marcus, James Albrecht, and Rona Kaufman have gotten involved, with their families. December 7, 2017 By Samanta Barcenas '18PLU HumanitiesWhile the country was divided in joy and grief over Donald Trump being elected President, various U.S Congressional staff members wrote a handbook to encourage resistance to Trump’s political agenda, which sparked the

October 27, 2008 When Anchormen Attack. A look at media bias. Comments about whether Sen. Barack Obama is “black enough” or is just “an affirmative action candidate.” Remarks about Sen. Hillary Clinton’s “cleavage.” And finally political operatives chastising the mean-spirited media for harassing Gov. Sarah Palin with foreign policy questions. All these examples – and quite a few more – of how the media deals with race and gender in presidential elections will be the topic of a discussion at an

verge of dropping out and here I am, about to be commencement speaker.”Theo Hofrenning, politics and government major Theo Hofrenning '17 By Brooke Thames ’18 Theo Hofrenning grew up talking politics at the dinner table, so deciding to earn a politics and government degree from Pacific Lutheran University felt only natural. He said it’s practical to his everyday life. “I think it’s a good area of study because it’s just applied philosophy,” Hofrenning said. “I read the newspaper, I’m able to

to reach consensus on those things. When I came into office, I had a couple of priorities for policy issues. One was to make some very detailed statement on academic freedom in the classroom. I felt that if you look back over AAUP policies . . . the detail about what academic freedom means in the classroom is really not there. As freedom in the classroom has come under pressure over the past decade, I felt the organization needed a much more substantive, persuasive, detailed statement on that