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A conversation with novelist Mari Matthias ‘94, author of “The Runestone’s Promise” Posted by: Zach Powers / November 9, 2022 November 9, 2022 Mari Matthias ‘94 loved diagramming sentences back in the ninth grade. Later, she served on the staff of Saxifrage, PLU’s student-run literary and art magazine, during all four of her years on campus.Matthias describes herself as a self-taught novelist. “Once I decided to write the book, I started really paying attention to how authors crafted stories
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primary source is a first-hand account of a situation or event or any original information source before it has been analyzed. Oftentimes, a primary source tells you what was being said about a topic at the time it took place. Below are some examples of primary sources: Statistical data sets Empirical research Literary and art works (novels, plays, poems, paintings) Speeches, diaries, memoirs Historical newspapers Eyewitness reports (interviews, photographs, social media) Secondary: Secondary sources
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a possible career in education, this is an opportunity to work with students and to learn the strategies of one-to-one and small group tutoring (which come in handy no matter the size of their future classroom),” Rogers said. “If they aren’t considering a career in education, they are most likely looking at a future in which service will play an important role either at work, or in their own communities of interest,” Rogers continued. “In this case, they are getting a chance to develop a more
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wanted to impact people’s lives in a positive way, but I also didn’t want to major in biology or chemistry, so I entered my freshman year as a computer science major,” he says. It was a choice that would radically change his chosen path.In his first computer science class at PLU, Gavidia learned how quickly software can scale and impact people around the world. “Just one person, or a small group of people, can accomplish so much,” Gavidia says. That moment was key for him: he realized he didn’t have
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Brian Teare Poetry, Nonfiction Biography Biography Brian Teare, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of seven critically acclaimed books, including Companion Grasses and Doomstead Days, winner of the Four Quartets Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle, Kingsley Tufts, and Lambda Literary Awards. His most recent publications are a diptych of book-length ekphrastic projects exploring queer abstraction, chronic illness, and collage: the 2022 Nightboat reissue of The Empty
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University Singers. It’s exciting to see some of the new students develop their vocal ability and musicianship. There are also singers in that group who are very busy with their majors and just want to sing for fun without a big time commitment. I love seeing them enjoy what they do for fun and relaxation. Also, conducting classes are a blast! My favorite part is seeing the “lights come on” with students in Conducting 1 who are experiencing conducting gesture for the first time. Conducting 3 requires
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10, 2024 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm 2024 Choice Award RecipientsPresident’s Choice Emily Fisher & Abbie Hughes & Eleora Hughes “Saxifrage Literary Arts Magazine: Its Legacy & Relevancy” Dean’s Choice Sam Seabury “Mapping the subsurface distribution of Olympia beds in the Tehaleh and Tacoma Puget Sound Lowland Region” Brianna Christiansen & Amberly Lunsford “Lengthening Lexicon: The Connection Between Household Size and Acquisition of Extended Familial Terms” Katia Lewis “Kitea Energy Drink Mockup
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Muertos) also began to emerge throughout the city bakeries. The spirit of Muertos was one of continuous excitement and flurried activity. The night of October 31st our entire group went to visit some of the local graveyards in the surrounding area of Oaxaca. Although it was pushing 10:00pm by the time we arrived, the town of Xoxocotlán was alive and celebrating in full force. Live music blasted into the stand-still of people trying to access the panteón (graveyard). Vendors selling various warm drinks
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to strengthen their writing skills and/or practice; they can explore broader aspects of the writing life, such as publishing internships or teaching opportunities; they can immerse themselves in research for a specific writing project; they can contribute to the cultural and literary life of their own communities. Each participant designs their experience with the support and oversight of the Outside Experience coordinator. Here’s a sample of what some RWW students have done for their Outside
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professional, public, and digital writing. The best thing about the English department is our dedicated and imaginative teachers. English majors can contribute to the student-run literary arts journal, tutor at the Writing Center or the Parkland Literacy Center, intern, and explore the publishing and printing arts minor for valuable professional skills. English majors are critical and imaginative thinkers who can write and communicate effectively, skills employers value. PLU English alums go on to exciting
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