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  • The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded Pacific Lutheran University Professor of French Rebecca Wilkin a $133,333 grant under the Scholarly Editions and Translations interest area. Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,…

    and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most

  • In her free time, professor of religion Dr. Bridgette O’Brien likes to participate in ultrarunning—completing runs longer than a marathon (26.2 miles). While Professor O’Brien is out on the trail, she often takes that time to think about her connection to the outdoors, a connection…

    you’re are less civilized, and more in touch with the kinds of primal instincts one has to use to survive. I think in this over-civilized, over-developed world, some feel there is a cultural, existential crisis going on.  Ultrarunning in a natural setting is a way for people to connect in a meaningful way to not only each other, but to their primal past. It’s a way to reconnect with nature.” In her research, Dr. O’Brien is focusing on a group of five elite women from the ultrarunning community

  • What exactly is a Learning Community (LC)? Here’s how to pick yours. Maybe you’ve already heard about the Learning Communities  (LCs) at PLU, and maybe you haven’t, but the thing you need to know is that  every  student, whether you  live on campus  or  commute…

    . You’ll get to take a First Year Experience course linked to your LC, and will have opportunities to participate in activities related to the theme(s) and communities that most interest you. Below we’ve got answers to questions you might have, and how to select your Learning Community! What are the LC options? (click on the links to get more details about each) Community for Creative Expression Contemporary Issues Diversity, Justice, & Sustainability Community First in the Family Students of Color

  • What exactly is a Learning Community (LC)? Here’s how to pick yours. Maybe you’ve already heard about the Learning Communities  (LCs) at PLU, and maybe you haven’t, but the thing you need to know is that  every  student, whether you  live on campus  or  commute…

    . You’ll get to take a First Year Experience course linked to your LC, and will have opportunities to participate in activities related to the theme(s) and communities that most interest you. Below we’ve got answers to questions you might have, and how to select your Learning Community! What are the LC options? (click on the links to get more details about each) Community for Creative Expression Contemporary Issues Diversity, Justice, & Sustainability Community First in the Family Students of Color

  • 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…

    Oct. 30 lecture led by Jennifer Pozner, executive director and founder of the Women In Media & News, an organization which tracks media bias and portrayals of women and minorities in newspaper and television stories. The lecture, titled “When Anchormen Attack!: Gender, Race and the Media in Election 2008,” will begin at 6 p.m. in the Regency Room of the UC. It is free and open to the public. A journalist and author herself, Pozner will look at how sexist backlash and racial prejudice have

  • TACOMA, Wash. (March 26, 2015)—Megan Leibold ’13 and Anikka Abbott ’15 have more in common than Pacific Lutheran University: They both have won the title of Miss Pierce County. And not only that , but they also won back-to-back: Leibold won in February 2014 and…

    to further her career and advocate for important issues. “I’ve grown so much in my interview skills and my public performance skills; it’s kind of a vehicle to work with my passion for opera and my passion for domestic violence,” Abbott said. Abbott, a survivor of domestic violence, uses the pageants as an opportunity to advocate for victims and raise awareness about the issue. “It’s something that many of us have to deal with; many women are survivors, and it’s something that needs to be brought

  • Gaslighting is the through line and ultimate source of tension in season two of Sanditon . This psychological manipulation is present in Captain Lennox’s abuse of Mr. Parker’s trust and the financial entrapment that threatens to sap Sanditon dry, one more in a series of…

    also of its history as a manipulative strategy that victimizes women specifically. Most simply, gaslighting constitutes the systematic devaluing of a person’s reality in order to convince them that they are insane as a means of exerting control over them. The term itself originated from the screen in the 1944 film Gaslight. Paula, the heroine, is romanced by Gregory who becomes her husband and then proceeds to manipulate her into thinking she is mad so that he can have her committed and steal her

  • When Jordan Levy first visited Honduras in high school, he had no idea that someday, he’d be serving as an expert witness on Honduras in the U.S. court system. He first visited the Central American nation to perform volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout…

    volunteer work, and then returned annually throughout undergraduate and graduate school for college-related studies and more volunteering. He even met his future wife there, in 2004. Today, Levy is a specialist in contemporary Honduras and an assistant professor in Pacific Lutheran University’s anthropology department. His research has focused on Honduran governance after the 2009 military coup and the outmigration patterns that followed.More Read Previous Diversity Center Alums: Complexities of Care

  • Elly Vadseth ’16 – New York Academy of Art On any given day chances are you can find Elly Vadseth in the painting studio in Ingram Hall. As a senior this year, she’s looking towards grad school, and she has big dreams of studying art…

    framework. During the week we would go to museums and galleries to see exhibits both traditional and contemporary. These visits broadened my understanding of contemporary art and the context for these works. I enjoyed seeing all the different forms of expression and processes the different artists employed. What are your goals, either for the internship or your artistic career? I want to continue developing and making art. After undergrad I dream of going to graduate school in one of the major art

  • Some books are shipped from Amazon, others are found cataloged in libraries, under beds with lost socks, digitized in e-readers, collecting dust on shelves or housed on nightstands. Other books are labored over, crafted with care, written, printed, drawn, sculpted and bound with artist hands.…

    University Gallery presents an invitational exhibit featuring notable, regional artists whose work utilizes the book. The show will explore the book’s long history as a vessel for stories in new and contemporary ways. “The Story Depends on the Teller: Book Arts in the Pacific Northwest” kicks off March 9, with an opening reception from 5-7pm, and continues through April 6. “This area has a strong population of readers, and is home to many writing programs, which leads to people wanting to create a book