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Marissa Meyer ’04 signs one of her latest books in the Luna series, ‘Scarlett’, for a fan this spring at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Love of Sci-Fi and Fairy Tales Leads to Best-Selling Series By Barbara Clements Director of Content Development, PLU Marketing and Communications…
. And Meyer loves fairy tales. She was entranced when she first watched The Little Mermaid at 5 years old. But she never quite figured out how to combine those two passions until she had a dream one night in 2008 about Cinderella as a cyborg and her foot falling off as she tried to run away from the ball. “I woke up and said, ‘Thank you, subconscious,’” Meyer laughed during a recent visit to campus. Meyer is currently writing the fourth book of her Luna Series, which places fairy-tale characters
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By Zach Powers PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WA (Jan. 5, 2014) —Pacific Lutheran University alumna Leslye Walton has been nominated for the prestigious William C. Morris YA Debut Award for her novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender . First awarded in…
a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says
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Originally Published in 2014 If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia , I thanked a particular class of students who…
discussed and debated many of its central topics and I tried out arguments in class.In Pets, People, and Pragmatism, I thanked the students in a particular Writing 101 class that focused on the topic of pets. In this class we read books presenting an array of views of pets and discussed the various positions. I presented a draft of one chapter of my book to the class. At first I did not tell them it was my book and had them do peer reviews of the chapter just as they regularly did with each other’s work
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:00 PM, Regency Room, AUC 203 This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance.
Bella Bravo & Miranda Morgan Bella Bravo & Miranda Morgan Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:00 PM, Regency Room, AUC 203 This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance. Bella Bravo is a fiction writer. Their stories have appeared in NY Tyrant and Driftless Magazine. They earned an MFA in fiction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where they were a Chancellor’s Fellow and won the August Derleth Graduate Creative Writing Prize. They’ve received fellowships from Mineral School
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PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House Four writers from Alaska, including Peggy Shumaker, the Alaska State Writer Laureate, will read from their new books at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9, at Richard Hugo House : 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, Wash. The event…
April 3, 2012 PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House Four writers from Alaska, including Peggy Shumaker, the Alaska State Writer Laureate, will read from their new books at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9, at Richard Hugo House: 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, Wash. The event is free and open to the public. Shumaker, who will host the Seattle launch of the Alaska Literary Series for the University of Alaska Press, says, “Please join us for a lively evening of fresh new writing from the
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MediaLab accepts applications at the beginning of each semester for students who wish to join the program the following semester. We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2024.
players works well with others/independently Take direction well Consistently meet deadlines Professional demeanor Respectful of others Interested and willing to learn and develop new skills in all facets of media, including: Public Relations Photography Mass Communication Writing Videography and Video Editing Marketing Graphic Design Web Design MediaLab will not accept applications past April 17th. How to ApplyPlease upload the following materials to a Google Drive folder and share to ml@plu.edu
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MFA students earn top honors Amy Andrews remembers it was a Saturday when the phone rang. Her daughter was practicing piano and her husband was hiking the trails of a nearby nature park. When she answered the phone, Lee Gutkind, editor of the journal Creative…
told him he made my day. I got off the call, and then there was screaming – I think I frightened my daughter.” It was the first writing contest Andrews had ever entered. She is currently in her final year of PLU’s master of fine arts in creative writing degree program, the Rainier Writing Workshop, working hard to complete her final manuscript. Andrews was only notified of the contest one week prior to the submittal deadline. Realizing this was the only year she was eligible – it was only open to
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*Effective January 2019* Upon completion of their degree, Religion majors will be able to: Explain “Religion” as a category of analysis in academic contexts, identifying when and how religious
reading, scholarly thesis-driven research and writing, and effective oral presentation. Student Learning Outcomes in General EducationReligion Courses SkillsSpring 2012SkillsStudents in lower-division Religion courses should accomplish: Basic reading: accurate reporting on texts, beginning to identify an author’s assumptions and the structures of arguments Basic writing: writing a short paper (5-7 pages) for clear expression and understanding in lower division courses; command of basic grammar
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PRIORITY DEADLINES Applications will be considered on a year-round basis, though our evaluation process will be most intensive in the periods after these key priority deadlines: Priority Date –
Admission Team for questions about the application process. Schedule Phone Appointment APPLICATION PROCESS Click on each item in the list below to view the instructions in an expanded section, and then follow the steps to submit your application. If you have questions, contact us. “I’m absolutely loving this program. not only do I feel like it’s taking my talents to a new level, it’s giving me the creative passion I so greatly needed at this point in my writing life.” Step One: Create your application
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ENTRANCE PRE-REQUISITES Cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 60 Semester Credits (junior status by start of program – Fall entry only).
) Psychology 101: Introduction to Psychology Writing 101: Writing Seminar Math 123: Modern Elementary Mathematics I WEST-B(Basic Skills Test for Reading, Mathematics, and Writing) or equivalent SAT/ACT Score (Official SAT/ACT scores must be sent to PLU. Equivalent scores are based on test date.) SAT: Reading 500 or 27, Math 515 or 27.5, Writing 490 or 28 ACT: Reading 22, Math 22, Writing 8 or 23 TEACHER CERTIFICATION CO-REQUISITES BAE Teacher Certification Specific Courses (with C grade or better
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