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. Cornerstones offers a cohort-based liberal arts curriculum, in which students take a sequence of linked courses their first two years, and then five additional courses of their choosing across the university to complete the program. “How to Build a Starship” is a second-year experience class, so the same students will take the fall and spring sections. The second section of the class will be taught by Scott Rogers, assistant professor of English. “So we have this ship, presume it’s actually built,” Rogers

Latinx person, as an indigenous person, as an Asian person, and so on,” she explains. “These are not always comfortable conversations, but I’ve found great joy and a sort of liberation in the opportunities for honesty, resolve and direction they can provide.” -Kristy Gledhill ’21 (pictured above) Kristy Gledhill ’21, a recent graduate of Rainier Writing Workshop, PLU’s creative writing MFA program, agrees. “Those breakout discussions can be the most valuable part of the event, but they can also be

Mosa, are able to attend PLU and receive leadership training, academic preparation and mentorship. They are also required to give back to the community through acts of service.  After getting over the hurdle of being accepted and paying for college, Mosa now faced a new obstacle. Since English was his second language, he was finding the coursework difficult and was failing a required writing course. He credits the support of Cunningham and fellow Act Six peers for helping him during those early

PLU’s Continuing Education launches TESOL Certification with $200 discount for PLU community members Posted by: mhines / January 9, 2024 Image: The TESOL certification is a five-part class, with the first class starting in February. Each of the five sections will be between 3-6 weeks long. It is mainly self-paced, with one instructor meeting a week. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) January 9, 2024 Beginning this spring term, Continuing Education at PLU is introducing Teaching English to Speakers of Other

politicians. “As the world gets more and more broken, it’s working its way into my writing,” she said. Among those poems she read at PLU last week, one was a tribute to Cook. And the picture of Rumsfeld with his nose in President Bush’s armpit? Oliver said that brought some murmurs of disapproval during a reading in a state that she refused to name. “Some applauded, and some didn’t,” she said of the reading of that particular poem. Oliver’s reading concluded the English Department’s Visiting Writer Series

the largest penguin species and lives in the Falkland Islands. Leaning back in his office, with a penguin cap hanging off his desk, Bergman, an English Professor and self-trained photographer, was recounting – through his photography – his latest trip to study these tuxedoed icons of the south polar seas. Bergman had just returned from the Falkland Islands, 400 miles off the west coast of Argentina to study the birds last November. A year before, in 2009, Bergman spent a month off South Georgia

that they needed to have. As a teacher, I want to inspire others. But, now with the internet, they can get [information] without you. And they know that. [Laughs] Whatever brings you together in the classroom—it’s a big moment. Athena Gordon is a senior, double-majoring in Sociology and English (emphasis in nonfiction writing). This fall, she is enrolled in HISP 201 (taught by Dr. Ortigas), planning her sociology research project, and writing a personal memoir. After graduation, Athena is looking

registered sales assistant of Commonwealth Financial Network® and has FINRA Series 6 and 63 securities registrations. In 2009, she received Commonwealth Financial Network’s national Staff Person of the Year award. Mary Holste ’00; Co-Owner and Creative Director, Side x Side Creative. Holste first came to the South Sound as a PLU student, where she worked for Impact and studied away in Scotland, Paris and London. She earned her degree in Fine Arts-Graphic Design before working (and teaching) for the

September 2, 2009 Studying the laws behind international adoption Trained as an historian of the American Revolution and blessed with an abundance of sources, I saw no scholarly reason to travel abroad, although I had wanted to see England, the mother country from which America was born. My subsequent research on the history of adoption, which produced three books over the course of 20 years, focused entirely on the United States. I had little interest in writing or teaching history in a

my graphic design, writing, research, and editing skills,” Kimura says. “I originally planned for this piece to be about 60-80 pages long, but it expanded to 135 pages total and the sheer amount of illustrations and general considerations about the design of the book (color, page layout, typography) taught me a lot about my own style, as well as just how much thought needs to go into designing and producing a book.” Cris Haake has created ceramic pieces that represent corals and other marine life