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Immersive experience in classrooms on the other side of the world teach PLU students how to learn on the fly, one of many skills they bring home with them.
. “They see it as an opportunity to get into the Western economic and communication world.” Tamara Williams, executive director of the Wang Center for Education at PLU, said STEM is a major academic focus throughout many aspects of the Namibia Gateway program. Writing is another, she said. Sam says his time teaching in PLU’s program helped affirm his love of teaching. More specifically, it affirmed his desire to work with marginalized communities. WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA This English-speaking country
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Tacoma, May 16, 2021 This week we interviewed Mariken Lund , a PLU junior and Innovation Studies minor who recently started her own sustainable clothing business in Norway. Mariken is an international student who normally studies Business and other subjects on the PLU campus. However,…
think about my project and its goals.” Lund designs and sews all the products at ELSK the Studio (for now) Mariken’s experience speaks to a common misperception about what it takes to start a new venture. Most students think that a new business or campaign needs to be expensive or requires special equipment or expertise. “I originally thought that I didn’t have enough personal capital or confidence to create my own business, ” Lund admitted. “But the Innovation Studies curriculum helped me to
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Four PLU women from the Department of Economics present their research at a national undergraduate conference in Memphis, Tennessee.
University of Memphis in April. The students, who graduated a month later, were chosen from a nationwide pool of 4,000 applicants, said Karen Travis, associate professor of economics. Anna Jessen '17 “What is more remarkable is that all four are women,” she said. “Economics remains a heavily male-dominated field, even at the undergraduate level.” (In 2016, Travis said, only 37 percent of undergraduate economics majors nationwide were women.) In addition to her own personal connection as a regular
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Locals embrace Lutes as they meet living legends, learn about vibrant events such as Carnival and Panorama, and develop valuable racial consciousness within a multicultural society that celebrates
calls them, learning from the personal experience of those who have witnessed the cultural traditions as they’ve formed. The list of legends includes world-renowned authors, calypso artists, Carnival designers and more. Shelondra Harris ’17 said it’s amazing to be a part of such a spectacular event and have the opportunity to meet local celebrities and leaders. “It’s really cool that the program allows us to have these interactions,” she said during her time in Trinidad. “Everyone you meet, whether
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For two decades, the Makah people have welcomed PLU students to Neah Bay to learn about the tribe’s culture and history.
gallery is filled with artifacts representing spring, summer, fall and winter. Building the structure and the narrative was the easy part, Arnold said. Writing the copy to describe all the artifacts was most challenging. The years-long process resulted from creative tension between academics and the Makah people, who wanted to share their history in their own words. “This is our people’s museum,” Arnold said. “Out of Ozette came all this evidence that verified what our elders were telling us
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NYT best-selling author Meg Medina to discuss writing about painful experiences for kids at PLU virtual lecture Posted by: bennetrr / February 9, 2021 February 9, 2021 By Rosemary Bennett '21PLU Marketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University’s eleventh annual Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture will be held virtually at 5:30 p.m. on May 5. Meg Medina,, and New York Times best-selling author will deliver this year’s Benson lecture titled “Rough Patch: On Writing About Painful
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The Rainier Writing Workshop2019 Summer Residency Evening ReadingsFriday, August 2, 8PM: Jennifer Foerster, Jason Skipper Watch livestream recording Saturday, August 3, 7:30PM: Greg Glazner, April Ayers Lawson Sunday, August 4, 7:30PM: Jenny Johnson, Renee Simms Monday, August 5, 7:30PM: Adrianne Harun, Keetje Kuipers Wednesday, August 7, 7:30PM: Fleda Brown, David Allan Cates, Kent Meyers Thursday, August 8, 7:30PM: Carl Phillips, The 2019 Judith Kitchen Visiting Writer Watch livestream
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The Rainier Writing Workshop2018 Summer Residency Evening ReadingsFriday, July 27, 8PM: Geffrey Davis, Scott Nadelson Saturday, July 28, 7:30PM: Kevin Clark, Marie Mutsuki Mockett Sunday, July 29, 7:30PM: Suzanne Berne, Justin St. Germain Monday, July 30, 7:30PM: Rigoberto González, Maurya Simon Wednesday, August 1, 7:30PM: David Biespiel, Sherry Simpson Thursday, August 2, 7:30PM: Paisley Rekdal, The 2018 Judith Kitchen Visiting Writer Friday, August 3, 7:30PM: Barrie Jean Borich, Rebecca
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It’s been 25 years since David Akuien ’10 was separated from his mother at age 5, 16 years since he came to the United States as an orphan.
our friendship, or the jocular culture of our college house. Throughout two years living together, David and I spent countless hours discussing topics typical of college students: politics, religion, dating, etc. Our conversations were open, honest and even chippy at times. But it wasn’t until he was featured in the spring 2010 issue of PLU’s Scene magazine (now ResoLute) that I knew any details of his personal journey. Upon arranging to discuss David’s return to South Sudan, I was excited but
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Master of Fine Arts - Creative Writing ENGL 504 : Summer Residency I 16 hours of required workshops. 20 additional hours of lectures and mini-courses (topics in genre/topics in craft), readings. Design an independent course of study with a mentor for the upcoming year. (4) ENGL 505 : Summer Residency II 16 hours of required workshops. 20 additional hours of lectures and mini-courses (topics in genre/topics in craft), readings. Design an independent course of study with a mentor for the upcoming
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