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  • Grant Power – Resolute Online: Spring 2019 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2019/grant-power/

    students in partner schools. The books — multiple copies of 56 different titles — feature women, people of color and other historically marginalized people in STEM fields. Gardiner included books that are high-quality, with accurate content, that can be checked out by PLU student scientists for use in partner schools. If you don’t see people who look like you, with similar backgrounds and experiences, it’s hard to envision this being a path for you.- Wendy Gardiner Partners include Lakewood-based

  • FAQ https://www.plu.edu/jazz/faq/

    PLU Questions and AnswersCan I afford PLU?If you can afford college, you can probably afford PLU. The most important thing is to do your research before you pass us over. 97 percent of PLU students receive financial aid. If you contact our Financial Aid office, they will do one-on-one counseling to help you complete the FAFSA and find financial aid sources that make attending PLU comparable to public universities. Aid packages and scholarships are based on need as well as achievement. Some of

  • Getting Started with Research https://www.plu.edu/library/research/research-resources/getting-started-with-research/

    often provide interpretation or analysis of events after they have occurred. Below are some examples of secondary sources: Biographies, nonfiction books Editorials Literary criticism and reviews Periodicals (such as scholarly journals, magazines, or newspapers) Tertiary: A tertiary source is a collection of information which is meant to inform you with background knowledge and lead you to primary and secondary sources. Below are some examples of tertiary sources: Wikipedia Encyclopedias

  • PLU prof’s book wins ChLA Book Award https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2012/04/03/plu-profs-book-wins-chla-book-award/

    April 3, 2012 PLU prof’s book wins ChLA Book Award Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tales of Modernity, has received the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Book Award for books published in 2010. The book was written by Nathalie op de Beeck, PLU associate professor of English. It was published by the University of Minnesota Press. Suspended Animation analyzes the phenomenon of American picture books and what their imaginative form and content reveal about the

  • On Exhibit: Black Authors Writing about Racism https://www.plu.edu/library/news/on-exhibit-black-authors-writing-about-racism/

    On Exhibit: Black Authors Writing about Racism Black History Month Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / January 27, 2021 January 27, 2021 [Exhibit has closed.] This exhibit is comprised of books by Black authors who discuss and analyze race and racism. The books are recent contributions to scholarship and narrative, most having been published since 2019. Book topics include feminism, fatigue, discourse, vilification, education, real estate, racism history, police violence, and mass incarceration

  • Earl Lovelace https://www.plu.edu/visiting-writer/earl-lovelace/

    Earl LovelaceEarl Lovelace was born in Toco, Trinidad, and has lived most of his life on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. His books include The Wine of Astonishment, While Gods Are Falling, winner of the BP Independence Award, the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can’t Dance, and Salt, which won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers Prize. He is the author of the new novel Is Just a Movie, published by Haymarket Books. The novel was named the Grand Prize winner of the 2012 Bocas Literary Festival.

  • Funding https://www.plu.edu/studyaway/funding/

    of $5,000-$8,000 may be used to support travel and living expenses, as well as research project costs. To apply use the Wang Student-Faculty Team Research Grant application available at the above link. Good Trouble Fund Currently unavailable. Black and African American students are invited to apply to the Good Trouble Fund for funds that support their engagement in academic and cocurricular activities such as the costs such as books, study away, course fees, student/faculty research, professional

  • Evening Readings 2018 https://www.plu.edu/mfa/evening-readings/

    McClanahan All the readings are free and will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center within the Anderson University Center at Pacific Lutheran University. (Map)  The Lute Locker will have books for sale.Bio Notes for the ReadersGeffrey DavisGeffrey Davis is the author of Revising the Storm (BOA Editions 2014), winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist, and of the chapbook Begotten (URB Books 2016), coauthored with poet F. Douglas Brown. His second full

  • Jolita Hylland Benson Education Lecture https://www.plu.edu/education/jolita-hylland-benson-education-lecture/

    7:00-8:00 p.m. | April 15, 2024 | AUC CK Hall Room 214The Beautiful Mind: A Journey from Thought to PageNew York Times Bestselling author, Tami Charles, discusses the path of a story–how it often begins with a single thought and navigates to a destination of empowerment for both storytellers and readers alike.About the SpeakerTami Charles is an award winning and New York Times bestselling author of children’s, middle grade, and young adult books. Before turning to full time writing, Tami was a

  • Evening Readings 2019 https://www.plu.edu/mfa/evening-readings-2019/

    recording Friday, August 9, 7:30PM: Oliver de la Paz, Lia Purpura, Peggy Shumaker Watch livestream recording All the readings are free and will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center within the Anderson University Center at Pacific Lutheran University. (Map)  The Lute Locker will have books for sale. See Bio Notes for the ReadersBio Notes for the ReadersJennifer Elise FoersterJennifer Elise Foerster received her PhD in English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver, her MFA from the