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, the volunteers worked with the Bantu children one-on-one or in small groups. Since the Bantu were oppressed in Somalia, most of the children have had little or no education, but they did pick up some English while living in refugee camps, Greenaway explained. “We mostly help them with literacy skills, math and language,” Greenaway said. “They trick you in English. They can speak fluently, but they can’t read you ‘Harry Potter.’” When the children entered the American public school system, they

teaching English and hip-hop dance as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj3cWagDQ74 Ford, the first in his family to attend college, recalls his three-month-long experience in Chengdu in his junior year as a time that a changed his perspective and certainly changed his life. In his other study away trip to Norway, Ford had not engaged the culture, but merely observed it, as an outsider. He didn’t want to miss the opportunity to jump feet first into an international experience

did, right in the middle of thesis season.”   "The first thing I will say about Keven is that he was beloved by a lot of people in the program. He’s got a really winning personality and he’s also incredibly smart and talented as a writer, and especially hardworking despite the fact that he was dealing with so many grave medical issues."- Rick Barot, associate professor of English and director of the MFA program   Drews had been working for The Canadian Press when he decided to apply to PLU. “I

was as depressing as this. To those who have seen The Child, however dimly, however incredulously The Time Being is, in a sense, the most trying time of all. [1] Professor Emeritus Doug Oakman and his students in 2015 Words. Words are the heart of the Humanities. Whether they are in English, Spanish, Latin, or Greek. Italian, French, German, Norwegian, Chinese. Words are like images. Words are images. Words become music to the attentive ear. So there is a natural affection between the Humanities

everything that I ever thought four years could be: exciting, challenging, sad, joyous, and about every other range of emotion. What’s next? Next year I will be heading off to Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., to earn a Masters of Divinity. Joe Natwick ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in religion and classics. Joshua Hammerling – Bachelor of Arts in German (languages and literatures) and English (writing emphasis) Joshua Hammerling ’11 – Bachelor of Arts in German (languages and literatures) and English (writing

design work and process. You can reach Professor Tsuneoka at jtsuneoka@plu.edu. Research and Teaching Interests Prof. Halvorson: Where did you attend college? Can you share a few research or professional interests with us? Prof. Tsuneoka: I graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with an English Literature degree, and then I came to Seattle to study graphic design. I graduated from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle) in 2002. Since then, I have done a lot of design work for corporate advertising

and process. You can reach Professor Tsuneoka at jtsuneoka@plu.edu. Research and Teaching Interests Prof. Halvorson: Where did you attend college? Can you share a few research or professional interests with us? Prof. Tsuneoka: I graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with an English Literature degree, and then I came to Seattle to study graphic design. I graduated from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle) in 2002. Since then, I have done a lot of design work for corporate advertising clients

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

May 9, 2008 Norwegian film takes top honors At the second annual Hong International Film Festival, the Norwegian film took top honors. In fact, it swept all five award categories. The festival featured 10-minute films created by students in 300-level foreign language courses in their target language (with English subtitles). This year showcased 12 films in German, Spanish, French and Norwegian around the theme “Ways of Seeing.” “It’s basically a way to get student to look at what could be

graduated from PLU with degrees in education. For the next 15 years, Keith taught English in the Federal Way School District, while Clarice taught music in the Highline School District before becoming a stay-at-home mom. When a 10-acre spread became available next to the family ranch, the Swansons jumped at the chance to go into the business and embrace a new way of life. “We’d taught for years, it was time to try something else,” Keith Swanson said. “This way our five kids could run around, and they