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Contributors Claudia Berguson Claudia Berguson joined the faculty of PLU in 2003. She is an associate professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures. Her primary areas of teaching in Nordic studies are migration literature, folklore, gender and equality, and Norwegian language. She worked to establish the Peace Scholars program, serving as coordinator through its first five years. Students continue to inspire her in her work as a professor, academic advisor and faculty director of PLU’s Norway
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over 175 people in the crowd from the university and the community, Aust said that it was a very rewarding experience. Although only a Junior, Aust already has big plans for his time after college. “My future plans are to teach English abroad and God-willing, I will be able to bring debate education wherever I go. Because debate is an agent for change and advocacy and the most underprivileged people need those skills the most.” All-age debate: Climb the Mountain and T.O.H. Karl support students at
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Justice Economics English French & Francophone Studies Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Global Studies Hispanic & Latino Studies History Holocaust & Genocide Studies Individualized Majors Languages and Literatures Master of Fine Arts Native American & Indigenous Studies Philosophy Political Science Publishing & Printing Arts Religion Sociology STEM Education Minor College of Natural Sciences Biology Chemistry Computer Science Dual Degree Engineering Earth Science Environmental Studies Geosciences
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with his wonderful wife and children at their home in San Diego, his favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book. 2022: Erin Entrada KellyThree Compliments: Ways to Feel Seen as an Invisible Student Before she grew up and became a published author, Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly was an underperforming student who nearly failed English and graduated high school with a 1.7 GPA. When you’re quiet and make mediocre grades, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. In this lecture, Erin will
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: Natalie Mayer Kirsten Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Lisa Marcus, Professor of English, PLU 12:40 - 1:35 p.m. – Spiritual Resistance (Regency Room, AUC)Heather Klein, songs by inmates of ghettos-performing songs “Why was this Seder different from all other Seders? –The Gurs Haggadah and Passover in a Concentration Camp” – Rabbi Bruce Kadden In 1941, Jewish inmates in the Gurs Concentration Camp in southern France were able to celebrate Passover using a Hagaddah handwritten by one of the
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uncertainty about the future, courage may seem a strange and elusive virtue. And that is certainly true if we if we think of courage in the popular sense as a kind of “fearless and even reckless bravery.” But, there is more, for a closer look reveals that the word courage is derived from the Latin root “cor,” meaning heart, and the English suffix “age,” meaning action. In other words, courage can be properly understood as “an action that comes from the heart” and, as such, it is a nobel action
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interested in our particular topic as an English professor is in theirs,” Swenson said. “We spend our lives researching and looking, watching the food channels, reading magazines, reading books.” While students are off working, interning and enjoying the summer sun, the Dining staffers are in the kitchen testing out new recipes – it’s a year-round practice, but summer offers a special time for them to really play with food. “I think one of our favorite things to do is look at street food around the world
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fields – philosophy, religion, English, geosciences, psychology, history, anthropology, music, accounting and nursing, among others. Like the students they will mentor and teach, our new faculty members were selected from a competitive pool of candidates. We look forward to the momentum and energy each of you will add to this community. Welcome to you all! Convocation is intended in many ways to be the culmination of the Welcome Weekend and the orientation sessions that occurred earlier in the summer
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English Writing, Class of 2011. Currently a research program manager at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.“Studying music at PLU exposed me to new perspectives and ideas that I wouldn’t otherwise have encountered. I credit my music teachers with guiding me toward the person I am today. Their thoughtful wisdom and advice taught me how to openly accept criticism, see the world differently and strive for perfection. Touring with the PLU Wind Ensemble to Australia
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experience or language for those things, so the experience was revolutionary,” he says. “PLU is a great place to ask questions.” In Schwartz’s senior year, he faced new challenges and became deeply familiar with physical and emotional pain after herniating discs in his lower back. Bedridden for a month, the healing process was slow. He started spring quarter later than others, and at times, he’d have to lay down in class in the back row. Depressed and struggling, he managed with the assistance of
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