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. Nelson’s roommate, Katrina Graven ’15, agrees that no matter what your year, you should seek out as many internships as possible at college. Graven came by her internship at Rainier National Park, looking for culturally significant sites, through her connections with Bradford Andrews, her Anthropology professor.  “He emailed it to me and told me I’d be great for it, and to think about it,” she says. Graven didn’t think too long and immediately applied. An Anthropology and English major, Graven plans to

Holocaust Conference. PLU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s educational commitment to help students develop as global citizens; future leaders; and whole, richly informed persons.“Close study of the Holocaust and other examples of mass violence challenge us to push far beyond our comfort zones,” said Associate Professor Rona Kaufman, Chair of PLU’s English Department. And, while other films have documented the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide, Sweet Dreams tells a

’04 used to be PLU study buddies with seventh-grade Social Studies teacher Brent Anderson ’97; •    Brooke Gustafson ’05 and Tawana Bens ’05 not only graduated from PLU the same year; they now teach together in a combined English/Special Education classroom; and •    one current Lute—who is a Ferrucci graduate!—to this day credits Leifsen and teacher Ron Baltazar ’00 with, basically, changing the course of her life. Ferrucci’s extraordinary concentration of Lutes could be coincidental (or

of Languages and Literatures and Campus Ministry sponsor the annual German-language Advent service, with a homily, readings and songs all in German with German text and English summaries provided. Special guest homilist Rodney Swenson. There will be refreshments available following the service. Free to the public.     Read Previous Sunny, Fuzzy, Pre-Finals Friends Read Next PLU Puts Its Own Face on National Campaign: It’s On Us to Stop Sexual Assault COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If

career—and take him further than ever.Holland planned to major in English but became fascinated by the varied projects offered by PLU’s computer science major. With family in the tech, interest in computer science runs in the family, he says. Through the PLU IHON-Oxford Program, he took a distributed systems course. “It had very interesting, hard problems that interested me.” Overall, this is what he enjoys most—finding efficient ways to solve problems. “Computers give you immediate feedback on

levels and inspired other to do the same. Sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Let’s Talk About: Gender Oct. 6 | 6 p.m. | Xavier 201 Panel discussion on how gender equity, identity and trans rights have been represented locally and nationally in election 2016. Confirmed panelists include Associate Professor of Religion Seth Dowland, Assistant Professor of English Jenny James, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andrea Munro and Rainbow Center Crime Victim Advocate Vaan Melendez. Sponsored by

Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom Posted by: alex.reed / May 26, 2022 May 26, 2022 By Tamara Williams, Melanie Hawthorne, Lynne Huffer, and Catherine HutchisonOriginally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last one hundred years