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Joshua Cushman ’08 Joshua Cushman ’08 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2016/05/joshua-cushman-header-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Brooke Thames '18 Brooke Thames '18 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/spring-2016/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2016/05/brooke-thames-e1464106633496.jpg May 17, 2016 May 20, 2016 PLU alumnus, Tacoma teacher draws from his own tough life lessons to inspire students in similar situations TACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in

Obituaries Submit a Class Note Calendar Calendar Highlights Alumni News The Prologue Malia Oshiro ’13 teaches from a hard-fought place of pride. She didn’t always tout her first-generation status proudly. Now, it’s the first thing she tells her students. Learn more about this teacher and her struggle to embrace her first-in-the-family identity. Read More The PLU Connection Brian Laubach ’84 ’95 and Isaiah Huey ’20 attended PLU three decades apart. All it took was some casual conversation to bridge the

Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative writing during a pandemic Rick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and the director of the Rainier… December 3, 2020 Research & Academics

Opportunity in Oaxaca Sara’s Story – Uruguay, J-Term 2015; Ecuador, J-Term 2016; Argentina & Antarctica, J-Term 2017; Trinidad & Tobago, J-Term 2018 Country Specific ResourcesAustriaAustraliaChinaCosta RicaDenmarkFranceGermanyItalyMexicoNew ZealandSouth KoreaSpainUnited KingdomAustriaAustriaFrom Diversity Abroad: Because the majority of the population is Austrian, students of color may feel or be treated as “other”. These students may face racial stereotypes, however Austria overall is a country that

Business BRITTANY RUSSELL (2015) Senior Content Marketing Manager, Amazon.com Major: English, Literature Concentration Minor: Communication How did your English major establish a foundation for your career path? My career path has spanned public relations, book publicity, and now content marketing. Writing, storytelling, and critical thinking are skills that I learned through my English major, and they’ve been essential in every stage of my career. What do you love about your job? My work as a

Law and Government JOSHUA ORF-RODRIGUEZ (2010) Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Attorney General’s Office Majors: English, Literature Concentration; Classics Minor: Religion Graduate Degree: Juris Doctorate, University of Washington School of Law, 2015 How did your English major establish a foundation for your career path? A dirty little secret about being a lawyer is that a large part of it is writing what are basically persuasive essays to the court, a client, or opposing counsel

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer) Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian

Mainz-Wiesbaden area of Germany on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, with Natalie and Pamela Mayer, daughter and wife of Kurt Mayer, a holocaust survivor, who lived here with his family before escaping the Nazi's . (Photo/John Froschauer)Kurt Mayer's PLU ConnectionKurt Mayer (b. January 1930; d. November, 2012) First introduced to PLU when he was invited to speak to Professor Christopher Browning’s Holocaust class. In his personal Memoir he wrote, “The fact that a university founded by Norwegian