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helps adults learn English. My team was able to shoot and edit a video for them, as well as redesign their website. This project solidified the fact that I want to pursue a career in media creation going forward. This semester I am leading a team to create a promotional video for MediaLab, and I’m super excited to see how it turns out. Tell us about your capstone. For my communications capstone, I am creating a documentary called “Their Journey.” My documentary focuses on the coming out stories of

English and political science classes, and those have given her new perspectives. “The GSRS major really gets you in everywhere and gets you to do everything.”Clark is also a recipient of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship. Known as the Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) Teaching Program at PLU, the scholarship is awarded to students of different backgrounds in their senior and graduate years who want to teach STEM subjects.  “There are six of us, two undergrads and four in the graduate program

the All Saints students—especially the way so many of them seemed to know what they wanted to major in in college: theater, chemistry, mortuary science, psychology, chemical engineering, sociology, business, communication, English, economics, and history.  The Principal of All Saints, Ms. Carla Sarauw, and the College Counselor, Ms. Dena Langdon, stressed how much it meant to them and the whole school to have close connections to PLU, and Dena pointed out to the group that “It looks like PLU could

cast out fear.  We must act boldly for the vision of an America where the most vulnerable are protected and welcomed, and recognized and valued for the contributions that they make to our shared communities. Sincerely, Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President and Professor of English *Note: All comments are moderated Read Previous An Open Letter on Access for All Students LATEST POSTS An Open Letter on Access for All Students January 20, 2017 LISTEN Forum December 6, 2016 What election season reminds us

and who make a profound difference in the lives of others as a role model, confidant, critic, or co-learner. This year we honor Dr. Jason Skipper, Associate Professor of English. One colleague wrote, “From a first year writing course to the capstone, Jason mentors the room and crafts a supportive environment where people can take chances, be vulnerable, and be open-minded…. In doing this careful and labor-intensive work, Jason is mentoring these students into new lives as scholar-citizens. Jason’s

verbalized in English. To learn more about Twulshootseed visit https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/about/. Translations of languages by non-indigenous speakers can be fraught with misinterpretations, misrepresentations, mispronunciations, and colored by the translator’s own biases. The language books in this exhibit, which include translations, are not authored by indigenous people. Resources Webpages/Videos Puyallup Tribal Language Program About the Program https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/ptlp

Revisiting the Visiting Writer Series: the 15th Anniversary Edition Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Visiting writer and author Minal Hajratwala visits Wendy Call’s class at PLU, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) May 6, 2020 By Wyatt Loranger '21English MajorThe 2019-2020 academic year marks the 15th anniversary of the Visiting Writers Series, the English department’s annual program bringing writers from various backgrounds to Pacific Lutheran University. Most visits

in which those discussions happen. It’s then that I have to remind my students that even though our primary definition of craft may have to do with technique and making, another definition of craft is cunning. A poet is a maker, but he or she is also a kind of trickster. English students discuss writing with visiting writer Minal Hajratwala in 2018 Professor Barot’s most recent book of poetry Gaps and GiftsBeing a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Read Previous Scholarship, Sleep, and Self in

, whose English was the best in the family. I came to India excited for the prospect of adventure, cultural immersion and professional growth, whereas her avenues for a complete education had already been scuttled during her adolescence without her input. Her life’s path had most likely already been decided by her male elders. I think of this, and then I think of the day I met with the executive director of an international foundation early on during my time in India to discuss their development

-12 students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce school districts. Tutoring is led by PLU student volunteers, and an average of 15 students each semester regularly donate their time. With goals to provide support to adult English language learners in the near future, the Parkland Literacy Center is fast becoming an educational cornerstone in the local South Sound community. “My goal is not only to do what I can to provide access to education for everyone, but to make sure that the community knows