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English professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the nonfiction prize for their translation of the eighteenth-century text “Work on Women” by Louise Dupin (also known as Madame Dupin). Wilkin teaches in multiple academic programs at PLU, including French & Francophone Studies, Global Studies, the International Honors program, and the First Year Experience Program. She is the author of Women, Imagination, and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France (Ashgate 2008) and of many

dilemmas can be solved without broad, multifaceted expertise. Addressing climate change requires business savvy. Understanding modern racial unrest takes an understanding of American and world history. International diplomacy is often informed by religious traditions. Some of the most successful business managers are experts in psychology. Yet, despite these realities, far too many American universities are neglecting to provide an integrated education—an education that fuses the liberal arts

The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion Posted by: Matthew / December 4, 2017 Image: Runners and researchers: Dr. Bridgette O’Brien (left) and student Collin Ray (right) collaborated on a Kelmer-Roe project about ultrarunners and gender. December 4, 2017 By Helen Smith '19PLU HumanitiesIn her free time, professor of religion Dr. Bridgette O’Brien likes to participate in ultrarunning—completing runs longer than a marathon (26.2 miles). While Professor O’Brien is out

February 2, 2009 Learning perspectives About a dozen students silently sit in a semicircle around a Makah woman, as she shows them how to make a cedar bracelet. Students mimic her as she holds several foot-long strands of cedar bark strung out from her mouth to her hands. And they listen eagerly as she tells them how to simultaneously twist and braid the bark, while her teeth stay clenched on one end. She reminds them to keep the cedar damp and the material fills the room with a musky, sweet

a Vice President and Senior Sales Executive for SuperGraphics, an innovative Seattle-based company that specializes in retail and environmental print solutions with a diverse client base that ranges from small local businesses to Boeing and the Seattle Seahawks. Thanks to Thorpe, that client list also includes PLU. “It’s extremely rewarding to know that I can help out my alma mater,” he said. “It’s been a great partnership and relationship. The reason I loved PLU in the first place is that PLU

Observatory to observe and photograph stars and globular clusters. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) August 28, 2023 “Capturing astronomy images is rewarding but can be challenging,” said professor of physics Katrina Hay. “It requires long exposures or stacked images, focusing in cold dark conditions, climbing a ladder to access the telescope, tracking objects as they move across the sky, and merging several color-filtered images to make a full-color image. Then the physics begins! Our students optimize these skills

Philosophical Discourse and Tweeting: On Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s Public Philosophy Posted by: Matthew / December 5, 2017 Image: Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin, philosophy, is PLU’s resident Twitter Diva. December 5, 2017 By Gillian Dockins '19PLU HumanitiesFollowing Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin’s recent publication in Newsweek, PLU’s Philosophy Department Chair sat down with me to discuss her article’s reception, the role of Twitter in philosophical discourse, and how philosophers of the modern day

Innovating for Access: PLU lives out its mission by blazing new trails Posted by: Zach Powers / June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By Zach Powers '10ResoLute EditorHe was working by age 8, picking cherries and apples under the Yakima Valley sun. In the spring he worked as a smudger. He’d sleep overnight in an orchard and when the alarms rang he’d sprint to light the smudge pots that warmed the trees before the fruit froze. By age ten, it was his job to clean the bathrooms and fill the machines at a

PLU Holds Inaugural Day of Vocation on April 8 Posted by: Sandy Dunham / March 11, 2015 Image: Wild Hope Center for Vocation Director Lynn Hunnicutt, left, meets with two of this year’s Wild Hope Fellows, Evan Schmidt ’16, center, and Carli Snyder ’17. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 11, 2015 By Sandy Deneau DunhamPLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 11, 2015)—You hear the word “vocation” a lot at Pacific Lutheran University—in fact, Lutes pretty much have heard about (and

remain comfortable this entire time, I didn’t do my job,” she told the audience of more than 200 educators, administrators and students at the event hosted by the South Puget Sound Higher Education Diversity Partnership. “(Race) is an incredibly complex and nuanced topic,” DiAngelo, Ph.D., explained. “The racial status quo is comfortable and I want to shake it up.” The theme and central question of the institute proved to be challenging: “what does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race