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Islam in America. As a former writing teacher, he feels both compelled and overwhelmed when trying to provide meaningful feedback to his many students. Seth believes that essays allow him to evaluate students’ critical thinking, but they require a substantial investment of time to evaluate. This dilemma is shared by instructors across disciplines and throughout history. Technology may be finally starting to improve this process. According to Seth, “Anything that helps me get through essays faster is
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Amber Khederian Assistant Director of the Writing Center and Writing Center Consultant She/Her, They/Them Biography Biography Amber is a Philosophy major with minors in Psychology and Criminal Justice. In their free time, they enjoy doing puzzles, singing, and going on walks.
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Miranda Morgan Visiting Assistant Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7229 Email: miranda.morgan@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Professional Education MFA, MFA in Creative Writing, Nonfiction, University of Montana, 2019 BA, Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
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ResidencyEach summer, the faculty and participants of The Rainier Writing Workshop gather on the beautiful PLU campus for the intensive summer residency. The residency consists of lectures, workshops, classes, readings, and other immersive activities. Each day is full, with activities from 8AM until 8PM. The morning workshops are facilitated by core and guest faculty; the workshops are mandatory for all participants. During the first half of the residency, each participant takes part in a
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Lia Purpura Nonfiction, Poetry Website: http://www.liapurpura.com/ Biography Biography Lia Purpura is the author of eight collections of essays, poems, and translations, most recently, Rough Likeness (essays) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems). Her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright Fellowships, three Pushcart prizes, the Associated Writing Programs Award in Nonfiction, and the
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Sharing Passion for Scholarship: The Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Hillary Vo writing at Mr. Rainier as a part of place-based writing research May 6, 2020 By Caitlin Klutz '22English MajorScholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story.One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David
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other chapters have begun, and they are building a new community on campus—a place where students and faculty can continue asking questions, studying literature, developing their writing, and building camaraderie with one another. The hope is that this community of Lutes will help strengthen the spirit of the PLU English department and welcome others to further the appreciation of writing and literature outside the classroom. The process for establishing an honor society is not always a swift one
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Communication, Media & Design Arts Learning OutcomesUpon completion of the program, a student receiving a BA in Communication will be able to: Deliver a public and/or professional presentation for an audience within a specified timeframe. Effectively communicate in written formats appropriate to situation, audience, and medium (journalistic formats, academic essays and research writing, press releases and promotional writing, media writing, etc.). Identify credible media and information sources
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and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively. The GRE is scored on a 130-170 scale
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and synthesize information obtained from it, analyze relationships among component parts of sentences and recognize relationships among words and concepts. Quantitative Reasoning — Measures problem-solving ability, focusing on basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis. Analytical Writing — Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, specifically your ability to articulate and support complex ideas clearly and effectively. The GRE is scored on a 130-170 scale
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