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  • Collin Brown: A Lute Returns Home https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/collin-brown-a-lute-returns/

    PLU students. × “You could say that the entire reason I’m here is because of her.” Professor Brown describes himself as a big horror movie fan and recently co-wrote (with Matthew Anderson, MA, from the University of Austin at Texas) an academic article on religious narratives in Ghostbusters (1984). As Professor Brown explains, you can go through the spiritualist literature of the 19th and 20th century and find five prevailing views/opinions on the spiritualist movement. “We basically analyze

  • Brooke Thames ’18 – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/author/brookethames/

    By:Brooke Thames '18 January 12, 2018 0 Carl Petersen ’04 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/01/carl-petersen-cover-1024x427.jpg 1024 427 Brooke Thames '18 Brooke Thames '18 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/brooke-thames-e1464106633496.jpg January 12, 2018 May 15, 2018 Carl Petersen ’04 In a lively yet ominous steampunk world, a boy and a bully clash in the classic struggle of good and evil. The stakes: bravery

  • The Adaptation of Learning https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-adaptation-of-learning/

    literature and history, says “I basically do all my research on the internet, the PLU library database list is my best friend right now.” Regardless of whether students currently reside on or off campus, they find a use for Mortvedt Library’s resources. But as useful as the library is, in the Humanities there’s also great merit to be found in the input of one’s peers. James notes that “interacting with other students is super useful.” Discussion and collaboration might seem harder to partake in during

  • Spring 2021 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/english/spring-2021-capstones/

    Dragon and the Hummingbird” Mim Lindblom6:40-7:15pm Capstone Title: “Dog Gone” Friday, May 21 | 12:00-3:05pmJohn EvanishynKate PetersonAngelica MomotyukEmmanuel SanchezKayla ThorneJohn Evanishyn12:00-12:35pm Capstone Title: “Hundred Year Later Sun” Kate Peterson12:40-1:15pm Capstone Title: “Cat Lady” Angelica Momotyuk1:20-1:55pm Capstone Title: “Zachik” Emmanuel Sanchez2:00-2:35pm Capstone Title: “Wild Lily” Kayla Thorne2:40-3:05pm Capstone Title: “Support Needed” Engl 452 : Seminar in Literature

  • Evening Readings 2017 https://www.plu.edu/mfa/evening-readings-2017/

    faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University and is the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters in Portland.Ann PancakeAnn Pancake is the author of two short story collections, Given Ground and Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley, and a novel, Strange As This Weather Has Been, which was one of Kirkus Review’s Top Ten Fiction Books of the year, won the 2007 Weatherford Prize, and was a finalist for the 2008 Orion Book Award and the 2008 Washington

  • Using Google Maps in the Classroom: Teaching an old software new tricks https://www.plu.edu/itech/news/using-google-maps-in-the-classroom-teaching-an-old-software-new-tricks/

    pyramids. Click to view larger. For students of literature, it can be thrilling to see how the people and places in a work of fiction can crossover into the real world. This is especially true for books where location plays an important role, such as in James Joyce’s classic, Ulysses. Using a map like the one below, students can follow, chapter-by-chapter, as the protagonists journey around real-life Dublin. Click on the locations in this interactive map to see how context has been applied. Likewise

  • Listening for the song of the crossbill https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2011/06/29/listening-for-the-song-of-the-crossbill/

    June 29, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eHyaJ26Ks Patience and a good ear essential in studying elusive crossbills, which live, breed and sing in the canopy By Barbara Clements Having a conversation with Julie Smith is a stop and go affair. In mid-conversation, she’ll stop, and listen. And then pick up the thread without missing a beat. Smith, an assistant professor of biology, and biology major Aaron Grossberg ’12, are picking their way on a muddy trail to a beach near La Push, Wash

  • Coursework & Experience https://www.plu.edu/pnwu/pre-vet/coursework-experience/

    English requirement is met by taking courses that veterinary schools would recognize as writing or literature courses. Courses in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts The majority of veterinary schools have formal requirements for courses in social sciences, humanities and arts. However, often these requirements are waived if the applicant has or will be earning a BA/BS degree. A course in oral communication, either interpersonal or group communication or public speaking, is often

  • Coursework & Experience https://www.plu.edu/prehealthsciences/pre-vet/coursework-experience/

    English requirement is met by taking courses that veterinary schools would recognize as writing or literature courses. Courses in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts The majority of veterinary schools have formal requirements for courses in social sciences, humanities and arts. However, often these requirements are waived if the applicant has or will be earning a BA/BS degree. A course in oral communication, either interpersonal or group communication or public speaking, is often

  • The Importance of Dead Languages https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/the-importance-of-dead-languages/

    The Importance of Dead Languages Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Beowulf manuscript May 6, 2020 By Reece Schatz '22English MajorAs a professor in the Department of Languages and Literature, Dr. Collin Brown teaches Norwegian language and Nordic studies at Pacific Lutheran University. However, his love for his work runs so deep, he also started and manages a club called “The Dead Languages Society.”As a member of this club myself, allow me to explain what we do. The Dead Languages