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John Englehardt Tuesday, October 5, 2021 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. John Englehardt is a writer and educator from the Pacific Northwest. His first novel, Bloomland, won the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and was named a book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Electric Literature. He has previously taught writing at Seattle University, Hugo House, and

Conversation (4) CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation (4) French & Francophone Studies The French & Francophone Studies program offers courses in the French language and in the literature, film, history, and cultures of French-speaking societies in Europe, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean. All French & Francophone Studies courses meet the Global Engagement (GE) Gen Ed requirement. French & Francophone Studies literature and film courses meet the Interpreting Text (IT) Gen Ed requirement. 200

Each year, Prism reflects on some of the distinctive and exciting work in PLU’s Division of Humanities. Our division collects a diverse array of programs: Chinese, Classics, Creative Writing, English Literature, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Nordic Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Southern Lushootseed. All are united in educating students to engage —creatively, critically, and empathetically— with what it means to be human across the sweep of history, in diversity cultures and

student-athlete. Bradd Busick ’99, MBA ’09 is an adjunct business professor at PLU and chief technology officer and vice president at MultiCare Health System. Join their conversation about business, mentorship, and seizing opportunity. Brooke Brown '06 PLU MAE alumna Brooke Brown named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the YearBrooke Brown MAE ’06, an ethnic studies teacher at Parkland’s Washington High School, was recently named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington State

Learn More: Bongo Grave PostThe Bongo ethnic group is located in Sudan and is made up of many family sub-divisions. In his research paper about the Bongo, Santandrea categorizes the Bongo into two main groups: the Tonj kinsmen and the Wau. Within these groups there can be even more sub-divisions. There is little chiefdom organization and a clear system has not been developed. As a result, there are not chiefdoms that have been in charge for several generations. This allows for more diversity in

diverse national, ethnic, or religious affiliations. By an “aesthetic cosmopolitan” I mean one who engages artworks across cultural lines in a spirit informed by cosmopolitan principles. Mike Rings It is probably helpful to illustrate this idea with an example from the world of popular music (the medium I most often work with, as both a philosopher and a musician). In his 2007 book, Let’s Talk About Love, music critic Carl Wilson conducts what he calls a “taste experiment,” in which he endeavors to