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Connection through Translation Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Kiyomi Kishaba, English and Communication major and Professor Rona Kaufman, Associate Professor of English May 6, 2020 By Jenna Muller '20English MajorFor Kiyomi Kishaba, the act of translating Spanish texts is more than simple transcription. It’s an act of rebellion against historical oppression.Kishaba, an English Writing and Communications double major and a Theatre and Hispanic Studies double minor, worked with

2018 Fall Coffee Event Posted by: Julie Winters / October 19, 2018 October 19, 2018 On Friday October 19, 2018 the staff council arranged with dining services to bring in Dillanos Coffee for staff appreciation. Read Previous PLU Staff Council Ice Cream Truck Social Read Next 2019 Spring Brunch LATEST POSTS 2019 Ice Cream Social October 16, 2019 Staff Forum with President Belton May 10, 2019 2019 Spring Brunch March 29, 2019 PLU Staff Council Ice Cream Truck Social August 6, 2018

the main psychiatrist and the pharmacist. His wife, Noreen ’99, moved out to New York, with their two-year-old daughter, Gwenyth. The family lives in Queens. “It’s the Astoria section of Queens,” Hobson said. “But we call it ‘Actoria’ because of all the actors that live here.” Six days a week, Hobson takes a 20-minute mid-afternoon train to work, which drops him off in the theater district. His cluttered dressing room in the historical Booth Theater is cramped, and he shares it with another actor

. Two PLU teams and a mixed PLU-Northwest University advanced to semifinal elimination rounds. The team brought home one novice speaker awards, with Albert placing as seventh speaker. “I found it an interesting experience to interact with other debaters in our region, especially at such a trying time,” Brooke Wolfe ’17 said. “ I enjoyed having a productive means to argue about important issues, including the role of the US in the world and how that will change in the coming months.” Debaters faced

November 1, 2010 Why does Carrie Hylander care about social justice? “College is more than just taking class and completing a major,” said Carrie Hylander. “It’s about learning who we are and our place in the world.” By Kari Plog ’11 When Carrie Hylander wrote about diversity issues in her entrance essay to PLU, her admissions counselor told her that she would be the perfect candidate for the Rieke Scholarship. Given that connection, it makes sense that Hylander works with the program “Word Up

undergraduate women in physics to highlight career opportunities for women in physics and the contributions of women in physics. The meeting will provide ample opportunities for interacting with fellow physicists. The conference will include the following activities: Presentations by professional physicists on their cutting edge research and personal career paths; Panels featuring career opportunities outside academia; Workshops or panels offering guidance on how to get involved in summer research, the

rally will include speakers, music, refreshments and entertainment. PLU’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) is heavily involved with promoting the rally at PLU and working to get students involved. “This event is important because it shows that we, as a community, care about our peers and neighbors, and that we will not let them go unnoticed,” says Caitlin Dawes, Social Justice Director for the RHA. “By putting on such a public event, we hope to gain publicity, showing our community solidarity to the

needs, or many others. So, to innovate wherever we are, we should start with human needs that are not fulfilled as well as they could be, and then explore solutions that create value for both the user and the entity that offers it.” -Kory Brown Professor, PLU School of Business “Innovating exactly where you are demonstrates a deep sense of care, responsibility, and pride in your own community. In my experience, taking on projects that inspire a better future, such as the Student Sustainability

Canem Prize. Her poetry invites us into a world thick with the lush bounty of summer in the Far North, where the present is never far from the shadow of the past. She teaches at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Nicole Stellon-O’Donnell, Steam Laundry Stellon-O’Donnell found a cache of letters to and from one of the first women to arrive in Fairbanks during the Gold Rush. From these letters grew a novel in verse form, the latest title from Boreal Books. She will speak about her research in the Alaska

April 25, 2012 VWS: Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken Washington State Poet Laureate, and MFA alum, Kathleen Flenniken ’07 is the next guest in PLU’s Visiting Writer Series Wednesday, May 2. Her visit starts with The Writer’s Story: Q&A at 3:30 p.m. at Garfield Books and concludes with a reading at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. Flenniken’s first book, Famous (University of Nebraska, 2006), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was named a Notable Book