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  • Bierds and Carol Houck Smith Graduate ScholarshipThese awards are named for Linda Bierds, a distinguished poet residing in the Pacific Northwest who has taught for many years in the Rainier Writing Workshop, and in memory of Carol Houck Smith, a longtime friend of literature and senior editor at W.W. Norton. Award amount: Up to $5,000 Deadline: February 15 Number of awards: Varies Criteria: All incoming students to the MFA program can be considered for these scholarships. Interested students must

  • Rediscovery: Dr. Jenkins and the Texts of Hermann Broch Occasionally, we are fortunate enough to find things that are more exciting than what we are searching for. This is certainly true for Dr. Jen Jenkins, Associate Professor of German in the Languages and Literature Department at Pacific Lutheran University. Dr. Jenkins spent the 2016-2017… December 4, 2017

  • . Emphasis will be placed on developing evidence-based practitioners that critically utilize the scientific literature in their professional endeavors in Kinesiology. (4) KINS 505 : Inclusive Leadership The course is designed to explore cultural factors that influence people and human interaction. Specifically, students will study the role of diversity and the experiences of people with marginalized identities in United States sport organizations. The various ways that people may differ and how this

  • United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The focus of this paper is cross examining each state’s involvement in the EU with its perception of Europe and its own developed national identity. The current political issues of Brexit bring attention to the fact that public opinion plays a big whole in international politics. It is my hope to bring some level of understanding of how exactly these relationships can be measured and predicted. Sydney CaplingerI would like to extend my

  • October 27, 2008 Donors share value of Holocaust Education Last week, stories of survival and the lessons of history were on the forefront of many people’s minds. On Oct. 21, more than 150 people gathered for the Second Annual Powell and Heller Family Conference in support of Holocaust Education at Pacific Lutheran University.“It is always difficult to know where to begin,” Kurt Mayer told the assembled crowd in the Scandinavian Center. He was talking about the story of his life as a survivor

  • think the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and

  • to bring in people who were never involved so they can learn,’” Franklin said. “And because of that I won overwhelmingly.” That win launched Franklin into a 20-year stint in state politics. Her extensive background in health care, both public and private, and her time in the political sphere gave Franklin experience that was hard to beat. “If you have the experience and you have been there, then I think you can craft better laws” she said. “I’m no Harriet Tubman. Let’s get on with it and bring

  • going to do this I am going to bring in people who were never involved so they can learn,’” Franklin said. “And because of that I won overwhelmingly.” That win launched Franklin into a 20-year stint in state politics. Her extensive background in health care, both public and private, and her time in the political sphere gave Franklin experience that was hard to beat. “If you have the experience and you have been there, then I think you can craft better laws” she said. “I’m no Harriet Tubman. Let’s

  • , Pacific Lutheran University, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Greater Caribbean and Central American Studies Latinx Studies Spanish as a Heritage Language Selected Publications “Espectros y daños colaterales: memorias mediáticas de la Invasión norteamericana de Panamá.” A contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina (NC State University), Special Edition, The Performance of Archives: Re-imagining Memory and History in Latin America, Vol 12, No 1 Fall 2014: pages 30-53

  • , Pacific Lutheran University, 1998 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Greater Caribbean and Central American Studies Latinx Studies Spanish as a Heritage Language Selected Publications “Espectros y daños colaterales: memorias mediáticas de la Invasión norteamericana de Panamá.” A contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina (NC State University), Special Edition, The Performance of Archives: Re-imagining Memory and History in Latin America, Vol 12, No 1 Fall 2014: pages 30-53