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April 16, 2012 Visiting Writer Series: Melinda Moustakis PLU’s Visiting Writer Series continues with Melinda Moustakis with a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18 in the UC Regency Room. Moustakis was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and received her M.A. from UC Davis and her Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from Western Michigan University. Bear Down Bear North (University of Georgia Press 2011), her first book, won the 2010 Flannery O’Connor Award in Short Fiction and the UC Davis Maurice

October 15, 2012 Deirdre N. McCloskey – distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago – spoke about the value of the middle-class during the annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. (Photo by John Struzenberg ’15) The value of the bourgeoisie By Katie Scaff ’13 Don’t be ashamed of being bourgeois, said Deirdre N. McCloskey, distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the

May 22, 2014 A New Chapter for PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop The new director of PLU’s Rainier Writing Workshop, Associate Professor of English Rick Barot. (Photo courtesy of Rick Barot.) Rick Barot Named New Director as Innovative MFA Program Turns 10 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Ten years ago, when Stan Rubin and Judith Kitchen founded the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University, there was only one other low-residency program like it in the Northwest

English abroad in Colombia, writing books about travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park ranger feels like the perfect fit.“I really love working for the Park Service because it’s an organization I can really believe in,” Plog said, “tasked with preserving places for future generations and also making sure people can enjoy them now. I love being part of that.” Plog, who is currently working at Yosemite National Park in California, double majored in

Student poets showcase their work at local coffee shop Posted by: Kari Plog / December 12, 2016 Image: Emily Khilfeh ’17 (Photo by Molly Ivey ’20/PLU) December 12, 2016 By Matthew Salzano '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 12, 2016)- Jane Wong knows good poetry when she hears it. The published poet, who is a visiting assistant professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University, was impressed with her students’ prose and wanted to share them off campus.“They are real poets

taught English and expanded his linguistic abilities and cultural knowledge. Returning to the U.S., he started teaching Spanish at Highline Public Schools’ Raisbeck Aviation High School in Tukwila. His passion evolved into something else: a desire to become not just a bilingual educator, but a bilingual educational leader. That goal led him to Pacific Lutheran University’s principal preparation program. The program helped him land a job in the Lake Washington School District as an elementary

STARTALK program prepares Lutes and other educators across the state to teach Korean, Chinese Posted by: Kari Plog / August 15, 2018 Image: A STARTALK teacher runs through a Chinese-language lesson plan. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) August 15, 2018 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 15, 2018) — Hannah Park ’20, an English major at Pacific Lutheran University, is used to translating. The youngest of her siblings, Park says she naturally fell into the role once

continuing that tradition by delving into indigenous studies research and education — a field that’s gaining ground at the university.Kaja Gjelde-Bennett ‘17 and English faculty member Wendy Call were both awarded 2018 Fulbright grants to pursue research trips abroad. Gjelde-Bennett is working toward a master’s degree in Norway by exploring her heritage — the Sámi people’s language and history. Call will be translating indigenous women’s written work into English and teaching a course in Colombia. With

and Translations interest area.Wilkin and her collaborator Angela Hunter, an English professor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received the grant for their ongoing project titled “An Edition and Translation of Selections from Louise Dupin’s Philosophical Treatise, The Work on Women.” The project aims to present the work of Enlightenment French Feminist, author, and philosopher Louise Dupin to a wide audience for the first time by translating and editing a selection of her most

Professor Rick Barot discusses being longlisted for the National Book Award and teaching creative writing during a pandemic Posted by: bennetrr / December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020 By By Zach Powers ‘10PLU Marketing and CommunicationsRick Barot is a highly acclaimed national figure in poetry whose 2020 collection “The Galleons” was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. He’s also a dedicated creative writing teacher, serving as an English professor at Pacific Lutheran University and