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, and to see meaning-making as a social activity, something negotiated. This is true whether we are working in the classroom or the community center, in print or online.My field, English and Writing Studies, shows us how to read deeply and to understand the world. More specifically, it helps us see, value, and interpret the enormous scope and scale of life and experience. When we see ourselves reflected in a children’s book or when we are seen through our virtual identities, we are situated within a

jewels. Esther’s poisoning and hysteria diagnosis and Edward’s cognizant abuse of the trope of the “hysterical woman” to silence her speaks to the centuries’ long tradition of devaluing female experience or perspective by dehumanizing them, and labeling them “hysterical,” or “crazy.” As detailed by the Oxford English Dictionary, while the original definition of “hysteria” from the 18th century pertained to a “physical disorder of women” stemming from the uterus, the cultural and “medical

together as equal companions is even more significant. Dido Elizabeth Bell (left) and Lady Elizabeth Murray (right) as painted by David Martin at Kenwood in 1776 ("Dido Elizabeth Belle" Women in History, English Heritage, 2020 ) In Sanditon the issue of Georgiana’s portrait lies in how Charles frames his desire to paint her. Despite the “freedom” the portrait is supposed to grant her, it is problematic in the first place for a white man to be the benefactor of her self-realization, and additionally

you will pass your roommate in the hallway when she is leaving her English class and you are on your way to yours. Here on your left, down this hallway, is President Anderson’s office. You will admire him, as many people do, as a wise and thoughtful man. He will give many inspiring speeches during your time here. As you pass him one day on your way to your Greek class, you’ll see that his smile is warm and familiar, even though you’ve never formally met him. We’re now walking toward Mortvedt

Franklin Pierce and Bethel school districts. In addition to academic tutoring, the center also offers language tutoring for English and Spanish language learners. New collaborative programs emerged after the pandemic, like a recurring community meal established by PLU and Trinity Lutheran Church. Sponsored by ELCA’s Congregations Lead Initiative, the monthly meals are held at Trinity, across the street from PLU. About 100 people attend each month. More than two dozen volunteers produce the event, most

translated into a single English word but represents a feeling of joyful contentment and well-being stemming from life’s simple pleasures. It’s a foundational part of Danish culture and, Dawson believes, a fundamentally different outlook on life than what you’d find in the United States. “Here, it’s very ‘the next big thing,’ like graduation and getting a better car and getting a better job and it’s all about ‘what can I do next?’” she said. “Whereas I feel like Danish culture is very much just finding

  uncertainty about the future, courage may seem a strange and elusive virtue.  And that is certainly true if we if we think of courage in the popular sense as a kind of  “fearless and even reckless bravery.” But, there is more, for a closer look reveals that the word courage is derived from the Latin root “cor,” meaning heart, and the English suffix “age,” meaning action.  In other words, courage can be properly understood as “an action that comes from the heart” and, as such, it is a nobel action

interested in our particular topic as an English professor is in theirs,” Swenson said. “We spend our lives researching and looking, watching the food channels, reading magazines, reading books.” While students are off working, interning and enjoying the summer sun, the Dining staffers are in the kitchen testing out new recipes – it’s a year-round practice, but summer offers a special time for them to really play with food. “I think one of our favorite things to do is look at street food around the world

professor of religion, published “An Ethics of Biodiversity: Christianity, Ecology and the Variety of Life.” Joanna Gregson, associate professor of sociology, had her book, “The Culture of Teenage Mothers,” published by State University of New York Press. Charles Bergman, professor of English, published a Smithsonian Magazine cover story and essay on “Wildlife Trafficking.” Rick Barot, assistant professor of English, received an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship. Dean Waldow

burning of Moscow, the mot de Cambronne at Waterloo, and the injunction to the condemned Louis XVI: “Fils de saint Louis, montez au ciel!”  A student using one of the printing press in the Thorniley Collection in PLU’s Book Arts program, 2017 Count Rostopchin, as governor of Moscow, was supposed to have set fire to Moscow in 1812 rather than allow Napoleon to enjoy possession of the Russian capital; General Cambronee was said to have riposted “Merde!” to English demands for surrender at Waterloo in