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Thomas Campbell Professor of English Email: campbetj@plu.edu Professional Education Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1981 M.A., Portland State University, 1976 B.S., University of Oregon, 1968 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise British Literature Bloomsbury Group and Literary Modernism Personal Writing Romanticism AIDS Literature Accolades Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, 2003-04 Teaching Excellence Award, PLU Center for Teaching and Learning, 2001
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July 7, 2008 Alumna aids medical work abroad The dirt landscape of southern Sudan stretches for miles, and roads are few and far between. Villages dot the landscape. One of these villages, over the last decade, has grown particularly large. Located hundreds of miles from any road, this village is anchored by a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health care center. It provides care to the hundreds of people suffering from hunger, disease and the conflict of Sudan’s 30-year
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While many of their classmates braved a chilly winter back in Parkland, three Lutes sat on a beach in Hawaii watching whales. No, it wasn’t vacation. It was research.
and sharing results with the broader scientific community,” Smith said. “The extensive reading and thinking about primary literature that accompanies research allows students to further explore and identify the questions and topics that excite them.” The experience also is good for students who don’t become professional researchers, she said. “For students who do not go on to become research scientists, this serves them as lifelong learners,” Smith said. “For others who do pursue research careers
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Fr. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., of the history department at Boston College will speak about his explorations of a heretofore unknown set of intelligence relationships involving Nazi, British, and
the leading scholars on the Nazi Euthanasia murders. She has been based at the Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (former U.S. Holocaust Research Institute) since 1993. Heberer Rice completed her undergraduate degree in Historical Studies and German Language and Literature at Southern Illinois University as the graduating class’ valedictorian. She conducted her doctoral studies at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Maryland (UMD)-College Park, where Heberer Rice earned
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Two years before he founded the only local peace prize in the nation, Thomas Heavey ’74 was in the middle of a war.
a compassionate and just community. He’s been instrumental in the founding and development of many agencies, including Pierce County AIDS Foundation, Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center, Hilltop Action Coalition, and many more. Kim Ebert-Colella Ebert-Colella has done peace work in all areas of her life. Among her endeavors, she volunteers at Bryant Montessori School — a racially and socioeconomically diverse school in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood — establishing it as an International Peace
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 10, 2016)- Typically, summer allows college students to take advantage of free time that’s hard to come by during the academic year. But for many Lutes, summer is a time to work hard and continue their vocational endeavors. Students travel, work internships…
and a community member.” Dela Cruz double majored in history and literature. She also studied away for a January Term in Manchester, England, and a semester in Oaxaca, Mexico. She said she hopes to go to graduate school in a few years to study student affairs. Eventually, she hopes to work at a university in academic advising or leadership, specifically to help students of color and first-generation students. She said he is always thinking about her one wild and precious life, thanks to her time
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Three distinct stories of multiculturalism in Norway share one common desire: belonging despite difference.
something. It’s kind of my responsibility.” Magga, who says family trauma is inherited through generations, embraces that task every day in her classes, most recently in her children’s literature course. She spoke up as the only indigenous voice during discussions of their assigned reading, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a novel based on experiences of author Sherman Alexie, who is a Spokane-Coeur d’Alene tribal member. Magga says the tale of 14-year-old Junior resonated with her, and
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-gay prejudice on campus and in the larger society. His contributions to the ongoing process of making PLU “queer friendly” continue to resonate strongly and will never be forgotten. As a scholar, Tom’s work reflects his multitudinous interests and commitments. A regular contributor to the Magill Book Review for twenty-five years, Tom, always with his inimitable point of view and lively prose, has reviewed gay and lesbian literature, AIDS literature, personal writing, literary history, and fiction
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easy to assess student work. Example Assignments English Literature – Frankenstein’s Library Instructor: Dr. Adela Ramos View the assignment prompt (PDF) Nordic Studies – Ibsen Collaboration Instructor: Dr. Jen Jenkins View the assignment prompt (PDF) Liberal Arts and the Professional Schools Hypothesis can also be used in all fields. You can find examples at Liquid Margins. For example, in 008 Part 1 and Part 2 mathematician, Dr. Matthew Salomone (Bridgewater State University), explains his
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September 29, 2008 The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke of how the issues in women’s lives, from significant others to sexual abuse, are explored in graphic novels, or narratives written on comic book form. Now teaching at Harvard University, Chute
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