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  • Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University Bio: Adela Ramos’ book project, “Hospitable Species: Hosts, Guests, and Strangers in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel, 1720-1830” examines how eighteenth-century writers develop ideas about nation, gender, race, and class through representations of interspecies relations, specifically in narratives of hospitality. Her teaching emphases include eighteenth-century British literature, critical animal studies, women and gender studies, border

  • discusses the role of the imagination and stories in challenging times—and how books can create the opportunity for deep connections that transcend the page. About the Speaker Minh Lê is the author of the picture books Lift (a Washington Post Best Book of the Year), Drawn Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), and most recently The Blur. He also wrote Green Lantern: Legacy, a middle grade graphic novel for DC Comics and the recently released follow up, Green Lantern

  • primary composer of English church music from the late Renaissance. O beatum et sacrosanctum diem is a joyous Christmas motet from his 1612 collection Canciones Sacrae. Philips uses word painting throughout the work, as the voice parts imitate the sounds of instruments and hosts of angels singing endless praise. Philips was one of the most prolific Northern composers of Latin sacred choral music, with a few hundred surviving motets. British composer Alan Bullard composed the cheerful carol Glory to

  • epitome of musical success. The PLU violin lecturer wears more hats than a British royal: in-demand violinist and violist, co-founder of the ground-breaking Carpe Diem String Quartet, teacher, composer. She’s been invited to play at festivals from Aspen to Lincoln Center and in chamber groups throughout the U.S. With commissions rolling in, she has been listed as one of “25 contemporary composers to watch” by Strings Magazine. For Fujiwara, success is less about prime gigs and good reviews, and more

  • , Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji , Gibraltar, Grenada , Guyana, Malta , Montserrat, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Vanuatu where English is the general medium of instruction. Official documentation from

  • and CEO of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, and 15Now Activist, Vince Kueter to engage in this debate. More than 175 people attended the Ruth Anderson Public Debate. PLU Tournaments PLU hosted the second annual T.O.H. Karl Invitational for high school students. Debaters from 22 regional high schools in Washington state and British Columbia came together in an effort to bridge the divide between high school and college debate. PLU Hosted the Betsy Karl Invitational with 36 teams from

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at Pacific Lutheran University where they teach instructional methodologies for trauma-informed, equity-centered education to future teachers, Jonathan earned their BA and Master of Arts in Teaching at St. Mary’s College of Maryland where they were winner of the Margaret Eagle Dixon Award in Literature and Maryland’s Teachers of Promise distinction. Rizzardi’s practitioner work extends across fields of youth creative drama, arts integration for mental health

  • Present-Day Ukraine``2007 - Robin C. Stacey``Down to the Very Last Cat: Law as Literature in Medieval Wales``2006 - Elliott J. Gorn2005 - Philip Short2004 - Michael Grossberg2003 - Steven Mintz2002 - Gerhard Hirschfeld2001 - Orville Schell2000 - Vicki L. Ruiz1999 - Peter N. Stearns1998 - Christopher R. Browning2006 - Elliott J. Gorn``Who Was Mother Jones?``2005 - Philip Short``Pol Pot: Anatomy of the Cambodian Nightmare``2004 - Michael Grossberg``How Can We Save Our Kids?: The Rise of Child Protection

  • The upcoming Choral Concert will be music to our ears Posted by: Kate Williams / October 16, 2017 Image: Choir of the West PLU, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) October 16, 2017 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerPLU’s annual Fall Choral Concert will feature the Choir of the West, University Chorale, University Singers, and Men’s Chorus. Each choir will present a 15-25 minute program of mixed choral literature from various stylistic eras and genres as they kick off their

  • , Physics, and Psychology. Mentors engage with their student researchers one-on-one, in the laboratory, and in the field, guiding student researchers as they study research ethics, read peer-reviewed research literature, formulate research questions, carry out specific research procedures, record results, analyze data, write research reports, and present their findings through oral and poster forms. Through research failures and triumphs, students gain confidence in their ability to face unknowns and to