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, and through the Wang Center’s Gateway Program, she traveled to Oaxaca in spring 2022.At Oxford, a class on forced migration and refugee studies spurred Jackie to apply for the Wang Center grant, and in Oaxaca, a literature course on United States-Mexico migration relations showed her another side of migration. They’re the kind of experiences Jackie might not have had without the benefit of a PLUS Year, a year of free tuition for undergraduates studying during COVID. “I used it to be able to study
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renowned faculty, and over 120 alumni who have published dozens of books and received many awards. Stan and Judith co-directed The Rainier Writing Workshop until the Spring of 2014. Judith’s life generated a brilliant legacy of written works and good work for others. Judith’s death leaves a deep void for her family, friends, other writers and the literary world. All of us at PLU mourn the death of Judith Kitchen, a marvelous writer, critic, teacher and champion of literature. Volume 2, Issue 2 RESOLUTE
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/03-06/28 10012ENGL2131Topics: Themes/Authors IT Topic: Revenge, the Law, and Justice4ON06/03-06/28 10014ENGL2132Topics: Themes/Authors IT Topic: True-Crime Literature: America's Obsession with Crime and Murder4ON07/08-08/02 10261ENGL3131The Art of the Book I CXArt Studio Fee: $100.00. Cross-listed with ARTD 315 (#10241), PPAP 321 (#10259), and PPAP 322 (#10263).4M T W R1130-142006/03-06/28 10093FTWL1001Personalized Fitness Prog FT 1ON06/03-06/28 10094FTWL1591Walking for Health FT 1ON06/03-06/28
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Contributors Claudia Berguson Claudia Berguson joined the faculty of PLU in 2003. She is an associate professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures. Her primary areas of teaching in Nordic studies are migration literature, folklore, gender and equality, and Norwegian language. She worked to establish the Peace Scholars program, serving as coordinator through its first five years. Students continue to inspire her in her work as a professor, academic advisor and faculty director of PLU’s Norway
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academic performance for neurodivergent studentsA systematic review of the literature around neurodiversity and higher education summarizes this succinctly: “the literature suggests that the conditions imposed by academia can challenge neurodiverse students. Emphasis on written assessments and focus on grammar, spelling and punctuation can penalize dyslexic students (12; 20). Students with ASD struggle with traditional teaching and assessment methods (23). Students with ASD and ADHD find coping with
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ScheduleMary Anne O'NeilPresentation Title: “Mystics, Martyrs, and Resisters: Three French Catholic Poets of World War II and the Holocaust Who: Mary Anne O’Neil, professor of French emeritus, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash. Bio: Mary Anne O’Neil is a professor of French emeritus from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., where she taught Spanish and French language, French literature, and general studies for more than 30 years. Her main interests are 20th century French poetry, especially religious
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graduation, Davis plans to begin a master’s and PhD program at University of British Columbia to study plant science — specifically how high-value horticulture crops are impacted by different environmental conditions. We caught up with her to reflect more on her PLU experience. Tell us about your capstone project? My capstone project was very much inspired by my passion for plant science, food security and agriculture. I completed my capstone project last spring, where I wrote a literature review
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and back again, to learn one of the most critical languages to U.S. national security, and ultimately build a life-altering career!Ari '01, English (Literature Emphasis)The scholarship was granted to me at a time when I wasn’t sure if I could afford to continue my PLU education. It made my junior and senior years more affordable and it gave me encouragement to keep working for my degree. Mycal '12 Joe '11 Emily '06, NursingI worked nearly full time while I went to PLU and got as many scholarships
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literary studies and became a scholar of African American literature. He has continued to work within institutions of education to challenge them to live by their own values, a commitment he solidified at PLU. Notably, one of Brian’s capstone projects was a queer history of PLU — an early precursor to this project. “So there was a moment, even that early, of an attempt to document, and an awareness that progress had been made, and that we were entering new chapters. I think that’s always an important
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2021 Environmental Studies CapstonesProfessors Claire Todd (Geosciences and Environmental Studies) and Sergia Hay (Philosophy) had the honor of working with this year’s class of Environmental Studies students as they completed their interdisciplinary and culminating projects for their major. This capstone cohort tackled a wide range of current environmental issues and employed the methods and tools of multiple disciplines including biology, literature, chemistry, philosophy, art, political
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