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receive accolades. Elea Carey’s story “First Love, Last Love” was chosen for the collection “18 Lies and 3 Truths,” and Mark McCaig’s poem “Abundance” won the Bay to Ocean Writer’s Workshop contest. “First Love, Last Love” is about how you give everything for love, regardless of what it does to you, Carey explained. It is her first published work of fiction. The collection, published by Story Quarterly, features 18 stories and three essays written by today’s master storytellers (and a few Pulitzer

opportunities to meet and work with mentors in the business community, students do get every chance to roll up their sleeves and get that essential hands-on experience. That was certainly true for Liz Anderson ’10, a business major with an emphasis in accounting and public relations director for the fund. She was part of the fund last year when the economy tanked. She, like  other members of the board, jumped in and tried to figure out what to do. “You really have to keep on top of things,” she said. And

. “First I do my homework,” Ryan said. “The fieldwork in some ways is the tip of the pyramid. No pun intended.” But what is born from the shelves, books and transcripts of the library can really take on a life of its own in the field. Ryan highlights his adventures throughout the years in his most recent book “Beneath the Sands of Egypt – Adventures of an Unconventional Archeologists.” In much of the book, he talks about his work in Egypt, where his team discovered the mummy of the famous female

students on campus for a few days before the performance and even played piano during the premiere. PLU has been the site for a number of world premieres, including works done by PLU faculty, like Greg Youtz, but this one’s a little different. To have a composer visit the premiere and sit in the audience for the concert is fairly common, Powell said. What made this unique was while Gjeilo was here he worked with the students before the final performance. Having the opportunity to work with the composer

to find guidance, let their writing breathe and listen to constructive criticism from their peers in a way that makes their work stronger. “Our goal is a sustainable writing life,” said Stan Rubin, MFA program director. Rubin said being a writer in the world with a sustainable writing career is what all of his adult students strive for, many of whom already have established writing success. “The only requirement is to come as writers, published or not,” Rubin said. Still, accomplished writers are

thing about apartheid, Tutu said after a moment’s thought that eventually, one begins to believe the philosophy. “It makes one doubt that you are a child of God…after you’re subjected to this treatment, it begins to work (in your brain) and you begin to think ‘Maybe they are right,’” Tutu said. At that same gathering last Tuesday, students from PLU and local high schools also talked about Youth Against Violence gatherings, where PLU students led discussions with high school youth about their lives

faculty working together,” Reisberg said. The design started with using flexible furniture for breaking into multiple small groups and other configurations. And those desk tops of the past are no longer part of the set-up. Instead laptops are used and the wireless network for the space meets the needs of 25 simultaneous uses. The whiteboards have been replaced by a smart board for computer-assisted board work. The video conferencing available, that saved the J-Term class, has saved the grades of more

percent are women. Sure, the novels had been the subject of research – but, as Gregson would soon find out, nobody had studied the people who actually wrote them. “Why hasn’t it been studied?” Gregson asked herself. “Like a lot of work that women do, I don’t think it has been taken seriously as an occupation.” For a sociologist who specialized in sex and gender issues, the subject seemed perfect. And as a field researcher – someone who conducts research on location first-hand – Gregson knew she had to

been the subject of research – but, as Gregson would soon find out, nobody had studied the people who actually wrote them. “Why hasn’t it been studied?” Gregson asked herself. “Like a lot of work that women do, I don’t think it has been taken seriously as an occupation.” As a sociologist who specialized in sex and gender issues, the subject seemed perfect. And as a field researcher – someone who conducts research on location, first-hand – Gregson knew she had to dive in, head first. So she and Lois