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of whether they’re publishing, writers who are really contributing to the literary world at large with public and private success.” Some of that success is especially public. Notable Rainier Writing Workshop alumni include: •    Kelli Russell Agodon ’07, whose third book of poems, Hourglass Museum, was published by White Pine Press. •    Nonfiction writer Jennifer Culkin ’07, author of the memoir A Final Arc of Sky and winner of the prestigious Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. •    2012-14

Emily Davidson) In a letter of support for the grant partnership, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Emily Davidson proposed to inaugurate (and institutionalize) an annual Latino Studies Lecture at PLU. The Tacoma partnership was awarded a $10,000 grant, whose mission is to: highlight Latino arts and culture and support Western Washington’s Latino-American population; promote public participation in programming around the documentary film Latino Americans; raise awareness and celebrate the

is putting human voices and human faces to the numbers. We want people to understand how families of victims are grieving, how students and parents are adjusting to remote learning, how immigrants and more vulnerable populations are faring amid an economic shutdown. We anticipate there are hours and hours of stories to tell, but anything we do will be centered on public service journalism, news you can use, and the human toll. Everyone is collectively grieving in their own way, from afar, and I

attending graduate school aboard to study International Relations or Development Economics. I would ultimately like to have a career working on Africa’s economic development policies. Brian Higginbotham, Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in political science Brain Higginbotham ’13 is from Woodinville, Wash. Why PLU? I chose to come to PLU because it felt right away like a community I would feel  comfortable in and would enjoy. On my tours of campus I noticed right away how friendly everyone was

Auditorium at the Seattle Public Library, located at 1000 4th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104. An on-campus premiere will be held on Thursday, April 28 as part of the SOAC Focus Series on Storytelling. For more information, please visit the These Four Years website at (www.thesefouryears.com/). RSVPs for the event can be submitted to ml@plu.edu. Read Previous Annual ‘Empty Bowls’ event fills empty stomachs Read Next Debate student discusses local issues on KBTC’s Northwest Now LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi

on Oregon Public Broadcasting PBS-television networks, and then broadcast on PBS stations nationwide in 2016. For this night only, the anniversary concert will feature Metropolitan Opera soprano and PLU alumna Angela Meade. Patrons will have many opportunities to celebrate: additional, non-gala concerts will be hosted in Lagerquist Concert Hall Saturday, December 5, at 8pm; Sunday, December 6, at 3pm; and Saturday, December 12, at 8pm. The festive concert will go on the road to Portland on

free and open to the public, and there will be a Q&A session and a book signing following the lecture. Visit PLU Natural Sciences for more information and to register for the dinner. Read Previous Isaiah Banken ’21 earns Torrison Scholarship because of his dedication to medicine and faith Read Next Professor Wendy Shore receives 2023 Faculty Excellence Award in Mentoring LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it

to talk at a special panel discussing the topic  – “Service and Care: PLU Leading the Way.” The talk is free and open to the public and will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The program begins at 10 a.m. West serves as the assistant attorney general for the civil division of the DOJ. His stop at PLU is part of a nationwide tour of 10 universities, with PLU being the only faith-based university to receive the honor, said Bobbi Hughes, director of the Women’s Center. West will speak

information. Insert all seven digits of your phone number in the “phone number” box. SURVIVAL The survival skills we practice during a lock down drill on campus are useful in malls, sporting events, restaurants, and other public venues. To learn more survival strategies for an active shooter incident, please view Run. Hide. Fight. produced by the City of Houston. This is a short 6 minute video describing good tactics and the proper mindset to have should you find yourself caught in the middle of an active

Area Studies programs and especially in the Scandinavian Cultural Center (SCC), which in September takes those roots on the road and to the public. In celebration of PLU’s 125th anniversary, the SCC has created a special exhibition called PLU at 125: Lutheran Education on the Frontier, which will be displayed at the internationally recognized Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood from Sept. 26 to Nov. 10. (The Lute community is invited to join PLU President Thomas W. Krise at an