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and photography to get magazine assignments,” said Bergman, whose writing and photography have appeared in esteemed magazines such as National Geographic and Smithsonian. A two-time Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador and Mexico, Bergman has led more than 25 Study Away trips to places such as Cuba; France; Australia; Mexico; and, most notably, his J-Term trips to the beautiful, icy tundra down south, Antarctica. He also has taught a number of English literature and writing courses, including: Writing 101
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entrust us with precious family heirlooms,” Ward said. “Items have been donated to PLU since the late 1970s, many of them hundreds of years old.” The artifacts and literature housed by the SCC are used regularly by PLU faculty members on campus as well as K-12 and community educators throughout the area. “The artifacts collection of the Scandinavian Cultural Center is an invaluable teaching resource for faculty members,” said PLU Associate Professor of German Jen Jenkins, Ph.D. “We bring classes in to
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Music. Our students experience a thorough curriculum, taught by a highly qualified and cohesive full-time and adjunct faculty. Highlights of the choral music education degree include courses in elementary music methods and materials, secondary choral methods, secondary choral literature, vocal pedagogy, and four semesters of conducting. This is one of the most extensive undergraduate choral music education degrees available. PLU graduates are consistently placed in outstanding elementary and
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(literature, history, anthropology, sociology) classes, participated in an internship that allowed me to connect to a great group of people whom I would never have otherwise met, let alone form relationships with that last to this day. I went out and made friends and took advantage of my intercambio sessions to improve my Spanish and exchange information and ideas with a young, Oaxacan woman. I tried my best to respectfully insert myself into my host family as much as possible. I made it a point to be a
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the front rank of Caribbean writers”. The Dragon Can’t Dance has been translated into five languages and is one of the most widely recognized Caribbean novels. This was followed by a collection of plays, Jestina’s Calypso, published in 1984, and a short story collection, A Brief Conversation & Other Stories, published in 1988. Mr. Lovelace was awarded the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for his novel Salt.His 2011 novel Is Just a Moviewas the winner of the Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature in
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creations of my own: personal essays and multimodal art that portray everyday environmental dilemmas. Kenzie Davidson I want to firstly thank Rose and Adela for their continuing support and guidance through this eventful and confusing Spring semester. I also want to thank my mentors Dr. Mergenthal and Dr. Behrens for assisting me in the editing, workshopping, and support they provided for my capstone. I would easily have been drowning in irrelevant literature and side tracking paragraphs without them
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. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and attended the Missouri School of Journalism. An avid reader, Karen also works at King’s Books as a bookseller, where she can be found offering recommendations and playing with the two store cats. See more from Karen at her website: karenemiller.wordpress.com. VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us
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completed the Washington State Running Start Program are not eligible for the PLU Cornerstones Program. Additionally, this program is not for students who are planning to major in Nursing, Education, Chemistry, 3/2 Engineering, or who plan to follow the Pre-Professional Health Advisory (i.e. pre-med) track.Minors Available for Cornerstones Anthropology Chinese Studies English (including Children's Literature & Culture and Printing & Publishing Arts) Environmental Studies French Global StudiesMinors
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. Beth Kraig Are you brave or are you insane for coming out at a Lutheran university in the 90s… or are you just doing the right thing? Read her story Beth Kraig, Professor of History in phased retirement, and one the first two openly queer faculty members at PLU. Brian Norman How do you move institutions towards living the values they claim to hold? Read his story Brian Norman ’99, student activist and American and African-American Literature scholar. Colleen Hacker How tough do you have to be to
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a Best Book of 2019, while the New York Times Book Review selected it as an Editors’ Choice Book. Family Papers was also named a National Jewish Book Prize Finalist (2019). Stein’s books, articles, and pedagogy have won numerous prizes, including two National Jewish Book Awards, the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. Stein is also co-editor (with David Biale of UCD) of Stanford University Press Series in Jewish History and
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