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[Exhibit has closed.] This exhibit is comprised of books by Black authors who discuss and analyze race and racism. The books are recent contributions to scholarship and narrative, most having been published since 2019. Book topics include feminism, fatigue, discourse, vilification, education, real estate, racism…
On Exhibit: Black Authors Writing about Racism Black History Month Exhibit Posted by: Holly Senn / January 27, 2021 January 27, 2021 [Exhibit has closed.] This exhibit is comprised of books by Black authors who discuss and analyze race and racism. The books are recent contributions to scholarship and narrative, most having been published since 2019. Book topics include feminism, fatigue, discourse, vilification, education, real estate, racism history, police violence, and mass incarceration
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TACOMA, Wash. (March 10, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Nursing is ranked among the best 100 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report ‘s 2016 edition of Best Graduate Schools . In addition to its in-demand undergraduate and continuing education nursing programs, PLU…
PLU’s School of Nursing Ranked Among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools Posted by: marcom / May 3, 2016 May 3, 2016 By PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (March 10, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Nursing is ranked among the best 100 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 2016 edition of Best Graduate Schools.In addition to its in-demand undergraduate and continuing education nursing programs, PLU offers several graduate degrees: Entry-Level Master of
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Scholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story. One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David Roe…
Sharing Passion for Scholarship: The Kelmer Roe Fellowships in the Humanities Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 Image: Hillary Vo writing at Mr. Rainier as a part of place-based writing research May 6, 2020 By Caitlin Klutz '22English MajorScholarships make a PLU education possible for many students, and every scholarship has a story.One story begins with Kelmer Roe, an associate professor of Greek and Religion at PLU from 1947 to 1967. In 2004, his relatives Naomi and Don Nothstein and David
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Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct Roadmap By Shunying Wang ’15 and Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications As far as Jodie Rottle ’10 can recall, she started to play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle,…
play the flute because her sister randomly suggested it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. Rottle, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, no longer just plays the flute; she has perfected it—and she’s also seriously expanded her musical repertoire: Rottle is a soloist, a chamber musician, a music teacher and a contemporary-music specialist who has premiered works by jazz and classical composers from around the world. She has performed at venues as varied as the Brisbane Festival of Toy Music, Town Hall
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Embracing the past to learn about the future To understand the future there is a need to understand the past. Angie Hambrick, director of the Pacific Lutheran University Diversity Center, said too many people have forgotten the past.“We’re so wrapped up in our present,” she…
she is so passionate about. “I want to dive right in and learn as much as possible,” she said. “Although we all hope to focus on the present and look to the future, I feel that you sometimes have to look back, to learn what worked and didn’t work, hoping to avoid the same recurrences in the future.” Sophomore Malia Oshiro is studying to be a teacher, and a broad understanding of history in this country is something meaningful that she hopes to gain from this experience. “Having the chance to
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A Flutist’s Unplanned Path to Success Internationally renowned flutist Jodie Rottle ’10 advises undergraduates without a clear plan to pause, make slow progress and explore as many new possibilities as they can. (Photo courtesy Jodie Rottle) Jodie Rottle ’10 Finds Fame Even Without a Direct…
it. Good call, Jodie Rottle’s sister. More About Jodie Rottle • An April 2014 interview with Kupka’s Piano. Rottle, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, no longer just plays the flute; she has perfected it—and she’s also seriously expanded her musical repertoire: • Rottle is a soloist, a chamber musician, a music teacher and a contemporary-music specialist who has premiered works by jazz and classical composers from around the world. • She has performed at venues as varied as the Brisbane
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Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence , racked up some serious…
stops time and never gets old for me. I’ve been writing in some form or fashion since I wrote this awful rhyming poem about birds in second grade and the teacher made me stand up and recite it. Ugh—just remembering that makes me embarrassed! I was kind of shy as a little kid, and that was not anything I wanted to share.Q: How did PLU’s MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop, influence or shape you, your writing or both? I’d been writing for a living for a while before I realized that I wasn’t
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For the 2012-2013 academic year, 877 students will have graduated from PLU. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 26 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a chapter…
Services that will help me gain knowledge in international development and management. Within the next few years I plan to continue education by 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
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Sometimes you’re drawn to a career path, and other times you discover it by serendipity, as Lauren Loftis, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian at Pacific Lutheran University, did. “I carelessly stumbled into it. In fact, the first time I entered an archive was when I…
resources available, information literacy — but I think what it all boils down to is that libraries, and, by extension, librarians, exist to make sure that information is accessible and discoverable. In the end, libraries function as inquiry resources. As such, we exist beside the internet as a way to help make it more useful, not in opposition to it. There is a lot more available at the library than books. Tell us more. With the help of students and my colleague in the library, Holly Senn, we curate
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Kari Plog ’11 has been in the ‘real world’ for half a decade, but her life experiences feel like they account for far more then five years worth of work. She’s gone to and reported on the Super Bowl and the U.S. Open at Chambers…
citizen and embrace values of equity, justice and understanding. I’m looking forward to continue that educational growth in my new capacity as a staff member. Read Previous Quick, tasty and healthy? ‘Food & Narrative’ explores the foodie possibilities Read Next Industry professional lectures on being a working artist LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka August 20, 2024 Pacific Lutheran University Communication students help forgive nearly $1.9M in medical debt in Washington, Idaho, and Montana
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