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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wartime Chongqing of China (1937-1945), Xiaolu Wu, Southwest Political and Legal University (Online) Slow and constant: Industrial interactive development and social Change in Northwest Ethnic Region in Modern China, Yanyan Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology (Online) Click on the Zoom link to join the panel. https://plu-edu.zoom.us/j/91840971872 Panel 5B: ChatGPT and Information Security (Hauge Administration Building 200) Chair: Daliang Wang A Meta-dialogue about Intelligence and

  • care, students who are engaged and challenged, a model of involvement and interaction between all ages and ethnic backgrounds cultivate a place that can still truly make a difference in the lives of many as it did for us. There are many ways that Lutes help PLU “open doors” for students to succeed in their college life and beyond, and our support of this class gift is a powerful way we can contribute to changing the lives of current students who will benefit from an internship opportunity to give

  • consider how culture impacts health behaviors and how behaviors and services might be improved. Major topics include mental and physical health, treatment, health services, and health promotion. Prerequisite: PSYC 101, SOCI 101, or ANTH 102. (4) PSYC 339 : Race, Anti-Racism, and Child Development This course explores issues of race and racism as they relate to development in infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Topics include: the development of racial and ethnic identity, the development of racial

  • International Examiner, and once served as a high school movie critic for the Chicago Tribune. He has taught comparative ethnic studies at several universities, published a book, “Strange Fruit of the Black Pacific,” and collaborated on public arts and humanities projects on Japanese American history. Tad Monroe ’97 Tad Monroe graduated from PLU in 1997, double-majoring in communication and history. He is a community and organizational development consultant for Habitat for Humanity International , as well

  • 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