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Lutheran University started prioritizing the first-generation student experience, it rarely crossed her mind. Now, the dean of natural sciences wears it on a button — during new-student orientation, move-in day, even at events where prospective students might surface. “For a long time, I didn’t really think about being first-generation,” said Auman, who also serves as professor of biology. “It’s not like I put that label on myself. In more recent years, as PLU has put more of an emphasis on trying to
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at home, and too much offended to admit her; and as she retired down the street, could not withhold one glance at the drawing-room windows, in expectation of seeing her there, but no one appeared at them. At the bottom of the street, however, she looked back again, and then, not at a window, but issuing from the door, she saw Miss Tilney herself. She was followed by a gentleman, whom Catherine believed to be her father, and they turned up towards Edgar’s Buildings. Catherine, in deep
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associate professor of chemistry, intended the general education summer term course to appeal to students without a declared science major as a way to gain a lab experience and learn about her discipline through a fun, non-intimidating lens. “I was trying to think of how to do some sort of Gen-Ed course,” Munro said. “It was Thanksgiving, and I watched a lot of Great British Baking shows, and I was like, ‘Oh, we can do these as labs!’” But what’s the connection between food and chemistry, you might ask
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Mauritanian veil — but the women she met didn’t find the topic as interesting as she did. What aspect of their lives did they think deserved to be studied? “When I asked, every woman said ‘work,’ ” she said. “Why is work so important for them?” she asked herself. “Why is this what they wanted me to look at?” As Wiley learned, the importance of work in these women’s lives has grown. Increasingly, men in the rural areas have been forced to seek work in urban areas, or outside Mauritania, as women stay
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and clothing — particularly the malahfa, a Mauritanian veil — but the women she met didn’t find the topic as interesting as she did. What aspect of their lives did they think deserved to be studied? “When I asked, every woman said ‘work,’ ” she said. “Why is work so important for them?” she asked herself. “Why is this what they wanted me to look at?” As Wiley learned, the importance of work in these women’s lives has grown. Increasingly, men in the rural areas have been forced to seek work in
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deepening the fears of immigrants and immigration advocates about what’s to come. With a stroke of his pen, President Trump could also end Obama’s move to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. More than 740,000 people voluntarily undertook a background check and received renewable two-year work permits under that program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). If the program is canceled, those permits could be allowed to expire
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Grace Amsden Program Coordinator She/Her Phone: 253-535-7416 Email: amsdenga@plu.edu Office Location: Nesvig Alumni Center Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Why PLU? Education B.A., Communications, Pacific Lutheran University, 2019 Responsibilities Responsible for the execution of various communications sent out by Alumni & Student Connections, as well as other departments. This includes sending out mass emails, creating online registration forms, updating the ASC website, and
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is an alum, gave a $5,000 gift to fund the inaugural PLU Jazz Artist in Residence program in April of 2017 that will feature saxophonist Jeff Coffin. Support Make a difference by donating to the arts and communication programs at PLU! Click here “This generous gift from a PLU alum affirms the quality of teaching and performance in the jazz area of the music department,” David Deacon-Joyner, director of jazz studies, said. “His gift indicates the importance of this program. As an alum, it shows
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, not even with the idea that anyone else would ever read it, let alone enjoy it,” she says. “I wrote it simply because I couldn’t not write it,” Walton continues. “These characters of mine weren’t going to let their story be untold, and they didn’t seem to care whether I had time for much else.” Walton describes herself as a collector of characters. “I’ll come across a name or a place or an occupation that catches my eye and I’ll write it down, or I’ll think, ‘Oh! That will fit with this character
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other philosophers, attempted our own answers, and also inquired whether this particular method has value. In the spring term, students developed their own projects based on famous thought experiments including the ticking time bomb, the experience machine, the pond, and the butterfly dream in order to explore issues such as the moral permissibility of torture, the limitations of virtual reality and the advantages of adversity, our duties to help others in need, and our attitudes toward the
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