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exploring your calling? I’m at a spot where I’m self-reflecting on my skills and, through that, trying to best utilize them. I’m also working on self-exploration. How do you see yourself applying information from these seminars into your daily life? I think being self-aware and perceptive to the needs of others. The readings that we’ve been doing have been very informative to provide a historical context for America as I’m Canadian. Getting the cultural and societal context has been interesting and

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courses in LGBTQ memoir and the history and practice of the American literary magazine, and she edits Slag Glass City, a digital journal of the urban essay arts. A Chicago native, Borich lives with her spouse Linnea in the city’s historic Bryn Mawr District of the Edgewater Beach neighborhood, one of the most culturally and internationally diverse community areas of the city and recently voted the sixth “gayest” neighborhood in the United States.Rebecca McClanahanRebecca McClanahan’s most recent books

Francis and Albert Knight in Manchuria: U.S. Diplomat, Merchant, and Treaty Ports in 19th Century China, Shuhua Fan University of Scranton Three Global Initiatives and China’s Vision for a New World Order: A Critical Discourse Analysis of China’s Three Foreign Policy Documents, Weidong Zhang Winona State University 10:00-10:15am Coffee Break 10:15-11:45am Conference Panels 2A and 2B Panel 2A: Topics in Chinese History and Law (Hauge Administration Building 101) Chair: Jingyi Song Li Dazhao and the

they have traditionally focused on the two audiences separately. Our staff members have done a lot of research that shows what we are doing is a major culture change in higher education — and it is long overdue.” “The connection and advice alumni can offer to current students is a valuable way for them to give back and have a direct impact on student success,” said Jessica Pagel ‘08, co-director of Alumni & Student Connections. The Career Trek to Alaska Airlines is one example of how we’re bringing

for cultural revitalization. The seed that was planted with Hall’s initial research in college became a major part of her daily life. And it was on display this past summer on the Salish Sea and in the canoe journey camp at Chief Leschi School in Puyallup. This year’s host for the journey, which allows participating tribes to share and revitalize their native cultures, was the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. It’s the first time in 20 years the Puyallups have hosted the event, one that’s grown from few

. Everything from selecting a college to filling out applications, from choosing electives to choosing a meal plan can be a bigger challenge for first-generation students who have no one at home to offer advice based on personal experience. And once they clear the big hurdles — gaining admission, securing scholarships and loans — first-in-the-family students may find themselves on campus struggling with the feeling that they don’t really belong there. Kate Luther ’02, who chairs the PLU Department of

as a birthright. Everything from selecting a college to filling out applications, from choosing electives to choosing a meal plan can be a bigger challenge for first-generation students who have no one at home to offer advice based on personal experience. And once they clear the big hurdles — gaining admission, securing scholarships and loans — first-in-the-family students may find themselves on campus struggling with the feeling that they don’t really belong there. Kate Luther ’02, who chairs

MediaLab, the multimedia, applied research organization at PLU, celebrates 10 years this fall. The program, which is responsible for numerous documentaries over the years, counts more than 200 students as participants during its existence. Housed within the School of Arts and Communication’s Center for Media Studies, MediaLab is a group of students that work in pre-professional settings, contracting with external clients in Tacoma, Seattle and beyond. In addition to performing fee-for-service