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  • Theatre students are taking on J-term, one act at a time. Alpha Psi Omega (APO), PLU’s national theatre society will present their annual One-Act Festival featuring student performed, directed and written material on January 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30pm in the Studio Theater. Additionally,…

    from the other, but they are all extremely fun. One is a meta theatrical farce, another showcases elements of historical fiction and romantic comedy, and a third that can only be classified as a “drama,” but that doesn’t stop it from being hilarious at times,” Jacob McCallister, production director, says. “Most importantly though, this eclectic group of stories comes from the minds of students. I think it is incredible that we have at least one opportunity to showcase what exactly our students can

  • Originally published in 2016 But, for the time being, here we all are, Back in the moderate Aristotelian city Of darning and the Eight-Fifteen, where Euclid’s geometry And Newton’s mechanics would account for our experience, And the kitchen table exists because I scrub it. It…

    always the case in the Humanities that Time and Eternity, Heaven and Hell come to expression in words. So, in “The Poem is a Letter Opener,” Barot speaks of … a poem that is old and full of days, a poem like an old china plate that is the color of time, the dusk having its supper of fog and people walking through the fog, the fallen leaves in the parks like strewn credit cards, which are also poems, like the typewriter writing the letter one little tooth at a time, one love at a time, in our city of

  • January is Stalking Awareness Month. The PLU Center for Gender Equity is choosing to uplift stalking awareness in this library exhibit because it often falls to the wayside in discussions of domestic violence, healthy relationships, and romantic gestures. Across media and society throughout the decades,…

    the 1990s! We welcome you to join us this month in taking some extra time to learn about stalking red flags, survivor experiences, how to help, and how to heal; check out the displayed books, articles, podcasts, and resources here, and follow @plu_pace on Instagram to learn about what events we are hosting this month. — Magdalena Stickel Books (on display) HM281.D36 1997 The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence  JUV PZ7.S899Wj 2009 Wish You Were Dead (fiction) HV6594.2.K36

  • Originally Published in 2014 When I was a graduate student at the University of Iowa, the classicist and writer Anne Carson came to campus to give a reading and a colloquium. During the colloquium, she was asked how she navigated among the wild variety of…

    creative work, another for her scholarship and teaching. Even then I knew, of course, that the scholarly and the creative were false categories. A poem was as much the result of a poet’s deep critical study of poetry as it was the result of inspiration. In the same way, the best scholarship that I read at the time— Richard Poirier on Robert Frost, Helen Vendler on Wallace Stevens, and Carson herself on Paul Celan—had a dazzling creativity of insight that made scholarly writing as artful as the works

  • Originally Published in 2014 If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia , I thanked a particular class of students who…

    discussed and debated many of its central topics and I tried out arguments in class.In Pets, People, and Pragmatism, I thanked the students in a particular Writing 101 class that focused on the topic of pets. In this class we read books presenting an array of views of pets and discussed the various positions. I presented a draft of one chapter of my book to the class. At first I did not tell them it was my book and had them do peer reviews of the chapter just as they regularly did with each other’s work

  • Once a year, dancers and dance lovers come together for an incredible show in Eastvold Auditorium that features both artistry and grace. This year, Dance Continuum on April 8 and 9 features more than 50 dancers and a variety of styles including modern, jazz, step,…

    arose, I immediately knew working with the PLU Dance Ensemble would be an exciting and worthwhile endeavor,” DeFilippis explained. DeFilippis’ piece, In the Wake of Opportunity, was inspired by the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. The piece explores the ramifications of a wrong decision made by a community and explores the process of consoling both the individual and the group.Choreographer Talkback Guest Choreographer Gabrielle McNeillie. Photo by Ed Flores. Friday, April 8

  • TACOMA, WASH. (May 18, 2017)- You could argue that Michele Anderson’s head was in the stars when she chose to pursue an engineering degree. “I’ve known that I want to pursue engineering for a long time now, due in part to my love of ‘Star…

    PLU engineering student earns competitive fellowship Posted by: Kari Plog / May 18, 2017 Image: Michele Anderson May 18, 2017 By Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 18, 2017)- You could argue that Michele Anderson's head was in the stars when she chose to pursue an engineering degree. “I’ve known that I want to pursue engineering for a long time now, due in part to my love of ‘Star Trek’ and all things related to space in science fiction,” she said. “However, I knew

  • Once a year, dancers and dance lovers come together for an incredible show in Eastvold Auditorium that features both artistry and grace. This year, Dance Continuum on April 8 and 9 features more than 50 dancers and a variety of styles including modern, jazz, step,…

    ,” DeFilippis explained. DeFilippis’ piece, In the Wake of Opportunity, was inspired by the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica. The piece explores the ramifications of a wrong decision made by a community and explores the process of consoling both the individual and the group.Choreographer Talkback Guest Choreographer Gabrielle McNeillie. Photo by Ed Flores. Friday, April 8, 2016Join us on Eastvold Stage after Friday evening’s performance for a choreographer Q&A. Guest Choreographer

  • Best-selling Author, and Alum, Comes to PLU   Marissa Meyer ’04 came to the PLU campus in February for her book release and signing of “Cress.” The crowd filled the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo by John Froschauer / PLU) Barbara…

    Anderson University Center in the Regency Room, at 6 p.m. Meyer ’04 last came to PLU in February for her official book release and signing party for Cress, her newest book in the series. Meyer graduated from PLU with a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing in 2004. In a recent interview, Meyer said that a writing career requires self-motivation and discipline. “A career in writing requires a lot of self-motivation, and being able to stay ahead on your deadlines as you work through multiple rounds of

  • 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